Rebecca Fox

Having a comfortable, private and quiet space for families of premature and ill babies will make a real difference, Cromwell mother Sarah Lund says.

A sighting of a Haast tokoeka kiwi chick at Orokonui Ecosanctuary is an important milestone for the recovery of the rare native bird, the Department of Conservation says.

Weeks of practice came down to a few minutes in the spotlight on Saturday, as Otago musicians played their hearts out for places in the Smokefreerockquest regional finals.

Southern Clams will lodge a revised resource consent application for its proposed Bluff oyster project with the Otago Regional Council next week.

Introducing a ''living wage'' for all Dunedin City Council's low-paid employees could cost the council at least $34,000.

Crimps, staples and cleanliness have dominated the thoughts of two woolclassers at Mosgiel this week.

Dunedin Hospital's theatre block may be old but step into theatre nine and you are transported into the modern world of the latest in surgical technology.

Bluff oysters could be harvested from Otago Harbour within a year if a joint venture involving a Dunedin company is approved.

Solicitors' practice needs to improve to ensure landowners are not left without legal access to water takes on their properties, the Otago Regional Council says.

The first cold snaps of autumn have resulted in increasingly high air-pollution levels in some parts of Otago.

Eight of the 10 South Island mini-documentaries Meet the Locals being made this season will be filmed in coastal Otago and feature a new presenter, Department of Conservation Coastal Otago ranger Les Judd.

After 33 years serving Otago, regional councillor Duncan Butcher has decided not to stand in the upcoming local body elections.

A warm summer meant interest in insulation and clean heating appliances dropped off but a few cold nights has turned things around.

Healthy mohua (yellowhead) numbers and a partial beech tree mast have left the Department of Conservation in a quandary on the need for pest control on its land in the Catlins.

Ways to help farmers improve poor water quality in the Pomahaka River area will soon be investigated with the start of a new catchment project.

A salmon's trek up the Water of Leith to spawn has been stopped for the good of the Otago Harbour fishery.