Otago ratepayers may soon get a say on whether they are happy to see their Otago Regional Council general rates bills rise as much as 5.4% so the council can support the proposed Tarras irrigation scheme.
Thirty more tuatara are settling into their new home at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Australian heritage conservator Chris Betteridge has been "knocked out" by the architecture of the former Dunedin prison.
Dunedin was the coolest and cloudiest of New Zealand's six main centres last month.
Otago Regional councillors have sought assurances from staff the council will not become the "dam policeman".
When the Otago Regional Council next calls for tenders for public bus services, it will give operators the chance to bid to two different standards.
Information on the proposed Tarras irrigation scheme's "purpose and outcomes" will go out to the public alongside the Otago Regional Council's proposal to invest in it.
Otago Regional Council's departing chief executive Graeme Martin's propensity to always be one step ahead has been highlighted by his final words at his last council meeting.
A male motorcyclist riding a Harley-Davidson died after a collision with a loaded truck on State Highway 1 south of Shag Point yesterday.
Workers at the Hillside engineering workshops in Dunedin are increasingly nervous as they continue to wait for news on its sale, the Rail and Maritime Union says.
Otago ratepayers have only a few days before penalties on unpaid regional council rate accounts take effect.
Water is lapping at the edges of roads skirting Hoopers Inlet, causing concern about long-term damage to Dunedin City Council infrastructure.
Farmers, the people most affected by proposed rural water quality regulations, had the last word as the public hearing on the changes ended in Dunedin yesterday.
Proposed water quality regulations could be the "death knell" of large-scale commercial forestry in Otago, a regional forestry group says.
A detention pond in the archery field of Chingford Park in Northeast Valley, Dunedin, may be created to contain flood waters from Lindsay Creek to ease the risk for homes, schools and businesses in the area.
A new "multiparty strategy" to reduce the hazard caused on roads by stock truck effluent spills has been suggested by the Otago Regional Council.
Prison officer Ken Burt explains the workings of the former Dunedin prison to its first tour group on Saturday. The tours, on Saturdays and Tuesdays until the end of the month, were fully booked, Dunedin Prison Trust chairman Stewart Harvey said. While only planning to take 15 people per tour, they stretched to 18 yesterday to meet demand. Overall, 100 people had booked for the chance to see inside the prison which was closed in 2009.
If some of the proposed water-quality nutrient standards are applied literally, he doubts any drain discharge from an Otago farm will comply, Dairy NZ consultant Dr Michael Freeman says.
Otago's four runanga (Kai Tahu ki Otago) want assurances from the Otago Regional Council that its proposed water quality regulation changes will safeguard their ability to gather food (mahika kai) safely and use the region's waterways.
Otago waterways with excellent water quality could be degraded under the Otago Regional Council's proposed changes, environmental organisations fear.
