A Dunedin hunter and mountaineer has called for Helicopter Line Ltd to be investigated after it posted a video on YouTube showing helicopters allegedly flying low in the wilderness areas of Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Park.
It could be April next year before the Otago Regional Council knows whether it can increase the number of its Dunstan councillors by one.
Dick Turvey was speechless when he heard he had been named New Zealand's "Garden Club Champ".
Fly fishermen always carry more than they need, says Gordon McManus, and he is no exception.
On Monday, the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head will open its doors to reveal a new look and added features.
Denise McQuarrie is on a colourful winning streak.Yesterday, she won the champion bloom award at the World Daffodil Convention 2012 in Dunedin, the champion bloom prize at her local Motueka show last weekend and a fortnight ago the North Island champion bloom title.
Two teams of the country's top rescue trackers headed into the hills around Dunedin yesterday as part of what is believed to be the first competition of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
About 3km of copper cabling has been stolen from inside the Wingatui rail tunnel, a theft which put the thieves at risk.
School pupils are helping restore blue penguin habitat as part of the development of a viewing facility at Pilots Beach, Taiaroa Head, which is due to open next month.
Years of work by Dunedin man Stewart Harvey helping to restore and protect the city's heritage has been recognised with a national award.
While the Government paints the state of New Zealand freshwater as a crisis, the deadline it has set for meeting water quality has been extended, Otago Regional Cr Michael Deaker says.
Otago regional councillors have been told not to "hold their breath" for a quick resolution to the suggestion the Dunedin City Council should take over the city's public transport services.
Dunedin tenor Alex Wilson, winner of the Dunedin Performing Arts Competitions Society's Otago Daily Times Aria, sings Tchaikovsky's Lenski's Aria - Kuda, Kuda at the Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre last night.
Hands were clapping, heads were bopping and arms were shaking, and that was just the parents.
Berwick farmer Dan Lyders has vowed to fight on despite the Otago Regional Council taking him to court for raising a floodbank on the Meggat Burn.
If Tarras Water Ltd wants to meet its goal of starting its irrigation project this summer, it needs to work quickly to answer Otago Regional Council questions, councillors say.
A charitable trust deed for the Otago Wilding Tree Trust is considered "highly risky" in part by the Otago Regional Council, which will not be joining it.
Work completed by the Otago Regional Council in the past year will create a "better tomorrow" for the region "whether it is one year or 30", chief executive Graeme Martin says in the annual report.
Discharges into Kaikorai Stream, in Dunedin, are the first to be investigated as the Otago Regional Council looks at stormwater discharges into Otago's streams, lakes and rivers.
New water regulations mean a Project Hayes-type proposal will not be able to go ahead in the future, Meridian Energy consultant planner John Kyle says.
