Fish and Game Otago is likely to appeal new rules governing the region's wetlands following the Otago Regional Council's failure to keep introduced game birds in the plan change.
The future of New Zealand's economic wealth lies in the ocean, but exploiting it comes with a responsibility - while the country has the right to use the resources found there, it is obliged to protect the marine environment, scientists say.
Though two royal albatross chicks at Taiaroa Head have died recently, the colony is recovering from the effects of Dunedin's unseasonably warm autumn.
Hundreds of customers had to stop shopping and defer early lunch yesterday when a power cut forced the closure of some central Dunedin businesses, including two malls and the city library.
A group of outdoor adventure participants have been able to rest their weary bones in comfort this weekend as the first guests at a new facility at Berwick Camp.
New rules to control pollution entering Otago's waterways have attracted 333 submissions to the Otago Regional Council.
A Larnach Rd man is furious local bodies have not listened to his safety concerns about placing a bus shelter outside his home.
The "terrible carnage" happening on Portobello Rd could be stopped by the completion of the road-widening, cycleway-walkway project, Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman John Bellamy says.
Cracks and deteriorating surfaces will soon be a health and safety risk at Dunedin's skateboard and scooter facilities.
A Dunedin man has offered the Otago Regional Council a free trial of a system that could give city bus users "real-time information".
Young footballers losing their boots in the smelly mud of their playing field is just one of the problems facing the Mornington Football Club, president Richard Kinley says.
Having to clean up the base of St Paul's Cathedral in time for Sunday services after the area has been used as a toilet by revellers the night before does not do justice to the city, cathedral dean the Very Rev Trevor James says.
Education Dunedin representatives, frustrated at having to "beg" for funding from the Dunedin City Council each and every year, have made a plea for the city's council to fund it as other local authorities have done.
Would you like coffee in your burger? Espresso coffee, mangoes, apricots, honey and coconut were among the more unusual ingredients added to the burgers produced by pupils at the Otago Secondary School beef and lamb burger competition regional finals in Dunedin this week.
Taieri farmers concerned about increasing flood protection and drainage rates have called on the Otago Regional Council to consider increasing the rates contribution from the wider community which also benefits from the scheme.
The battle against wilding pines needs to be tackled now or it could dwarf the rabbit problem in the high country, Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group representatives say.
Dukes Rd residents continued to push for high-cost flood protection, believing Mosgiel ratepayers should help foot the bill, at the Otago Regional Council's long-term plan hearings yesterday.
Official April weather figures have confirmed Otago enjoyed a warm, dry and sunny month.
Proposed flood protection works to protect a small group of Mosgiel residents, is opposed by a Riccarton Rd couple.
While police and Fish and Game Otago might disagree about the extent to which duck shooters mix hunting with alcohol, both organisations are urging extra care with firearms this weekend for the opening of the season.
