Submission endorsed
Submission endorsed
The Otago Regional Council has endorsed a submission seeking a joint approach with Southland over a new Kawarau Falls bridge on State Highway 6.
Rebecca Fox
Could be off work for 6 weeks after being 'clear-felled' by door
Could be off work for 6 weeks after being 'clear-felled' by door
A Cromwell builder "clear-felled" by the swinging rear door of a truck in Lawrence last week is back home and on the mend.
Philip J Cox Memorial Hut opened on Yellow Ridge
Philip J Cox Memorial Hut opened on Yellow Ridge
A keen tramper, the late Phil Cox always wanted to see something done about the dangers of the Silver Peaks.
Concern over water plan
Concern over water plan
Otago Federated Farmers has warned the Otago Regional Council that its proposed water quality plan changes could "blow up and become a nightmare".
Threat to catchments: Doc
Threat to catchments: Doc
Water availability in the Kakanui and Manuherikia catchments could be threatened if highland snow tussock grasslands are replaced by pasture or forestry, a new Department of Conservation report says.
Payment declined by ORC
Payment declined by ORC
The Otago Regional Council has declined to pay for the flood protection works Berwick farmer Dan Lyders undertook himself.
Float-free beacons impractical – Maritime NZ
Float-free beacons impractical – Maritime NZ
Making float-free locator beacons compulsory on vessels such as Easy Rider, which capsized in Foveaux Strait last week, was considered "impractical", Maritime New Zealand says.
Scientist in quest to be Miss Burlesque
Scientist in quest to be Miss Burlesque
Glasses-wearing scientist by day, corset-wearing burlesque artist by night.
Floating beacons 'should' have been mandatory
Floating beacons 'should' have been mandatory
Some passengers of Easy Rider might have been saved if Maritime New Zealand had made float-free locator beacons mandatory, former Port Chalmers Fishing Co-operative president Steve Little says.
Call to see injuries not as accidents but as preventable
Call to see injuries not as accidents but as preventable
A mind shift is needed so people stop viewing injuries as "accidents" and instead view them as no different from cancer or heart disease, a visiting Canadian injury prevention specialist says.
Floodbank bill sent to ORC
Floodbank bill sent to ORC
Berwick farmer Dan Lyders has taken matters into his own hands and completed flood protection work he claims the Otago Regional Council should have done years ago - and sent it the bill.
Service levels steady
Service levels steady
While the Otago Regional is consistently improving the time it takes to process its resource consents, more consents are being rejected, Cr Trevor Kempton says.
'Grumpy' incidents spark ORC security review
'Grumpy' incidents spark ORC security review
"Grumpy" customers setting upon receptionists has led the Otago Regional Council to review its security and plan a $300,000 overhaul of its reception area including installing CCTV.
Oceana Gold gets go-ahead
Oceana Gold gets go-ahead
An Environment Court decision will allow Oceana Gold to begin work on its plans to expand its mine at Macraes.
Air pollution monitor to be installed
Air pollution monitor to be installed
Palmerston's air quality will be continuously monitored next winter after real-time testing of small particulates (PM10) in the town's air showed some of Otago's highest real-time figures reported during mobile monitoring.
Region faces 3.9% rise in ORC rates
Region faces 3.9% rise in ORC rates
Otago ratepayers may be hit with a 3.9% increase in the Otago Regional Council general rate this year, with some facing even larger targeted increases on top of that.
ORC seeks submissions on proposed rates rise
ORC seeks submissions on proposed rates rise
Otago regional councillors are calling on ratepayers to have their say on planned rates rises of up to 7% in the coming year.
Concern over spillway plan
Concern over spillway plan
Proposed work on the controversial Riverside Rd spillway, part of the Taieri Plain flood protection scheme, has again led to clashes between upper pond farmers and the Otago Regional Council.
More people using buses
More people using buses
Bus passengers seem to have approved of the new Saturday services introduced in Dunedin at the end of January.
Water tools in spotlight
Water tools in spotlight
Otago regional councillors have questioned if there are the tools available to make proposed changes to water-quality rules in Otago a success.