Rebecca Fox

Ritchies Transport regional manager Malcolm Budd with one of the four new urban buses worth $480,000 that will be on Dunedin streets in coming weeks.

Otago was second to only the West Coast in the number of aerial 1080 operations carried out last year, yet no complaints were made about the operations.

A juvenile trout from Otago Fish and Game's Macraes Hatchery has tested positive for the same bacterial disease causing illness and death in lampreys in Southland.

Former Dunedin fast-jet pilot Steve Hunt has been confirmed as the driver for the New Zealand-led Jetblack world land speed record attempt.

Otago ratepayers could be hit with higher environmental monitoring costs as the Government looks to establish a national reporting system, the Otago Regional Council says.

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust staff and volunteers have spent the past week searching its peninsula reserves for nesting penguins.

Otago Regional Council ownership of old sheds and dusty plots of land throughout Central Otago is being reviewed.

Despite fears a bacterial infection affecting lampreys in the Mataura River could become like "didymo, but worse" fishing authorities are hopeful it will not affect the river's world-renowned trout fishery.

Many aspects of the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival, including the price of tickets, will be evaluated when planning begins for the next event, organising committee chairman Peter Cole says.

Up to 12 jobs may be lost at Port Otago as the company looks to reduce its workforce to meet an expected drop in the container trade.

The Waitaki District Council has called for Oceana Gold to invest double the $2 million it is proposing to give a community trust as part of its mine expansion consents.

Crayfish, fish and chips out of a newspaper cone and a glass of your favourite drop - what more could you ask for on a Saturday afternoon?

Four people had a lucky escape when waves swamped their inflatable dingy as it went out over the bar at Taieri Mouth on Saturday afternoon.

The St Clair Salt Water Pool will open tomorrow as planned despite taking a hammering from the elements this week.