New Zealand Post intends to keep the post office box lobby at its Dunedin metro branch in the Exchange and try to alleviate the parking and queue concerns at the Moray Pl branch, a spokesman says.
An investigation into the possible poisoning of pigeons and other birds in the Exchange area of Dunedin has failed to find the source of the reported deaths.
The Fortune Theatre has reversed its fortunes, having a "stellar" year in 2010 after its future was left hanging in balance in 2009.
Business owners, office workers, pensioners and mums are rallying to protest the closure of the Dunedin metro Post Shop and Kiwibank in the Exchange.
Some grand and Otago skinks could be relocated to an island in Lake Wanaka as part of efforts to protect the declining numbers of the western populations of the skinks.
Dunedin pupils will be making global connections in coming months as they use the All Blacks to link with other rugby-playing nations.
There is no evidence movement of the Church Hill Rd slip in Green Island is accelerating, but the news has not given nearby residents much peace of mind.
People will soon be able to access Otago Regional Council's vast array of public data and registers, if chief executive Graeme Martin has his way.
The Otago Regional Council will borrow money for the first time, to fund its final contribution to the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Heavy criticism of the Otago Regional Council's Taieri flood and drainage review has led Cr Duncan Butcher to defend the council's position during annual plan hearings yesterday.
Concerns from the Mosgiel community about potential flood risks to low-lying areas around Quarry Creek at East Taieri will be investigated by both the city and regional councils.
Opposition to the Otago Regional Council's proposed Taieri flood and drainage rating review is mounting, with nearly all the submissions to its annual plan on the subject against the changes.
More work needs to be done investigating wildlife trafficking from New Zealand as the demand for rare reptiles increases around the world, Traffic Southeast Asia deputy director Chris Shepherd says.
In the past year alone, up to 200 protected and endangered jewelled geckos, worth about $1.8 million on the black market, could have been taken illegally from spots on Otago Peninsula.
Wildlife smugglers are "greedy people without any consideration for animals", Wildlife Enforcement Group senior investigator Stuart Williamson says.
Fishing bag limits on rivers and lakes around Otago could be reduced as anglers express concern about the sustainability of the region's fisheries.
A "near perfect storm" of conditions is predicted for the opening day of the duck-shooting season in Otago tomorrow, although Mother's Day falling on the same weekend was a "cruel twist".
Learning she every day carried 9kg in her backpack was just one surprising fact Columba College pupil Tyla Toheriri-O'Neill discovered while taking part in the 2011 CensusAtSchool.
An Environment Court judge has approved a mediated agreement that gives the green light to a 118-lot residential development in Mosgiel.
An Otago Regional Council application for government funding to help people in the Manuherikia Valley northeast of Alexandra investigate water development has been successful.
