Farmers, landowners, local authorities and industries are being warned to get their applications for resource consent renewals in well before they expire, or risk major consequences under the new Resource Management Act changes.
A record number of people are reporting pollution incidents to the Otago Regional Council, as "perceived environmental harm" becomes less acceptable, council environmental services manager Martin King says.
An exercise to test the capacity and effectiveness of civil defence and emergency teams during a major snowstorm affecting almost all the Otago region will be held next week.
An Environment Court panel has suggested if the Otago Regional Council does not like its decision to allow the building of a house on flood-prone land at Karitane, the ORC should review its policies.
Rabbits in parts of Otago are at their highest levels in more than a decade.
A "full and frank" discussion was held between Taieri ratepayers affected by May's floods and the Otago Regional Council at a private meeting yesterday, chairman Stephen Cairns says.
Alternatives to 1080 pest control are in the pipeline but none directly targets the control of rabbits.
More signs, marker poles and a new shelter are planned for the Silver Peaks as part of a three-stage plan to make the scenic reserve safer for trampers.
Most Otago waterways are safe to swim in - most of the time, a report card for last summer shows.
The New Zealand pilot called a hero for landing her plane on a Darwin beach after engine failure earlier this week, is from Dunedin.
A $500,000 renovation of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in Macandrew Rd is about to begin.
Grace Hughes, the girl who did not eat, is continuing to make steady progress since her treatment in a specialist European hospital last summer.
A plan to rid Otago Peninsula of possums has spurred zoology student Amy Adams to study the pest.
Nearly six weeks after persistent rain caused flooding on the Taieri, the Otago Regional Council has agreed to meet affected landowners.
Otago's "extraordinarily supportive" community has done it again, donating nearly $60,000 towards its rescue helicopter through the recent Chopper Appeal.
Defending champion Woolston Brass, of Christchurch, won the New Zealand Brass Band Championships with what its musical director called some "electrical" and "exhilarating" performances.
A New Zealand representative cyclist and his Otago team mate say they are flabbergasted after being driven off the road and abused by two women while on a training ride on the Taieri.
Planner Amy Young hopes a trip to Japan as part of a Community Design Through Culture exchange will enable her to bring back to Dunedin the best of Eastern urban design traditions.
While most of New Zealand was experiencing heavy rainfall and cloud during June, Otago was basking in generally dry, sunny and cool weather.
Huirapa Upoko (chief) David Ellison has challenged all concerned about the impact of Port Otago's plans to dredge Otago Harbour to contact politicians, enlist environmental agencies and talk about it within their communities and families.
