A young Dunedin business which believes in supporting its community is organising a charity gala to raise money to support the relocation of kiwi to Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
More hen carcasses arrived on a Palmerston area farm yesterday to be composted, despite Mainland Poultry saying last week it had ended the practice.
Turning 10 years old on the 10th of the 10th, 2010, is a good tongue-twister but saying it is no problem for a group of Otago children who celebrate their birthdays tomorrow.
Concerns about clouds of odour coming from composting chicken carcasses and manure on properties in the Palmerston area have led to numerous complaints.
Stronger-than-normal westerly winds last month brought record or near record-breaking rainfall, temperatures and wind to Otago, especially Alexandra and Balclutha.
People dressed up in crazy costumes, flinging their arms around in a parody of a Highland fling, drew a crowd of bemused bystanders in the Octagon, Dunedin, yesterday.
The saddlebacks released into the Orokonui Ecosanctuary last April are breeding a month earlier than they had on their old home on Ulva Island, ecosanctuary general manager Chris Baillie says.
Dunedin's participation in New Zealand's free computer recycling event, eDay, is in doubt.
If people continue to flout the law by building unauthorised dams, legal action will be taken, the Otago Regional Council says.
Otago's populations of rare, tiny native freshwater fish will continue their slide towards extinction unless a serious effort is made to save them, a study says.
A revision of the threat status of New Zealand's reptiles has shown Otago and grand skinks have recovered dramatically in managed areas at Macraes Flat, while other populations continue to decline.
Conservation Corps courses are credited by many as having pointed their lives in the right direction, but his year - its 21st - the course itself has faced its own challenges.
The Cairn wetland in South Otago will be re-surveyed by an ecological specialist after concerns were raised about its future.
A new tree house was a surprise for the Hayward family, who lost their last one in a hedge fire that nearly claimed their Ravensbourne home.
It will be three years before the kiwi being transferred to Orokonui Ecosanctuary will breed.
Up to eight of New Zealand's most endangered kiwi, the Haast tokoeka, will be rehoused in Orokonui Ecosanctuary's predator-proof enclosure from the end of next month.
Continued dredging of Otago Harbour will make an impact on its health but as it is a heavily modified harbour, it is a question of what the community can live with, University of Otago marine science Associate Professor Abby Smith says.
Farmers around the Wyndham and Kaiwera areas hardest hit by last week's storm will be the first to be visited today by a team offering support and food parcels.
Environment stewards, economic developers or both? Rebecca Fox talks to retiring Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Cairns about the role of the local body.
In just eight years, Dunedin woman Pru Casey has made a lasting impact on surf life-saving.
