Despite concerns an Environment Court decision allowing a house to be built on a flood-prone section at Karitane could set a legal precedent, the Otago Regional Council has not appealed the decision.
The implications of Port Otago's next generation plans are bringing the Careys Bay Association out of recess.
There are not many times that silence reigns when about 100 pupils congregate in a school hall, but a regional schools chess competition, where the only sounds are the click of pieces on the board, proved to be just such an occasion.
Estuaries in coastal Otago are in good health but they are also showing signs of "stressors" from land use further upstream, Otago Regional Council environmental information and science director John Threlfall said.
Whether or not there is a future for the Taieri spill gates tampered with during last month's flood is being investigated by the Otago Regional Council.
A suggestion it would be more than a year before the Otago Regional Council considers the issue of bike racks being put on public buses has been met with frustration by Cr Bryan Scott.
Wear less make-up and colour your hair less - that is the advice of the New Zealand's Next Top Model audition panel.
The University of Otago's master plan is forcing the Otago Regional Council to look at alternative approaches to its Leith-Lindsay flood protection scheme.
Being able to keep general rates from rising and reduce the Dunedin transport rate while still being able to support new walking track projects deserves a slap on the back for the Otago Regional Council, chairman Stephen Cairns says.
The University of Otago's master plan is forcing the Otago Regional Council to look at alternative approaches to its Leith-Lindsay flood protection scheme.
Proposals for flood mitigation works at East Taieri need to be taken to residents "with haste", Otago regional councillor David Shepherd says.
Proposals for flood mitigation works at East Taieri need to be taken to residents "with haste", Otago regional councillor David Shepherd says.
Pleasure craft using Southland waterways will soon have to display a name or other identification on both sides of the hull.
Providing medical care to Stewart Island's more than 400 residents and 40,000 summer visitors during the past 20 years has earned the island's two nurses the Queen's Service Medal.
As Henley residents continue to clean up their homes and businesses after last week's floods, the costs of the event around Coastal Otago are starting to become clear.
The 1980 Taieri Plain flood is considered one of the most devastating to hit the area and has shaped the level of flood protection there since.
Two Nelson women are travelling the country to raise awareness of the origins of the Vietnamese catfish, or basa, being sold in some New Zealand supermarkets and fish and chip shops.
Flooding throughout Coastal Otago last week may not have broken any records but the rainfall which contributed to it did.
Police have been called in by the Otago Regional Council to investigate the unauthorised propping up of floodgates along the upper Taieri ponding area as the river rose on Tuesday night.
Construction of stage one of the Mahinerangi wind farm will begin in September, with the first power expected to be produced in February, TrustPower announced yesterday.
