More funding for rescue helicopter
More funding for rescue helicopter
Otago's "extraordinarily supportive" community has done it again, donating nearly $60,000 towards its rescue helicopter through the recent Chopper Appeal.
Rebecca Fox
Woolston still the class brass
Woolston still the class brass
Defending champion Woolston Brass, of Christchurch, won the New Zealand Brass Band Championships with what its musical director called some "electrical" and "exhilarating" performances.
Women attack and rob cyclists
Women attack and rob cyclists
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.
Designs on bringing touch of East back to city
Designs on bringing touch of East back to city
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.
Dunedin dry and sunny in June
Dunedin dry and sunny in June
While most of New Zealand was experiencing heavy rainfall and cloud during June, Otago was basking in generally dry, sunny and cool weather.
Area will be 'ruined' if silt dumped
Area will be 'ruined' if silt dumped
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.
ORC joins runoff research
ORC joins runoff research
The first stage of research into a new tool to measure runoff from land is under way after the Otago Regional Council and Landcare Research signed a contract.
Impact of poison spill 'low'
Impact of poison spill 'low'
The environmental impact of last week's accidental drop of bait laced with rat poison into a lake on Anchor Island, in Fiordland, is believed to be "very low, if any", Department of Conservation Te Anau area manager Reg Kemper said.
Hunting store planned for Cromwell
Hunting store planned for Cromwell
A hunting and fishing retail store is to be built in Cromwell, creating employment for up to six people.
Coastal reserve may help Purakaunui deadlock
Coastal reserve may help Purakaunui deadlock
A Purakaunui landowner is proposing a coastal reserve around Potato Point could be a compromise which could break the deadlock over development on the headland.
Divided view on valuing sport fishery
Divided view on valuing sport fishery
A suggestion a report on the economic value of New Zealand's sport fishery is needed has caused some controversy within Fish and Game.
More didymo research wanted
More didymo research wanted
Fish and Game Otago is to appeal to its national body to support research into the impact of didymo on the Upper Clutha.
Inquiry into aerial rat poison spill
Inquiry into aerial rat poison spill
An investigation has been launched after bait pellets laced with rat poison fell from a helicopter into a lake on a remote Fiordland island during a Department of Conservation poisoning operation.
ORC backs own air-quality plan
ORC backs own air-quality plan
Proposals to amend national air-quality standards are not a ticket to "get out of jail" for Otago residents needing to meet the region's more stringent requirements, Otago Regional councillor Duncan Butcher says.
Rabbit control 'quite critical'
Rabbit control 'quite critical'
It is "quite critical" the Otago Regional Council pushes ahead with its efforts to further the investigation of rabbit control methods as quickly as possible, Cr Stephen Woodhead said.
Headquarters hot issue
Headquarters hot issue
Otago Regional Council might have "pulled back" from its multimillion-dollar waterfront building, but it still desperately needs a more suitable premises, Cr Michael Deaker says.
Concerns over continuing sea-lion population decline
Concerns over continuing sea-lion population decline
Unless a recent change in the New Zealand sea lion's status to the highest risk of extinction leads to ways to reduce it becoming bycatch at sea, the population will continue to decline, the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust says.
Anger over floodgate risk
Anger over floodgate risk
A group of Taieri upper pond ratepayers claim their lives and livelihoods were put at "unnecessary risk" by the early dropping of flood gates without consultation during last month's floods.
ORC nil increase adopted
ORC nil increase adopted
The Otago Regional Council has adopted its annual plan for the 2010-11 year and the resulting rating resolution which was described by corporate services director Wayne Scott as mostly "business as usual".
Fishing licence increase mooted
Fishing licence increase mooted
An $8 increase in the price of an adult full-season licence has been proposed for the coming fishing season.