It will be at least another 18 months before any noticeable improvements in air quality can be measured in towns like Alexandra, Otago Regional Council environmental information and science director John Threlfall says.
"Substantially" more water could be available for irrigation in the Tarras-Bendigo area than first thought, an Otago Regional Council study shows.
Kate Linterman does not want to be "that girl with Crohn's" and knows better than anyone how embarrassing talking about toilet issues is.
Those involved in the water-metering industry are concerned at the lack of quality control around the installation of equipment in some areas.
The restoration of windows and doors in the historic accommodation block on Quarantine Island has been made possible by a donation of $56,000 from the Otago Community Trust.
It could be up to six years before new ways of killing possums become a practical reality, scientists say.
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.
