A potential conflict between Dunedin's two local authorities has been resolved, with the Otago Regional Council selling a piece of land wanted by its city counterpart for roading developments.
Proposed "improvements" to the public transport management system could turn back the clock on Dunedin's bus services to "rough old buses and plenty of exhaust", Otago regional councillors say.
The role of the media in the public's understanding of environmental issues is one of the topics to be considered at a one-day forum to be held in Dunedin next month.
The possibility of funding drying up for the SuperGold Card, which gives elderly free trips on city's buses, is worrying the Otago Regional Council.
A night raid on illegal whitebaiting on the Clutha River failed to net any offenders, but the Department of Conservation hopes it has sent a warning to the whitebaiting fraternity.
An investigation into Dunedin's air quality has shown there is considerable variation across the city, but what is causing the central city's air pollution problem is not yet known.
For its forthcoming election, the Otago Fish and Game Council has attracted the biggest field of candidates since its inception in 1991.
Environmental, social and economic issues have to be balanced in making recommendations on minimum flow changes to Otago's water plan, hearing panel chairman Duncan Butcher says.
An Otago regional councillor is worried its new approach to dealing with pollution in run-off from land may be like deciding to go to Mars while lacking the rocket required to get there.
Some of Otago's male New Zealand sea lions will soon be sporting individual bleached markings to help identify them on their trip south for the summer breeding season in the subantarctic.
A new approach to dealing with pollution caused by run-off from land, to be considered by the Otago Regional Council today, could have significant implications for farmers.
In an effort to protect one of the main pipelines for the city water supply, the Dunedin City Council will permanently divert a section of Whare Creek.
Saffron Lai (8) and her mother, Shiang-Feng Shen, reflected on becoming New Zealanders after a citizenship ceremony at the Dunedin Municipal Chambers this week.
Sitting among goods donated for her fundraising auction, 5-year-old Grace Hughes cannot help but smile.
More than $40,000 will go to projects in Otago in the latest round of Community Conservation Funding, which was announced yesterday.
Weather records were broken around Otago in September - not due to a lack of rainfall as had been feared but instead because of extreme temperatures.
There is no one solution to New Zealand's energy supply issues but a group of Otago scientists believes investing in "diversity" will go a long way towards easing them.
New fishing season licence holders will get a bonus week's fishing in Otago, but it does not mean an early opening of the region's brown trout fisheries.
Easterly rain predicted for the rest of this week, on top of the past couple of days of southerly showers, would help ease the dry conditions on Otago's eastern coast.
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust has sought the support of Tourism Dunedin for its campaign to ensure the continuation of observer programmes on commercial fishing vessels.
