Its youngest passenger in the past year was a premature baby, its oldest, an 87-year-old man injured in a crash - the essential help the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust gives to people like these has been boosted by a good financial year.
Last month was the warmest August on record in New Zealand - and Otago was no exception, with temperatures in Dunedin breaking a 62-year record and Cromwell more than 3degC warmer than average.
The former Mobil bulk storage facility in Fryatt St on Dunedin's harbourside is undergoing an environmental assessment before the site is handed back to its owner, Port Otago.
A suspicious fire has closed Kaikorai Valley-based Pasta D'Oro for at least a week, leaving its owners to deal with the "major catastrophe".
Three men required hospital treatment after a group brawl involving a wheel brace on George St early yesterday.
Drivers have been caught running red or amber lights and stop signs up to 200 times during the recent traffic intersection campaign in Dunedin.
Dawn Ibbotson never expected her passion, for pressing flowers to raise funds for charity, would lead to winning a gardening award.
An 81-year-old woman's quick thinking saved her and her home from damage after the lpg cylinder fuelling her cabinet heater caught fire this week.
The new owner of the Mt Stuart wind farm proposal will meet those concerned about the project today.
Grace Hughes, the little girl who does not eat, is facing a new challenge: how to get teacher aide assistance so she can go to school.
Otago Fish and Game Council has decided to take a section of its unused Wanaka hatchery site off the market.
Fish and Game's interests are "diametrically opposed" to damming any further free-flowing rivers, Otago council chairman John Barlow says.
It may just be a stool but its upholstery hides an intriguing concept - it is made out of recycled material, but not any old recycled material.
Getting a 10kg sea bird to ignore the call of the wild and not put any pressure on its broken leg is the latest challenge for staff at the royal northern albatross colony at Taiaroa Head.
An extraordinary meeting of the Otago Regional Council will be held on Tuesday to discuss "councillors' code of conduct considerations".
As more and more people buy their fishing licences online, Fish and Game Otago is reviewing the number of agencies selling the licences.
A suggestion Fish and Game is not visible enough had a mixed reaction at an Otago Fish and Game Council meeting this week.
A self-confessed "controversial" figure, Jeff Connell is retiring after 20 years as the Department of Conservation's Otago conservator. Rebecca Fox talks to the man who has shaped the region's conservation efforts, often not without criticism.
An Otago beach might not be your ideal winter holiday spot, but about four leopard seals are making the most of the comparatively balmy conditions away from their Antarctic and subantarctic homes.
Amy McCauley still cannot quite believe she won the groomer of the year award at the National Dog Groomers Association Groomalong, in Christchurch.
