Rebecca Fox

Demand for Central Otago rabbit meat has grown, with nearly 20 supermarkets around the country stocking Tarras Game Foods' products.

Two or three undecided Otago regional councillors appear to hold the fate of the Awatea St stadium in their hands as the council meets today to vote on funding the project.

Insults and jeers hurled from a packed public gallery failed to deter seven Otago regional councillors from supporting the council's funding of the Awatea St stadium, although the decision came with conditions some think will be difficult to meet.

"Basically crap" is the impression an Otago Regional Council water quality report gives of three of Dunedin City's significant waterways, Cr Michael Deaker says.

More conclusive data is needed on the number of sea lion deaths during the squid fishing season in the Auckland Islands, even though a reduction in numbers has been estimated this season, the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust says.

Otago recreational fishing representatives, still smarting from the Ministry of Fisheries decision to ban set netting along Otago's coast, have decided not to attend a shellfish management group meeting tonight.

Winter air pollution has exceeded national guidelines much earlier this year in Otago compared with 2007, mainly due to cool, calm climatic conditions, the Otago Regional Council says.