Throughout Otago, people with a love of food and fresh produce are turning out amazing products. For some it's just a hobby; for others it has become their livelihood. Rebecca Fox finds out their story.
Three Otago conservation projects will receive $124,000 in Government biodiversity funding.
Concerns about a boat anchored 100m off the channel in Otago Harbour in rough conditions resulted in a Coastguard callout on Tuesday.
Otago's damp Christmas Day weather looks likely to keep things cooler.
Last year's bikini and beach trip might have to be exchanged for a jersey and a board game for this Christmas Day in Otago.
A new emphasis on recreation within conservation boards is a concern, former Otago board chairman Emeritus Prof Alan Mark says.
Seeing her age in cupcakes left 106-year-old Freda McMillan a bit overwhelmed yesterday.
Any apprehension Peter Bodeker may have had about leaving the primary sector for an organisation perceived as ''green'' has been put to rest in the past year.
Dunedin might have had an intense thunderstorm but more rain across a greater area is needed if Otago's rivers are to get back to normal, water scientists says.
A three-day horse trial event is expected to attract hundreds of people to Middlemarch next year.
A dislocated arm may have slowed him down but Adam Chambers is still determined to walk the length of New Zealand to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation.
Intervention by Department of Conservation staff has saved 17 of 26 royal northern albatross in the past year.
An audit and risk committee will be formed to ensure Otago Regional Council is keeping up with law changes, is accountable and its processes are robust.
Starvation has hit yellow-eyed penguin chicks, killing up to 50% of this breeding season's population on Otago Peninsula.
Concerns the Otago Regional Council's science-based capability, especially around water quality, may be curtailed by the organisation's restructure, have been raised by Cr Bryan Scott.
The owner of a dog which chased a sea lion from the sand dunes on an Otago Peninsula beach to the sea has been granted diversion.
Isavena Vallduvi might have an injured leg but her days just got brighter with a move into Dunedin Hospital's new children's ward.
Just how much investigative work the Otago Regional Council is committing to under the triennial agreement between the region's local authorities needs some clarification, Cr David Shepherd says.
A 52-year Mosgiel tradition ends this year as the last Meenan to run the Meenan Dance Centre hangs up her ballet slippers.
More studies are needed before the true impact of seismic surveys on small marine mammals such as porpoises and dolphins is known, Prof Paul Thompson, of the University of Aberdeen, says.
