Steve Hepburn

Contact Energy has made no immediate commitment to build a giant wind farm near Wyndham but scheme opponents have not thrown in the towel.

A Dunedin support worker says an increased payment for car use is simply not enough and will lead to falls and eventually deaths, as a strained workforce breaks.

Tim Dobier is officially the second-fastest in his family.

Union protesters gathered in Queens Gardens yesterday to highlight pay equity issues.

A new pupil at Otago Boys’ High School is following in his dad’s footsteps, even though it was a 19,000km jaunt to school.

Contact Energy is sticking to wanting a 60-year consent term for its billion-dollar Slopedown wind farm.

Former government statistician Len Cook is hitting out at the proposed new census, saying the country is is in the midst of a ‘‘population storm’’ and reliable data is desperately needed.

An Invercargill woman left haunted after her mother’s body lay undiscovered for up to eight days blames a health contractor, which has admitted mistakes were made.

Catch limits for spiny rock lobster have been increased for Otago following a sustainability review with promising signs for the future.

The Lake Onslow battery project could save well over $1billion a year on consumers’ power bills, its backers say.

The Santana Minerals gold mine would have an unprecedented impact on lizards, killing up to 650,000 of them, the Department of Conservation has warned.

Basic arithmetic came to the fore at an Otago Regional Council meeting this week over accusations of the value of the number four.

Petrol shortages could lead to the opening of new and desired routes for public transport in the South, one regional councillor has suggested.

Spraying one off the tee is having an impact on golf clubs around the country and one Dunedin course is trying to do something about it.

The Fast-track Approval Act has been described as undemocratic and dictatorial, opponents of projects saying they have no hope because of the way the legislation is framed.