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Reform should address funding: councillor
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Reform should address funding: councillor
Whatever form of local government comes out of proposed changes, funding issues are going to remain, a council meeting was told yesterday.
Steve Hepburn
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Santana hearing comes to a standstill
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Santana hearing comes to a standstill
The fast track has come to a rapid halt.
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New bus to run seven days a week
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New bus to run seven days a week
Oamaru is getting a bus service.
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Expansion of windfarm gains draft approval
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Expansion of windfarm gains draft approval
A draft decision has approved the expansion of the Mahinerangi wind farm.
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Fourth flood protection option on table
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Fourth flood protection option on table
A shot has been fired across the bow of the Dunedin City Council as a fourth, shorter-term option to manage future flood risks in South Dunedin is put on the table.
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Advantages of single authority highlighted
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Advantages of single authority highlighted
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is warning anything but one Otago-wide authority will lead to inefficiencies, worse outcomes for communities and a loss of knowledge.
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Rise in dumping in Wenita forests ‘unwelcome hassle’
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Rise in dumping in Wenita forests ‘unwelcome hassle’
Everything from computers to stolen cars is being dumped in Wenita’s forests and the problem is only getting worse.
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Loss of holes could lose city millions
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Loss of holes could lose city millions
A golf course designer and former New Zealand Open winner says turning Chisholm Park into a 12-hole course would rob the city of potentially many millions of dollars.
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Exclusion from hearing ‘raises serious questions’
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Exclusion from hearing ‘raises serious questions’
An animal advocate group which was twice denied a chance to contribute to a fast-track hearing says it has been treated unfairly.
Students get hands-on forestry lesson
Students get hands-on forestry lesson
The classroom became trees and machines for a group of Taieri College students, taking the opportunity to see how to cut and thin trees.
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Mice control key factor in proposal: Tocher
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Mice control key factor in proposal: Tocher
There was an elephant in the room at the final day of the one-day hearings, although it was an animal nowhere near the size of the world’s largest land mammal.
Impacts of proposed mine heard
Impacts of proposed mine heard
Over the past 10 days a panel considering a fast-track consent application for Santana Minerals’ proposed gold mine in Central Otago has heard from expert witnesses.
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Land rehabilitation fund raises questions
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Land rehabilitation fund raises questions
A $50 million fund, set up to provide cash for a trust to rehabilitate land at the site of the Santana Minerals goldmine when it closed, brought more questions than answers yesterday.
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Mine’s national significance debated
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Mine’s national significance debated
The Santana Minerals goldmine was described as the biggest project in the fast-track process, but was not nationally significant.
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Environmental groups struggling to afford Santana fast-track process
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Environmental groups struggling to afford Santana fast-track process
Two environmental groups involved in the Santana Minerals fast-track process say they have run out of time and money and are asking for cash from the mining company to stay involved.
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Site readied for apartments
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Site readied for apartments
A 36-unit apartment building is set to be built on the corner of High and Clark Sts, and more than half of the units have already been snapped up.
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Projected tax contribution from proposed gold mine disputed
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Projected tax contribution from proposed gold mine disputed
Scorn was yesterday poured on the amount of money suggested would go into the government’s coffers by the proposed Santana Minerals gold mine.
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Hydro storage good, winter power supply secure: Meridian
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Hydro storage good, winter power supply secure: Meridian
Meridian Energy is predicting a secure power supply over winter thanks to high water levels in its hydro systems.
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Fuel prices on their way down - slowly
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Fuel prices on their way down - slowly
Petrol prices are on the slide, but it will be a while before they drop to the level they were before the Middle East conflict blew up.
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Witnesses debate mine water flows
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Witnesses debate mine water flows
Santana Minerals is standing by its water modelling and evidence produced for its gold mine project in Bendigo, saying it was standard practice in the size of these projects.