Matthew Littlewood

Electricity generators appear to be playing "Russian roulette" with lake levels and the New Zealand public, and conservation of power must start now, a Mackenzie district councillor warns.

Historically low hydro lake levels are opening the country to the risk of "widespread" electricity shortages, Transpower has warned.

A Dunedin woman afflicted with a rare disease says staying in New Zealand without treatment will be a "death sentence".

Forestry slash is simply not an issue in Otago compared with other parts of the country, the region’s industry body says.

The government has been accused of undermining local democracy as it piles pressure on the Otago Regional Council over fears new rules will hit ratepayers with "astronomical" costs.

"Confusion" over proposed planning rules in the Gore district outlining areas of Māori significance has led to the farming lobby considering a meeting with local iwi to "clear the air".

Publicly funded radiology in the South is so stretched that only outsourcing could meet the demand, a lead clinician says.

It could be months before the effectiveness of a wide-ranging pest control programme is known.

The Prime Minister should weigh in on the new Dunedin Hospital after more uncertainty from the new health czar, a city councillor says.

All of Te Pukenga’s polytechnic regions, including Otago, recorded an operating deficit last year as the embattled mega-polytechnic prepares to break up.

Cabinet has put the new Dunedin hospital project under further oversight amid concerns it could be "downscaled".