A crucial report on the Manuherikia River has been delayed and it will now be nearly a year after calling for the work to be done before Otago regional councillors see it.
The "initial findings" of an investigation into the Otago Regional Council are in, but neither the environment minister nor the council is releasing them yet.
The Otago Regional Council says $3.4 million has been spent in an ongoing clean-up of summer flooding that inundated large parts of Fiordland, Southland and South and West Otago more than two years...
Despite calls to halve the proposed rates rise and put a hiring freeze in place, regional councillors have confirmed an 18% increase for Otago next year.
Is it going too far to visualise Otago Regional Council chief executive Sarah Gardner breathing a huge sigh of relief, starting a cheerful whistle and kicking up her heels as she walks out the...
Continuing unedifying spats between some councillors and management at various Otago Regional Council meetings will do nothing to improve public perception about the organisation.
An Otago Regional Council general manager lost his cool at councillors, accused them of piling on the work, and called one resolution a "load of rubbish" at a meeting yesterday.