Otago Regional Council is highlighting the importance of the region’s wetlands on World Wetlands Day today.
More than 7,000 visitors are expected to descend on Dunedin this week as two cruise ships berth at Port Chalmers on Friday.
Freshwater monitoring buoys have been deployed in lakes Wānaka and Whakatipu as part of an effort to improve water quality monitoring.
Bus services in Queenstown and Dunedin are being reduced from Tuesday 19 July due to driver shortages, winter illness and Covid, says the Otago Regional Council.
Otago Regional Council has opened online pre-consultation for its Long-term Plan for 2021-31.