Central Otago's organic wine movement, spearheaded by Central Otago Winegrowers Association (COWA), has reached a remarkable ...

Chair of Earthquake Science Professor Mark Stirling says the work is also part of a wider effort by the group to characterize the dozen or so most major active faults of the Otago region.

Armed police have surrounded a rural Otago house after tracking down a man believed to have had a number of guns. Officers were involved a wide manhunt across the region yesterday, seeking a man “in ...

Central Otago is creating a strategy to shape its ... make it more affordable for families to live here. "Not only is the region trying to accommodate potentially 7000 extra seasonal staff ...

Masterful machine control and nerves of steel saw Dunedin’s Josh Keane power his way to victory against 19 of Otago's best excavator operators at the Civil Contractors New Zealand CablePrice Otago ...

Otago Fish and Game is continuing to monitor wetlands and estuaries near the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant, where ...

Otago Fish & Game staff were monitoring areas ... “We will be asking district councils across the region to look at their management plans for wastewater treatment plants to ensure everything ...

On the rock tors of Central Otago, herpetologist Carey Knox scans the schist ledges for lizards. He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became ...

Gibbston Valley in Central Otago wine region on the South Island in New Zealand. Photograph by Rolf_52, Alamy Stock Photo The Central Otago wine region, specifically stunning Gibbston, is also ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government wants tourism "turned on big-time internationally" in response to the Queenstown mayor's call for more funding for the sector. Queenstown's ability ...

City councillor David Benson-Pope says the Otago Regional Council and its companies should get out of the way of development on Dunedin's waterfront. Port Otago has reaped a massive profit selling its ...