A wilding pine control group warns Queenstown's beautiful vistas could be decimated in a decade if the government does not stump up more funding to stop the spread of invasive trees. Whakatipu Wilding Control Group volunteers have been working to remove y... See more
A Queenstown community group is alarmed about a sharp spike in E. coli levels in the Shotover River, just downstream of the town's troubled wastewater treatment plant. The Otago Regional Council is investigating a high reading that the district council sa... See more
Lead poisoning has killed two kea in Southern Westland in recent weeks, and led to four others being hospitalised, the Department of Conservation says. DoC was asking for people's help to protect the endangered birds by removing sources of the toxin and n... See more
Stewart Island resident Bruce Ford reckons there's a problem with getting old on Rakiura - there's nowhere suitable to do it. The local of 60 years is the head of the Stewart Island Seniors Cottage Trust. The trust is trying to raise an additional $1 mill... See more
Health New Zealand is reviewing how healthcare is delivered on Stewart Island after a survey raised serious concerns about the cost and difficulty of seeing a doctor. It has been at least a decade since Rakiura had its own GP, with nurses now the only per... See more
