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Black swans are fouling Dunedin’s Tomahawk Lagoon, but getting rid of the birds would not be a straightforward process, a report says. The...

Bellbird and tūī birdsong is returning to Otago Peninsula as flowering plants recover amid possum number suppression. Otago Peninsula Biodiversity...

One of Otago’s toxic algae hotspots was in full bloom yesterday. Parts of Lake Waihola, one of four "areas of concern" identified by the Otago...

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The public are being asked to be vigilant in spotting potentially toxic algae blooms forming in some Otago waterways – with the ORC now reporting four areas of concern in recent weeks. Yesterday, the latest sample collected on 18 December found toxic ...

Young citizen scientists will step up to share their thoughts on the water quality and biodiversity of Tomahawk Lagoon at a Citizen Science...

The Otago Regional Council has stopped short of "locking in" criteria to determine which of the region’s degraded water bodies deserve attention. ...

Has agriculture reached an environmental tipping point?

New research into water quality and biodiversity at Tomohaka/Tomahawk Lagoon, as well as options for rehabilitating the lagoon, have been presented...