Photo: ODT filesThe ‘‘brazen’’ rabbit population is booming in Portobello, Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman Paul Pope says. Board member Cheryl Neill said Portobello School was considering laying poison over the summer holiday. As part of the consent, the Dunedin City Council wanted the car park to include lighting, he said. Mr Pope said the board’s position on low-level lighting was ‘‘to protect night skies and for ecological reasons’’. The council has a toilet available to install at Smaills Beach for freedom campers to use, Mr Pope said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 07, 2019 15:33 UTC