Chris Morris

Dunedin City Council staff are pressing ahead with a plan change that would result in Riccarton Rd's use as an arterial route formalised, despite the objections of residents.

The Dunedin City Council has approved plans for the $74.3 million stage two upgrade of the city's secondary sewage treatment facilities.

A group of Dunedin computer game-makers have put their company's name alongside some of the world's biggest players by winning an international award at the United Nations' World Summit Award in India.

Workers will move on to the Awatea St, Dunedin, site within weeks to begin construction of the $198 million stadium, after a High Court judge yesterday dismissed Stop the Stadium's last-minute attempt to derail the project.

Dunedin city councillors staunchly opposed to the $198 million Otago stadium have thrown their support behind it, saying it is time for the city to "move on".

Just who will pay the $275,000 bill for damage to Dunedin's 104-year-old pedestrian railway overbridge? The argument may have entered its second year, but a new paper trail shows no end in sight. Chris Morris reports.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry has dismissed Stop the Stadium's injunction efforts as without merit, as attention turns to planning for the $198 million Otago stadium's launch.

Meridian's new $2.7 million catamaran ferry slipped quietly into Dunedin last night for a refuelling stop as part of its maiden voyage.

Nearly half the 150 car parks in Dunedin's Wall Street shopping mall are to be removed to make way for Fisher and Paykel's new central city office, less than a month after the mall's glitzy opening ceremony.

A new ranking system for smaller roading projects could help diffuse tensions between the Dunedin City Council and community boards.

Dunedin city councillors have asked for minor safety improvements on Riccarton Rd to be accelerated, while pressing ahead with plans for an upgrade of the road "in the more medium term".

A report card on the health of Dunedin's economy has painted a mixed picture, with promising employment figures but population growth lagging behind the national average.

A police patrol car was left "undriveable" after being hit during a chase through the centre of Dunedin on Saturday night.

Closing your eyes and hoping for the best probably isn't the best approach when grappling with a shotgun for the first time.

Debate over the future of East Taieri's Riccarton Rd looks more likely to end in the Environment Court, after a safety audit backed the Dunedin City Council's vision for the road while dismissing community suggestions.