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Public suggest projects for coastal plan

A boardwalk stretching from St Clair in the foreground to Lawyers Head is the most popular...

Public suggest projects for coastal plan

A boardwalk from St Clair to Lawyers Head, a walkway from St Clair to Tunnel Beach, and hot pools and year-round use at the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool are among the most popular suggestions for Dunedin’s St Clair to St Kilda coastal plan.

Musical chairs at DCC

Musical chairs at DCC

Four senior management positions are being filled in a caretaker capacity at the Dunedin City Council.

DCC working with receivers, no comment on Foulden Maar

DCC working with receivers, no comment on Foulden Maar

The Dunedin City Council is continuing to work with the receivers of Foulden Maar, but will not say more on its plans for the site.

Council to look at kerb after wheelchair fall

For the past four years, Musselburgh resident Richard Todd has been forced to detour on his way...

Council to look at kerb after wheelchair accident

It is just 5cm, but for Richard Todd it creates a 50m detour - and this week in the wet he tumbled out of his wheelchair as he tried to make his regular trip to the neighbourhood dairy.

Bid to ‘incorporate creativity’ in coastal projects

Bid to ‘incorporate creativity’ in coastal projects

Three Dunedin infrastructure projects are set to get some support from the arts sector.

Dunedin assessed as quarantine centre

The people in charge of Covid quarantine, Cabinet minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Darryn...

Dunedin assessed as quarantine centre

Hundreds of people at a time could be spending their first two weeks back in New Zealand in Dunedin.

'A soulmate, father and a friend': Family grieves fisherman

'A soulmate, father and a friend': Family grieves fisherman

The family of a Dunedin fisherman whose body was found in Lake Wakatipu yesterday say they are mourning the loss of "a son, a brother, a soulmate, a father and a friend".

Street overhaul: $150K paid to study impact on traffic

The proposal includes making Cumberland St one-way state highway into a two-way 30kmh local road...

Street overhaul: $150K paid to study impact on traffic

Consultants have been paid $150,000 to study how an overhaul of Dunedin’s city-centre streets could affect traffic.

‘Premier events’ receive $250K

‘Premier events’ receive $250K

More than $250,000 was given to "premier events" in Dunedin last month, the Dunedin City Council has revealed.

Motels welcome support in school holidays

The new Dunedin Palms Motel keeps the Art Deco style of its predecessor on the High St site....

Motels welcome support in school holidays

Strong domestic support over the school holiday period is keeping Dunedin accommodation providers afloat, Otago Motel Associa0tion president Alex Greenan says.

Bidrose feels honoured as service ends on a pastoral note

Taxidermied sheep take up temporary residence in Sue Bidrose’s Dunedin City Council office as the...

Bidrose feels honoured as service ends on a pastoral note

As she ties up loose ends at the end of seven years as the Dunedin City Council’s chief executive, Sue Bidrose is working from a different office.

AA says road change could snarl traffic

AA Otago District Council chairman Malcolm Budd says his organisation is opposing proposed...

AA says road change could snarl traffic

If planners get proposed road changes wrong, they could bring Dunedin city centre traffic to a standstill, the New Zealand Automobile Association says.

Dolphins frolic in ocean just off Taiaroa Head

Dolphins frolic in ocean just off Taiaroa Head

Two bottle-nosed dolphins jump from the water "just outside" Taiaroa Head about 11am yesterday.

E-bike scheme attracts fewer staff than hoped

An e-bike scheme to get staff from the Dunedin City Council on bikes has attracted less interest than had been hoped.

Office refurb for outgoing DCC boss

Outgoing DCC chief executive Sue Bidrose in her refurbished office. PHOTO : PETER MCINTOSH

Office refurb for outgoing DCC boss

As she ties up loose ends at the end of seven years as Dunedin City Council chief executive, Sue Bidrose is working from a different office.

Ship’s 28-days-isolated crew allowed ashore

Container-handling cranes are visible from the main street of Port Chalmers, George St. PHOTO:...

Ship’s 28-days-isolated crew allowed ashore

If Port Chalmers residents see crew from ships in the port in town, they can be assured robust procedures in place are being followed at Port Otago, chief executive Kevin Winders says.

Young cast set to take centre stage, at last

Preparing for a rehearsal of Carol Krueger Children's Theatre production of The Famous Five are ...

Young cast set to take centre stage, at last

The show must go on — and so a wartime adaptation of a children’s adventure will hit the stage in Dunedin despite originally being cancelled three months ago.

Factory demolition warning

Ted Daniels (left) and Athol Parks outside the Cadbury building last year. Photo: Linda Robertson

Factory demolition warning

There are fears the demolition of the former Cadbury factory without a definite plan for the future of the site could be a permanent blow to Dunedin’s historic streetscape.

Moving online ‘before I actually fall off the perch’

After 30 years, Happy Hens owner Yvonne Sutherland has farewelled her Portobello shop, having...

Moving online ‘before I actually fall off the perch’

For the past 30 years, the world has walked through Yvonne Sutherland’s Portobello door.

No detail yet on effects of one-way changes

No detail yet on effects of one-way changes

The public will not know how changes to Dunedin’s central city one-way system could affect traffic flows through the city until after public engagement on the project ends next week.

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