Emma Perry

Rates rises, increased borrowing or putting projects on hold are possibilities for the Dunedin City Council as it grapples with financial stresses from flow-on income reductions caused by Covid-19.

There will be no pay rise for Dunedin city councillors this year.

As Dunedin’s carbon emissions worsen, a zero carbon alliance involving the city’s biggest organisations is being proposed.

The deaths of four endangered kaka in recent weeks have prompted Orokonui Ecosanctuary to warn of the dangers of feeding the inquisitive bird.

Further delays to Dunedin’s new planning rules may exacerbate the city’s housing crisis, it is feared.

A new street name honouring early Polish settlers to the region was unveiled in Mosgiel yesterday.

One year on from a Dunedin fire that burnt 30ha of scrub and closed several popular tracks, the vegetation shows resilience, Forest and Bird members say.

It is hoped the creation of two ‘‘innovative’’ new funds will benefit Maori and Pasifika communities in Dunedin post-Covid.

Changes to Dunedin’s new district plan, to address the city’s shortfall in housing capacity, have been delayed by six months.

Dunedin is going to the dogs.

A Bluff worker has been awarded $16,000 in compensation after his unjustified dismissal, saying it was demoralising, affected him deeply and caused his family suffering as a result.

For the first time so far, the Playhouse Theatre will stage its children’s theatre production elsewhere.

Police fear next year’s Orientation Week could spiral out of control after news events will not be held at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.