Grant Miller

Transport Minister Michael Wood is urging Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to listen to Dunedin leaders before making the final call on how roading around the city’s new hospital should be configured.

The grassed area of the upper Octagon in Dunedin is being replaced, following the two-month occupation by protesters opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

Detailed designs for a revamp of Dunedin’s main shopping street feature bespoke paving, a cultural narrative and space for people to dine.

Bespoke paving, a cultural narrative and space for people to dine and trade have emerged as prominent themes in the planned makeover of Dunedin's main shopping street.

Patience helped to produce a peaceful end to the two-month Octagon occupation in Dunedin, the city’s mayor says.