Grant Miller

If an international surfing circuit is looking to bring an event to New Zealand, Dunedin is keen to get on board.

Rule changes could be pursued to help Dunedin provide better protection of buildings with significant heritage.

Possums, stoats and rats appear to be no match for Fairfield School’s predator-patrol squad.

Dunedin's water supply is vulnerable and its sewerage system requires significant upgrades, a 50-year planning programme has highlighted.

A lot less waste has been sent to Dunedin’s landfill since a separate kerbside collection started for food scraps and garden waste.

Dunedin's Reduce Rates lobby group is set to run a series of meetings in the suburbs, asking people how they feel after a 17.5% rates increase.

Within a week of the funeral for The Chills frontman Martin Phillipps, a music festival called "Dunedin Sounds" has been floated as a possible signature event for the city.

In-depth discussion at the Dunedin City Council relating to a potential sale of Aurora Energy extended into a second day yesterday and more is planned.

A substantially revised route for a cycle trail between Mosgiel and Outram could be hundreds of thousands of dollars cheaper to build than the original plan.

How the Dunedin City Council is going with redirecting Three Waters "Better Off" funding remains a mystery after a meeting behind closed doors.

Pukerangi will again be a destination for scenic train trips from Dunedin, starting in October.

The holdings company for the Dunedin City Council will carry on with just four directors while the operation is under review.

Enabling council companies to borrow more money to finance costly Three Waters work is about as much use as giving a drowning person a glass of water, an Otago mayor says.

The decision-making process about a potential sale of Aurora Energy has been "manipulated" towards that end, a critic says.

Consecutive deficits exceeding $28 million have been likened to a plaster the Dunedin City Council may soon need to rip off.

Dunedin should have no reduction in representation at the Otago Regional Council and there is a good case for making the constituency larger, city councillors say.

The Masters Games will need to go back to the drawing board to produce a financially viable event in Dunedin after a loss of almost $200,000 this year.