Plans set out to combat floods
Plans set out to combat floods
A $44 million plan to combat flooding means South Dunedin’s wait for action is over, Mayor Jules Radich says.
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Expanded centre to help meet demand
Expanded centre to help meet demand
A newly expanded medical centre in North Dunedin will assist the growing demands of GPs, a clinician says.
South’s wants expressed
South’s wants expressed
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says the new Health Minister has got the message about the South’s desire for a tertiary hospital as "piled and planned".
Ukraine ambassador grateful for support
Ukraine ambassador grateful for support
The Ukraine ambassador to Australia and New Zealand wants to thank the two countries for their ongoing support in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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$92m tag for new landfill
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$92m tag for new landfill
The proposed budget for a new Dunedin landfill at Smooth Hill has nearly doubled to $92 million.
Outbreak thought contained after dead birds found away from site
Outbreak thought contained after dead birds found away from site
Dead birds have been found up to 80m from a DCC-run site where avian botulism has been confirmed, but the council believes the disease is contained at the plant.
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Fee might reduce museum visitors: DCC
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Fee might reduce museum visitors: DCC
Charging fees for international and out-of-town visitors to Toitū Otago Settlers Museum could lead to a major drop-off in visitor numbers, Dunedin City Council staff warn.
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Plan dashed as lodge to be sold
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Plan dashed as lodge to be sold
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich is disappointed his plan to help solve the homeless crisis in the city is no longer an option.
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Call for council to ramp up spend on events
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Call for council to ramp up spend on events
Dunedin should ramp up its spending to attract events before Christchurch’s new stadium gets established, councillors have been told.
Kāinga Ora to sell off Aaron Lodge
'No longer financially viable': Kāinga Ora to sell off Aaron Lodge
The semi-abandoned Aaron Lodge, once proposed as a solution for Dunedin’s homeless situation, will go out to the market next week.
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'We’ll be able to deliver the hospital'
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Govt can deliver on hospital: Meager
The new Dunedin hospital project "remains important", the government’s new advocate for the South Island says.
Hospital NZ’s most delayed major project
Hospital NZ’s most delayed major project
Amid reports of leaky operating theatres, millions have been left unspent keeping the lights on at Dunedin’s ageing hospital, making it New Zealand’s most delayed major health project.
New health minister declines ‘ODT’ interview
New health minister declines ‘ODT’ interview
The minister in charge of overseeing the new Dunedin hospital project has declined to speak to the Otago Daily Times.
Opinions split on reshuffle
Opinions split on reshuffle
Southern leaders are less than optimistic a change of health minister will mean anything positive for the new Dunedin hospital project.
End of an era for Gibbston winery summer concerts
End of an era for Gibbston winery summer concerts
Thousands of people will enjoy the Greenstone Gibbston Valley Summer Concert for one last time today.
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Call to pause new connections to plant
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Call to pause new connections to plant
New connections to Queenstown’s troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant should be paused until issues with its disposal system can be addressed, the deputy mayor says.
Notorious hotel goes on the market
Notorious hotel goes on the market
A former hotel with a "checkered" recent past is now on the market.
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Reason for reducing hospital beds disputed
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Reason for reducing hospital beds disputed
Dunedin Hospital has been forced to shut down beds due to a lack of nursing staff, but Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora says the move is not connected with a "recruitment freeze".
NCEA result anxiety over for thousands
NCEA result anxiety over for thousands
The wait is over for tens of thousands of secondary school students, after the results for NCEA went online yesterday.
Calls for shearing webcams ‘impractical’
Calls for shearing webcams ‘impractical’
Calls for mandatory web-cameras in shearing sheds have been labelled as an overreach by farming lobby groups.