David Loughrey

    Farry responds to concerns

    Farry responds to concerns

    Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry has defended his organisation against peer reviewers' suggestions it ‘‘excluded'' items necessary for the stadium, which would require funding, from its reports.

    Project costs compounding

    Project costs compounding

    The initial effects of interest on the council's $91.4 million grant for the stadium are made clear in a report on new company Otago Venues Ltd, with interest increasing the amount to $103 million.

    Trust expects to have spent $65m

    Trust expects to have spent $65m

    The  Carisbrook Stadium Trust is expecting to have spent about $65 million by the end of the next financial year. Trust chief executive Darren Burden said its cumulative expenditure through to June 30 next year, including this year's budget of $11.5 million, was anticipated to be about $65 million. That would include all of the land purchases.

    Was it ever so?

    Was it ever so?

    One of the enduring arguments at the heart of public debate about language use is that younger people have not been given the basic grounding in grammar and punctuation previous generations enjoyed.

    Grammar knows best

    Grammar knows best

    People who write for a living are required to put up with regular feedback from readers complaining about their grammar and punctuation. David Loughrey attempts to boldly shed some light on a subject readers have shown much interest in. Hopefully, he succeeds.

    Objection to petition ban

    Objection to petition ban

    Hands off Harrop, the group set up to oppose the Dunedin Centre extension, says a decision to ban its petition from the Dunedin Public Library is preventing people from expressing their opinion on the project.