Oval name change
Oval name change
The Dunedin City Council is to rename the University Oval the University of Otago Oval.
Debbie Porteous
Reservoir work likely to start in early 2015
Reservoir work likely to start in early 2015
The restoration of Dunedin's Ross Creek Reservoir is expected to begin early next year after being delayed until authorities agree on how it should be repaired.
Quarry debate digs deep into past
Quarry debate digs deep into past
The debate over quarrying on Saddle Hill is intensifying, but it is not without a sense of deja vu. Debbie Porteous takes a look at a gravel pit that has generated almost as much debate as stone in the past 50 years.
Buildings get rates relief
Buildings get rates relief
A prominent historic harbourside building and a former student pub have been given rates relief as part of a policy to preserve Dunedin's heritage buildings.
New policy on remissions
New policy on remissions
The Dunedin City Council is to adopt a new process to deal with requests to not pay some or all of required development contributions.
Alcohol display's $1m problem
Alcohol display's $1m problem
Moving the alcohol display area at Countdown's Cumberland St supermarket in Dunedin would cost the store more than $1million, its owner says.
Staff to assess pool plan
Staff to assess pool plan
Dunedin city councillors will wait until a proposal for a new aquatic centre in Mosgiel is assessed by staff, before discussing it.
Fraud prevention policy updated
Fraud prevention policy updated
The Dunedin City Council is to adopt a new fraud prevention policy.
City's retaining walls to be checked
City's retaining walls to be checked
Stability will be to the fore as the Dunedin City Council casts a critical eye over more than 4000 of the city's retaining walls.
Work continues on clearing Hall site
Work continues on clearing Hall site
''Another week and she'll be all gone,'' says Doug Hall of the central Dunedin yard at the centre of a long-running legal tussle between him and the city council.
Meeting about road layout
Meeting about road layout
Dunedin City Council staff will meet Portobello Rd business and landowners today to try to work out a road layout to suit their needs.
Paint party refused licence
Paint party refused licence
The future of a paint party in the heart of Dunedin's student area is in doubt, following the rejection of an application for a liquor licence for the event.
Challenges to liquor licences
Challenges to liquor licences
Challenges to the renewal of the liquor licences of two Dunedin supermarkets will be heard this week.
Panel goes into policy debate
Panel goes into policy debate
It would be difficult to please everybody, Cr Neville Peat said as a Dunedin City Council panel knuckled down to the business of working out a plan to help reduce alcohol-related harm in the city.
Refusal to name bars 'disappointing'
Refusal to name bars 'disappointing'
A top public health official has refused to identify the Dunedin bar or bars he says offered enticements to punters to fill in submissions on a council alcohol plan.
'Draft alcohol policy could cost jobs' - retailers say
'Draft alcohol policy could cost jobs' - retailers say
Supermarkets and retailers say a draft local alcohol policy for Dunedin could cost jobs.
Decision looms on building
Decision looms on building
Final arguments have been put on whether John Wickliffe House in Dunedin should be painted.
Vandervis ejected after clash with Cull
Vandervis ejected after clash with Cull
Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis was ejected from the council chamber yesterday after a testy exchange with the mayor.
Reverse sensitivity could be issue
Reverse sensitivity could be issue
A developer wanting to build student flats near a Dunedin quarry needs to tighten up a no-complaints covenant before consent is approved, a planning consultant says.
Police slate Hyde St party organisers
Police slate Hyde St party organisers
Police say they are disappointed a party in Hyde St, Dunedin, on Saturday night was not better organised.