Debbie Porteous

The Dunedin City Council will lose two of its most senior transportation brains this month, when they leave to take up new career opportunities.

A humble Mosgiel gift outlet has been named Otago and Southland's top home and style shop.

Three Dunedin city councillors have voted to extend a 50kmh speed limit on Portobello Rd, against a staff recommendation.

A new shared cycle/walkway linking Dunedin's west harbour shared path with the city is expected to be built by February next year.

A decision on the future of the Hall Bros Transport depot in Anzac Ave, in Dunedin, is expected next week.

The forecourt of the Dunedin Railway Station was once again alive with soldiers in uniform yesterday as the clock was turned back 100 years to mark the departure of Otago and Southland troops for the battlefields of World War 1.

He might not be able to eat one, but Dunedin 15-month-old Brendan Forbes and his family know all too well the value of a good cheese roll.

The future of one of Dunedin's - and possibly New Zealand's - most significant historic warehouses is in the hands of three city councillors following a final attempt to persuade them they should allow it to be turned into apartments.

The removal of a pair of boulders blocking vehicle access to a track to Blueskin Bay has been stalled, for now.

A new sinkhole has opened up in the Esplanade at St Clair after heavy seas battered the sea wall.

The Esplanade at St Clair is washing into the sea again, despite almost $700,000 of work to protect it.

The ''maturing'' of Dunedin's warehouse precinct is driving growth in demand for inner-city apartments, which is viewed as an exciting development for the city.

With so much development momentum in the central city south of the Octagon, the time is right to plan improvements to Princes St, the Dunedin City Council says.

A key building in Dunedin's warehouse precinct is set to take on a new lease of life over the next few months, as a new owner moves in.

A geology student who fell down a cliff face near Dunedin yesterday narrowly escaped death or serious injury when he stopped only centimetres from a 30m sheer drop to water.

The $100,000 cost to date for traffic barriers and signs at the corner of Anzac Ave and Frederick St is lunacy, a Dunedin city councillor says.