Chris Morris

The Dunedin City Council looks set to reach the summit of its debt mountain and start paying it down over the other side.

Anadarko's representatives will be back in Otago today for meetings, including one with members of the new Pro Oil and Gas Otago group in Dunedin.

A group of Dunedin businesses is moving to claim the high ground as debate intensifies over the arrival of oil companies in Otago waters.

Dunedin mayoral candidates Aaron Hawkins and Hilary Calvert together spent more than $25,000 trying unsuccessfully to unseat incumbent Dave Cull, it has been confirmed.

Strict enforcement of charges at Dunedin's Green Island landfill is nearly doubling the bill for some fuming tip-goers.

The first taste of petroleum money could be just weeks away in Dunedin, as Texas-based oil giant Anadarko prepares to move its state-of-the-art drilling ship into Otago waters, it has been confirmed.

Rubbish is piling up in quiet corners of Dunedin as illegal dumpers discard household rubbish, green waste and even animal carcasses around the city.

Jobs at smaller electrical companies could be on the line after Aurora Energy Ltd - a Dunedin City Council-owned company - shut the companies out of some irrigation electricity work in Central Otago, it is claimed.

The sport of sailing is enjoying fair winds and following seas, helped by a fresh puff of enthusiasm in Dunedin. Otago Daily Times reporter Chris Morris is among those casting off.

A Dunedin City Council manager has walked away from his own contract to restock vending machines at Moana Pool, as an investigation into a possible conflict of interest continues, it has been confirmed.

The demolition of Carisbrook is entering its final stage as contractors turn their attention to the old ground's corporate box complex.

The man behind plans to replace part of a protected Dunedin townscape with a new apartment and retail development says he is still hoping for progress despite years of delays.

The  fate of Dunedin's proposed $100 million waterfront hotel hangs in the balance, but a decision on whether to proceed - or abandon the project - could be just weeks away, it has been confirmed.

The Dunedin City Council has moved to ''severely curtail'' the payment of cash bonuses to staff, amid concerns payments and gifts worth more than $2 million had been distributed unfairly, it has been confirmed.

A Dunedin couple have escaped from South Sudan after surviving a tumultuous fortnight of violence in the world's newest country.

Darren Burden says he could one day find himself competing against the stadium he helped to build in Dunedin.