Chris Morris

Cruise-ship passengers were left fuming and hundreds of Dunedin motorists endured a frustrating crawl to work, after botched road works on State Highway 88 caused major delays yesterday.

Dunedin tourism operators breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after a repeat of Wednesday's traffic chaos at Ravensbourne was avoided.

The Dunedin City Council has called in an independent auditor to scrutinise a senior manager's contract to supply vending machines at Moana Pool.

The next New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin will proceed despite the organising trust confirming it is struggling to meet budget expectations in the run-up to the event.

A fresh war of words has broken out over suggestions Forsyth Barr Stadium has been caught short by missing toilets inside the venue.

A Dunedin City Council manager has apologised, and an investigation has been launched, after an apparently misleading response to an official information request was revealed.

The board overseeing Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has launched a management review amid high-profile defections and concerns the entertainment cupboard for this summer is ''a little bit bare''.

Armed police swooped on a North Dunedin dairy after a shop assistant was confronted by a masked man yesterday afternoon.

A major international investor is eyeing Dunedin with plans that could pump ''tens of millions of dollars'' into the city's economy, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.

The Dunedin City Council has named one of its own senior managers, Dr Sue Bidrose, as its next chief executive.

The head of the company running Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has resigned, and will instead help Christchurch rebuild its suite of venues, it has been confirmed.

The Dunedin City Council's first female chief executive is pleased to be taking over in tough times.

Dunedin City Council chief executive Paul Orders is to leave Dunedin by the end of the month, it has been confirmed.

Smiles lit up the faces of Ian Graham and Sandy McDowell as they watched the powerful waves roll in at St Clair Beach.

Pursuing a vision of harbourside redevelopment in Dunedin has so far cost the city's ratepayers more than $2.6 million, it has been confirmed.

One of the first major issues for the incoming Dunedin City Council to consider could be assuming control of the city's public transport network.

The Dunedin City Council will review some of the assumptions underpinning its planning efforts, after census data revealed slower-than-expected growth in the city.

The Dunedin City Council has confirmed it is entering into price negotiations to outsource part of its water maintenance work to a Christchurch City Council-owned company.

Southern mayors have been told to keep up the good work by voters who have returned incumbents to office across much of the lower South Island.