There was heckling and applause as Dunedin City Council candidates were divided over oil and gas exploration at the first of a two-night election forum in Opoho last night.
No public information about the restructuring of Invermay is likely now before October 3, its finance and business performance director, David Godwin, says.
A proposal that could see the Dunedin City Council joining a new Otago rural fire authority could also spell the end for some rural fire appliances based in outlying parts of the city.
What do you know about the nine candidates who are contesting Dunedin's mayoral campaign in 2013? Reporter Chris Morris puts the questions to Steve McGregor.
What do you know about the nine candidates who are contesting Dunedin's mayoral campaign in 2013? Reporter Chris Morris puts the questions to Cr Lee Vandervis.
The fate of two historic Dunedin oak trees - each more than 100 years old - hangs in the balance as a Dunedin City Council hearings committee considers whether to allow their removal.
Those who claim the race for the Dunedin mayoralty lacks a big issue should look no further than the dole queue.
What do you know about the nine candidates who are contesting Dunedin's mayoral campaign in 2013? Today, reporter Chris Morris puts the questions to incumbent Mayor Dave Cull.
There have been more last-minute changes to the Dunedin City Council's draft transport strategy after another fiery debate that brought allegations of political grandstanding yesterday.
What do you know about the nine candidates who are contesting Dunedin's mayoral campaign in the 2013 local body elections? Today, in the first part of a nine-part series, Chris Morris puts the questions to Hilary Calvert.
Battle lines were drawn as Dunedin's mayoral candidates squared off yesterday over the future of the city and its economy.
Dunedin schoolchildren - some as young as 11 - could be the target audience for new warnings about the dangers of alcohol.
Expect a clash of ideas and styles when the nine contenders fighting to be Dunedin's next mayor square off in public later today.
Dunedin's burgeoning economic relationship with China will be taken another step forward when a top-level delegation from Qingdao visits the city next week.
Dunedin City Council parking officers are issuing more tickets, not fewer, despite a continuing charm offensive in the city.
Election signs are sprouting like mushrooms in Dunedin as the city's local body election campaign begins to gather pace.
A charitable trust launched to save Dunedin's unwanted dogs from death is having the desired effect.
Soaring dog-ownership levels in Dunedin are fuelling a rise in complaints about barking, fouling and aggressive animals, the Dunedin City Council says.
The Dunedin City Council is locked in a tussle with one of its community boards after both claimed rights to money from trees harvested at Walton Park.
There was plenty of heat, but no eruption, as Dunedin city councillors pointed fingers over a new management approach for Harbour Cone yesterday.
