Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull's decision to sidestep a speaking engagement with the Dalai Lama appears to be aimed at avoiding the ire of China, a University of Otago academic, Dr Nicholas Khoo, says.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull may not be meeting the Dalai Lama next month, but one of his councillors said it would be a ''privilege'' if she could do so.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has apologised for his ''slight'' against the Dalai Lama, but will not explain an email exchange that may shed light on his decision to sidestep the spiritual leader's visit.
The Dunedin City Council is unlikely to go on a last-minute spending spree, despite extra savings of more than $600,000 being confirmed just days before councillors debate the upcoming budget, Mayor Dave Cull says.
The owners of an Otago Peninsula luxury lodge with an international profile are in the Dunedin City Council's crosshairs after operating outside their resource consent for years.
More than 40 staff working for the Dunedin City Council's infrastructure company, Delta, face an uncertain future as more upheaval looms.
The cost of dealing with leaky homes in Otago is climbing for councils and ratepayers, but some homeowners with claims appear to be missing a crucial deadline.
There are fears Waitati's village ambience will be damaged - and historic Maori and European artefacts lost forever - if a proposed subdivision is allowed to proceed.
Children will have the run of the place during the day, and adults at night, when Dunedin's Wall Street mall welcomes a new business today.
Dunedin's central city parking is in for a shake-up as part of a push to improve cycle safety on the city's one-way streets.
The Dunedin City Council has settled on a 4% rates rise after opting to invest more than $1 million in projects expected to generate millions more in savings over time.
The Dunedin City Council has authorised a $100,000 emergency loan and will seek expert advice to tackle mounting concern over the deteriorating condition of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum.
Dunedin city councillors were forced to grit their teeth and pick winners and losers when confronted with a list of smaller funding requests yesterday.
A last-minute bid to increase the Dunedin City Council's share of funding for a rock breakwater to protect Te Rauone Beach, on Otago Peninsula, has failed.
The amount of fluoride being added to Dunedin's drinking water is to be reduced within days, after city councillors opted to play it safe despite lingering doubts over the science behind the debate.
Plans to plug a missing link in Dunedin's harbourside cycleway near Forsyth Barr Stadium risk creating a ''grand prix'' racing circuit complete with hairpin corners, city councillors fear.
Dunedin city councillors will today have to decide how best to use nearly $1 million ''windfall'' in savings that could trim the coming year's rates increase to 3.2%.
Dunedin City Council staff have ''major concerns'' about the cost of displaying the fragile remains of a historic pedestrian causeway under glass inside the Wall Street mall.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's bill for leaky homes has topped $3.6 million, but the council still faces more claims that could add significant sums to the total, new figures show.
Dunedin City Council funding for the Dunedin Gasworks Museum is ''chewing gum to stick the thing together'', and more than $2.5 million could be needed to save the buildings, the council's city property manager says.
