Dunedin City Council candidates Bob Gillanders and George Morrison have come out on top, gaining the maximum score possible, in an election survey organised by the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders Association.
New rules designed to control the build-up of manure on some properties could be used by squabbling neighbours to create a bigger stink, a Dunedin City Council hearing has heard.
Australians are being warned not to flash their national colours while in India for the Commonwealth Games, but New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has no immediate plans to follow suit.
Firefighters and the crew of HMNZS Endeavour fought to contain the flames of a simulated engine fire during one of the largest drills in recent years in Dunedin yesterday.
They are big, loud and distinctly Japanese.
The raw potential for alternative energy in New Zealand - including harnessing the tides of Otago Harbour - has captured the attention of an international energy consultancy firm in the United Kingdom.
Contractors patching up a central Dunedin street may also have a few relationships with upset shop owners to repair.
Concerns the stage two upgrade of Dunedin's Tahuna wastewater treatment plant - being built at a cost of $75.8 million - could miss a crucial deadline have prompted a warning from the Otago Regional Council.
Dunedin City Council staff say lessons could be learned in Dunedin from the investigation into the collapse of Stadium Southland.
The New Zealand Transport Agency says Riccarton Rd, in East Taieri, could become the new State Highway 87 - clearing heavy vehicles from Mosgiel's main street - but only if the Dunedin City Council helps pay for it.
Energy Safety - part of the Ministry of Economic Development - has launched a preliminary investigation into the damage to a high-voltage power cable in Dunedin last week.
A motorist's encounter with the malfunctioning text-to-pay service of a Dunedin parking machine is a glitch, and not a system-wide fault, the Dunedin City Council says.
Dunedin students will be lining up for a chance of landing a sexy summer job this week.
Dunedin's local body election candidates have been warned to take extra care, following the discovery of more high-voltage power cables under the Dunedin City Council's designated election advertising sites.
Dunedin mayoral candidate Lee Vandervis says it is lucky nobody was killed, after a volunteer installing one of his giant election swings sliced into a buried 11,000-volt power cable near Mosgiel.
Residents in Blanket Bay and Curles Point, in Dunedin, will be asked to pay up to $6760 each towards the $370,000 cost of installing a new pressure sewer system.
The Dunedin City Council wants the Otago Regional Council to deal with recurring flooding threatening businesses in a Mosgiel industrial zone.
Giant swings promoting Dunedin mayoral candidate Lee Vandervis might tower over their rivals, but they do not break election campaign rules, Dunedin City Council staff say.
The idea of retaining Carisbrook for use as a sporting venue - or other ideas for the ground's future - could yet be considered, Cr John Bezett says.
The Dunedin City Council is going in search of an old landfill buried near St Kilda and St Clair beaches, to ensure the tip and its contents are not exposed by a repeat of severe coastal erosion in the area.
