Chris Morris

Plans to add a Mediterranean flavour to the Dunedin Botanic Garden are to proceed, under the watchful eye of an archaeological adviser.

All options appear to be back on the table as the Dunedin City Council considers plans for a new kerbside rubbish and recycling system.

A new online group which says the Dunedin City Council has "lost the plot" has become an instant hit on the social networking site Facebook.

The days of dirty knees and mud puddles on Dunedin's sports fields could be numbered, as the Dunedin City Council considers a switch to artificial turf.

Motorists worried about tackling Dunedin's winter roads can now check the Dunedin City Council website for advice.

Plans for the $12 million redevelopment of Logan Park, considered the most important recreational space in Dunedin, are going back to the drawing board.

The white fence guarding the Forsyth Barr Stadium site could be turned into Dunedin's largest work of art in an effort to ward off graffiti and vandalism.

The Dunedin City Council and its guests have together chewed through nearly $500,000 in catering and hospitality in the past two years.

New measures are being considered to help pedestrians safely cross Thomas Burns St, Dunedin, as more commuters seek free parks in the city's waterfront area, Dunedin City Council staff say.

New rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest arising around the Tourism Dunedin board table have been tweaked, keeping the door open for tourism operators wanting to become trustees.

Rock-bottom demand for recycled glass and other materials could drive the cost of Dunedin's proposed kerbside wheelie bin collection service higher.

The Dunedin City Council is still working to find the source of a smelly situation at the West Harbour hamlet of Blanket Bay.

Dunedin businesses who joined forces to fight controversial changes to city parking say they are being "fobbed off" by the Dunedin City Council.

The Dunedin City Council could be granted new powers to target convoys of boy racers cruising city streets.

Vacant shops, broken promises and claims a lack of customers is threatening jobs, have prompted criticism from retailers in the Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall Street mall.

Plans for a free wireless internet network in Dunedin could soon mean people logging on over lattes in the Octagon.

Plans for a new wheelie bin collection service in Dunedin have been given a nervous reception by Dunedin city councillors worried about the multimillion-dollar cost.