Chris Morris

New Zealand's $12.5 billion superannuation Cullen Fund should be scrapped and the age of entitlement raised, economist and commentator Dr Gareth Morgan believes.

Stop the Stadium has announced a date for its pending Court of Appeal action against the $198 million Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Police and other groups will be keeping a close eye on motorists' use of child restraints at a series of checkpoints around Dunedin over the next two weeks.

Opponents of a stalled plan to operate a multimillion-dollar gold mine at Earnscleugh, in Central Otago, are upset to learn the mine is now expected to be operational within months.

The Dunedin City Council is defending its procedures after being threatened with a judicial review over rushed road closures and restricted access to the Water of Leith around the Forsyth Barr Stadium site.

Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin was invited to do his worst yesterday when he took control of an excavator to officially launch demolition work for the Forsyth Barr Stadium - and he very nearly did.

Three streets are set to be closed, and a new road created, in the next few weeks to make way for construction of the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

Vodafone New Zealand wants permission from the Dunedin City Council to build a 30m communications tower - more than twice the height allowed under district plan rules - on land near the Saddle Hill conservation area.

What better way to beat Dunedin's polar winter blast than by putting down a steaming hot hangi?

The silence appears to be deafening as Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin awaits a second attempt at an apology from city councillor Teresa Stevenson.

A Good Samaritan has won praise from police after launching repeated rescue missions to pluck stranded motorists and their vehicles from snow and ice on Dunedin's Three Mile Hill Rd yesterday morning.

There can be few more frustrating experiences for an extreme landscape photographer than being stuck on the floor of a helicopter whirring over the Antarctic, watching through a small window as a perfect image slowly slips from view.

Basketball Otago was the big loser yesterday among groups vying for grants from the Dunedin City Council's annual plan, with an application for $50,000 to support the Otago Nuggets failing to win support.

A new $135,000 contestable fund for Dunedin events has been approved after the city's councillors yesterday learned no money was budgeted to allow festivals and other events to grow.