Chris Morris

Dunedin's key tourist route along Otago Peninsula is threatened by further slips, as the cost of repair work at Turnbulls Bay hits $2.5 million, Dunedin City Council staff say.

Three staff have left the Dunedin City Council and others could follow after a restructure of its information technology department.

An almost $13 million profit from the Dunedin City Council's companies has helped slash debt levels across the group by $23 million in a year, new figures show.

The Dunedin City Council could face a backdated tax bill after finding dozens of staff have been taking cars home at night for no valid reason.

A new board being recruited to oversee Forsyth Barr Stadium's physical requirements could also advise the Dunedin City Council on its $89 million investment property portfolio, it has been suggested.

The Dunedin City Council is being warned online voting could open democracy's door to hackers.

The Dunedin City Council says the recruitment of two lawyers will help the organisation avoid sticky situations and save ratepayers' money.

The Dunedin City Council is wasting time and money ''chasing ghosts'' as councillors fire off tit for tat official information requests aimed at each other, Cr David Benson-Pope says.

A small sunami rippling across the Pacific Ocean from Chile hit Otago's coast as a series of squiggly lines on a tide gauge graph early yesterday.

Two Oamaru women can look forward to the prospect of rumbling stomachs next week, but it will be for a good cause.

Dunedin police are still working to finalise a report into the $1.5 million Citifleet fraud, despite announcing in June no charges would be laid, it has been confirmed.

A Dunedin businessman is questioning St John's response times after waiting an hour for help to arrive for an ailing customer.

Otago Peninsula residents say there is nothing they can do but wait as the Dunedin City Council considers how best to fix a storm-damaged section of Highcliff Rd.

Ever wanted to chew the bat - I mean, fat - with Ozzy Osbourne? Fans of Black Sabbath will get the chance to do just that when the band performs at Forsyth Barr Stadium next year.

It was a decade-long project that cost the Dunedin City Council millions, only to be labelled a ''grandiose'' mistake.

With South Dunedin's streets awash, and more rain on the way, Eric Nabalagi had a simple plan last night - head to higher ground.

The Dunedin City Council says the discovery of five more examples of fraud and theft inside the organisation is ''enormously'' disappointing.

The owner of a Dunedin bottle store is to appeal after the outlet was slapped with the city's longest off-licence suspension of 21 days.