A facelift scheduled for inner-city Dunedin, including changes to the Octagon and George St, could help lift the city's struggling retail sector, the Dunedin City Council says.
A drought is threatening to turn into a downpour for Dunedin music fans, with confirmation another headline-grabbing show is heading to the city.
Homeowners worried about being left in a Christchurch-style red zone - at least on paper - are calling for changes to the Dunedin City Council's natural hazards plan.
The voices and instruments of more than 300 pupils from 19 schools across Otago joined together for the 2014 Otago Secondary Schools' Music Festival at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.
Tourism Dunedin has left a call for more money, a five-star hotel and closer links with Queenstown ringing in the Dunedin City Council's ears.
Dunedin could consider scrapping its central ward - and even the need for some councillors - as part of a shake-up of its local body electoral system.
The value of Dunedin's physiotherapy pool was stressed to the Dunedin City Council at a public forum yesterday.
Dunedin city councillor Andrew Noone has conceded defeat after failing to overturn opposition to a proposed road name in Sawyers Bay.
The effectiveness of Audit New Zealand is being questioned as a war of words erupts over the Dunedin City Council's alleged $1.5 million vehicle fraud.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull concedes a chance to detect the alleged $1.5 million Citifleet fraud may have been missed, after the council twice overlooked advice from Audit New Zealand.
One person is dead and six more injured - four of them seriously - following a helicopter crash on Mt Alta, near Wanaka, this afternoon, police have confirmed.
The investigation into an alleged $1 million fraud involving the Dunedin City Council vehicle fleet continues.
Whoever is dumping whiteware, animal carcasses and other rubbish in Dunedin's quiet corners needs to take ''a bit of a look at themselves'', a Dunedin community board chairman says.
Dunedin City Council-owned lines company Aurora Energy says a planned $139.2 million investment in its network will create about 20 jobs and help ensure the lights stay on as growth picks up in Central Otago.
A multimillion-dollar cut to New Zealand Transport Agency funding for Dunedin roading projects is a ''bitter pill to swallow'', and could have implications for work programmes across the city, Dunedin City Council staff say.
A Dunedin City Council delegation's $18,000 trip to Otaru and Edinburgh has turned into a political football amid barbs about ''junkets'' and questions over the cost.
Dunedin city councillor David Benson-Pope feels sick about street vomit in Dunedin - and now he has the pictures to prove it.
Dunedin Venues Management Ltd is shedding six staff - but recruiting four more - as part of a push to sharpen its commercial focus, chief executive Terry Davies says.
Dunedin is positioning itself to become a hub for national and international call centres, as part of a push to grow the city's economy.
A Dunedin family and at least one of the city's car dealerships have been linked to an investigation into an alleged $1 million fraud within the Dunedin City Council's Citifleet department, it has been confirmed.
