David Loughrey

The search for a new chief executive for the Dunedin City Council is down to a "short short-list" of fewer than eight applicants, Mayor Dave Cull said yesterday.

A decision on the future of freedom camping - tourists who visit the city in campervans and park on public land in the city - has been postponed, after a change at government level.

Environment Court action involving the Dunedin City Council and Saddle Hill quarry owner Saddle Views Estates will go to mediation next week, following discussions between the two.

On the dullest, most atrocious of television-watching nights, when reality shows about singing, dancing or cooking drift endlessly into the night, crime and investigation shows are a sort of last hope for something worth watching.

Dunedin faces some fundamental issues as it searches for ways to deal with "freedom camping"; tourists who visit the city in campervans and park on public land.

Dunedin city councillor Colin Weatherall says the harbourside issue may be closer to resolution following developments last week.

It takes a superbly crafted documentary - superbly crafted - to drag this dark and cynical television reviewer around to the views of the environmentally aware.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry says he will not respond to claims made about the trust's sponsorship agreement.

The Otago Settlers Museum narrowly missed having the final stage of its redevelopment reviewed yesterday.