Rugby league's return to Dunedin's sporting calendar culminates today in what should be an engrossing grand final at Tahuna Park.
Dunedin student Niko Elsen might be fighting an uphill battle - trying to stimulate student interest in local government - but the third-year politics and design student has combined his talents to do just that.
For the first time in more than a decade, there is an increase in interest in voting for local authorities.
Otago voters wanting to have their say on who will run their city, district and regional councils, and their health board for the next three years, need to take action today.
Fewer Otago residents have indicated they plan to vote in this year's local body elections than any other region, a poll shows.
There was a moment in a recent episode of one of the best television shows of all time - The A-Team - that held the nub of the show's brilliance.
Dunedin's scenic John Wilson Ocean Dr will reopen to vehicles for restricted hours each day, but not until a new shared pathway for cyclists and pedestrians is added next year.
Dunedin's new CCTV cameras, officially switched on yesterday, have already proved their worth.
The regular season is over and the teams to contest Dunedin's grand final have been found.
First it was clean stadiums, then advertising restrictions in the Octagon. Now the Rugby World Cup is trying to dictate the spelling of the English language.
Progressive Enterprises' appeal against a Dunedin City Council decision to deny consent for a new Countdown store will head to what could be a two-week hearing in the Environment Court next month.
Dunedin's voters seem to be exhibiting a small but welcome surge of interest in the local government elections, a little over halfway through the voting period.
Smiles rather than spreadsheets were the focus of the latest Dunedin mayoral forum, when candidates were asked yesterday how they might contribute to the happiness of citizens.
One of the longest running resource consent battles in Dunedin may have been finally resolved.
Dunedin City Council staff are wondering whether there has been land movement in the Waikouaiti area, after two water pipes burst about the same time yesterday.
Dunedin's Octagon has been confirmed as the venue for the Rugby World Cup 2011 fan zone, the Dunedin City Council having decided on an alcohol-free zone with facilities that can be removed and replaced when necessary.
A new smartphone application that will give tourists and Dunedin residents a direct view into the past is one of three technology-based business initiatives to get almost $300,000 from the Dunedin City Council.
A claim by a mayoral and council candidate 400 Dunedin City Council staff should be cut to bring the size of the council closer to that of Tauranga appears to be based on incorrect figures.
Only days into her tenure as Act's latest MP, Hilary Calvert has become embroiled in a spat with a Dunedin city councillor over her criticism of the city council.
A list of 12 projects to develop a "Digital Dunedin" is part of the city's digital strategy, confirmed at the final full council meeting before the election yesterday.
