Negotiations on land near realignment
Negotiations on land near realignment
A piece of land near the State Highway 88 realignment in Dunedin is holding up completion of land negotiations in the area, and the release of details.
David Loughrey
Award for heritage buildings
Award for heritage buildings
An award has been established to recognise Dunedin building owners or developers who "sympathetically" re-use heritage buildings in the city.
Club wants trees felled
Club wants trees felled
Ten trees at the Otago Golf Club in Dunedin, including a Monterey pine listed on the Dunedin City Council's district plan, could soon be felled.
New candidates emerge
New candidates emerge
Two new candidates have emerged for the October local body elections.
Local body elections to be initiated from Friday
Local body elections to be initiated from Friday
This year's local body elections will begin in earnest on Friday, when nominations open for candidates for the Dunedin City Council and community boards, the Otago Regional Council and the Southern District Health Board.
End of the world is nigh
End of the world is nigh
Films and drama series based around the end of the world as we know it always spark in me two concerns.
Split verdict on employment law
Split verdict on employment law
Southern union leaders have cried foul over the National Government's far-reaching changes to employment law, calling some aspects an attack on fundamental human rights.
Hat in ring for Dunedin North
Hat in ring for Dunedin North
Twenty years as a union official should be a useful background for a political party with its roots in the labour movement, Glenda Alexander says.
Strategies for city's future progressing
Strategies for city's future progressing
The future of Dunedin's central city is to come under the microscope as the city council sets its sights on the future shape of the area that includes the prime retail zone.
Teachers spend holiday in the garden
Teachers spend holiday in the garden
Balmacewen Intermediate teachers, the Dunedin Environment Centre and the Dunedin City Council all had a part in a new garden created at the Shetland St reserve, next to the school, this week.
Media message for council staff
Media message for council staff
Social media is free, instant, widely used, and a tool local governments can no longer ignore if they want to engage the public and fulfil their responsibility to be accountable, Northland Regional Council community relations general manager Jason Dawson says.
1080 drops out of committee debate
1080 drops out of committee debate
A public discussion on the aerial use of 1080 in Dunedin does not appear to be about to start soon - through the Dunedin City Council, at least.
Botanic Garden earns quite a laurel
Botanic Garden earns quite a laurel
The Dunedin Botanic Garden has joined just four other New Zealand gardens to gain a ranking as a "garden of international significance".
Call for public help to stop boat-harbour vandals
Call for public help to stop boat-harbour vandals
The Dunedin boat harbour has been subjected to "regular and severe vehicle abuse" in the past few weeks, and the Dunedin City Council has called for public help to stop the problem.
We're not such a satisfied lot
We're not such a satisfied lot
More Dunedin residents are dissatisfied than satisfied with the performance of their council for the first time since surveys began in 1994.
Loss of memory jogs big question
Loss of memory jogs big question
I can't remember the last time I saw a television show about a fellow who lost his memory, but as a plot device it is well loved, and well used, by the types who do the writing.
Call for council to discuss 1080 use
Call for council to discuss 1080 use
The future of aerial 1080 use in Dunedin needed to be "dispassionately" discussed, city councillor Fliss Butcher said yesterday.
Bylaw draft pooh-poohed
Bylaw draft pooh-poohed
A draft Dunedin City Council bylaw some claimed would force property owners to collect droppings left behind by farm animals - described as "crazy" by an opponent - has been modified.
Carisbrook promoted as multi-use sports centre and library
Carisbrook promoted as multi-use sports centre and library
The future of Carisbrook is inextricably linked with the future of South Dunedin, and the whole area needs to be considered when the role of the historic ground is decided, a meeting on the issue heard yesterday.
Cull's claim slammed as election stunt
Cull's claim slammed as election stunt
Claims by a mayoral candidate the Dunedin branding campaign is a cynical "feel-good" ploy have been slammed as an election stunt.