Supermarket would be second within 1km
Supermarket would be second within 1km
Andersons Bay Rd, in Dunedin, could have two major supermarkets within a kilometre if a proposed new Countdown gets approval from a resource consent committee.
David Loughrey
Stadium designers explain their vision
Stadium designers explain their vision
It may not be a surprise they hold these views - they did, after all, design the Forsyth Barr Stadium - but Richard Breslin and Marko den Breems think the building near Dunedin's waterfront is a winner. David Loughrey talks to the two men who took the stadium from an idea to a reality.
Benson-Pope at council table: as commissioner
Benson-Pope at council table: as commissioner
Former Labour Cabinet minister David Benson-Pope returns to a public role today.
Moana Pool spectators to pay 50c
Moana Pool spectators to pay 50c
Non-swimmers will be required to pay 50c to enter Moana Pool, in Dunedin, from the end of this month, but while the fee is half that paid in the past, it will apply across the board.
'Cave rave' decision not up to councillors
'Cave rave' decision not up to councillors
A move by a Dunedin city councillor to use political pressure to stop a planned 1000-patron gig at the Long Beach caves has been stymied by Resource Management Act rules.
Council chiefs to meet
Council chiefs to meet
The number of council chief executives in Dunedin will increase by 37 today as the local government chief officers group meeting is held in Dunedin for the first time.
Cave party not welcome at Long Beach
Cave party not welcome at Long Beach
Long Beach residents are concerned their small community and beach environment could suffer if a planned 1000-patron event goes ahead, despite the assurances of the organiser he has planned for everything that could possibly go wrong.
Council 'like chickens with heads cut off'
Council 'like chickens with heads cut off'
The Dunedin City Council is either an organisation acting like a chicken with its head cut off, or a responsible local authority that adjusts its decisions to account for financial and community...
Councillors agree to leave project timetables alone
Councillors agree to leave project timetables alone
Dunedin Centre manager Svend Tolson was yesterday wished well in his efforts to claw back the venue's credibility, and the Dunedin City Council was urged to make no more changes to the construction timetable for the building's upgrade.
Friends of gasworks oppose supermarket
Friends of gasworks oppose supermarket
Supermarket operator Progressive Enterprises' plans to build a Countdown outlet in South Dunedin have run into opposition from supporters of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum which is located next door.
Taking goddess concept too far
Taking goddess concept too far
There have always been, throughout the history of television, quietly gorgeous women that take the hearts of quiet, suburban men, and set them a-flutter.
Worst of Mount Allan fire appears over
Worst of Mount Allan fire appears over
The worst of the fire at Mount Allan, near Dunedin, appears to be over, and firefighters from outside the district are heading home.
Mayor, CEO defend new borrowing of $178m
Mayor, CEO defend new borrowing of $178m
Dunedin's new borrowing is forecast to reach $178 million in the next three years, as the city council continues with the major multimillion-dollar construction projects on its books.
Cooling hot spots will take 'months'
Cooling hot spots will take 'months'
Just 20m or 30m above Mt Allan Rd, the helicopter swooped in, its monsoon bucket flicking the tree-tops as the pilot leaned out to peer at the smoky scene below.
Archivist retires after 26 years
Archivist retires after 26 years
The man in charge of the Dunedin City Council's "corporate and subconscious memory" is retiring.
Stadium company advises of risks
Stadium company advises of risks
David Davies
A forecast financial surplus of more than $3 million for the company set up to run the Forsyth Barr Stadium has come with extensive warnings of the risks the company faces in "an uncertain future commercial environment".
Sound, light re-rig in stripped centre
Sound, light re-rig in stripped centre
Lighting, sound infrastructure and other equipment stripped out of the Dunedin Centre will have to be refitted after a decision to delay the venue's upgrade.
Riccarton Rd safety the issue, DCC says
Riccarton Rd safety the issue, DCC says
Road safety, rather than an attempt to create a state highway or heavy traffic bypass "by stealth", was behind the Dunedin City Council's move to spend $5.4 million upgrading Riccarton Rd West, a Mosgiel hearing was told yesterday.
Council U-turn on solar consents
Council U-turn on solar consents
Dunedin city councillors appear to have had a change of heart with regard to charging consent fees for solar hot water heaters, with a last-minute about-turn meaning the fees could be dropped permanently.
DCC votes to hold meeting in Middlemarch
DCC votes to hold meeting in Middlemarch
Uprooting the Dunedin City Council from its traditional home in favour of a meeting in Middlemarch was either "democracy in action" or an unnecessary distraction, councillors argued yesterday.