As Dunedin ratepayers face an 8.7% rates increase for the next financial year, and an even steeper increase the following year to pay for a list of multimillion-dollar projects, a four-person team has interviewed every manager at the Dunedin City Council, asking them to justify their spending.
When the Government of the United States of America decided to kill Angel Diaz three years ago, it did not do a particularly good job.
Habitat for Humanity's latest project paved the way for a special, and emotional, day for the Te Moananui family yesterday, as the organisation handed over the keys for the 13th house it has built in Dunedin.
David Loughrey's take on Christmas-time television.
Southland farmers involved in what seems an increasingly bizarre multimillion-dollar plan by a Maori trust to buy 28 farms in the area may be backing away from the deals, as more information on the group behind them emerges.
Dunedin restaurants and food outlets appear to be taking food safety issues more seriously, with closures because of lack of compliance decreasing markedly as the year went on.
There must be few people who could find a good use for a vintage oak trouser press, but if a packed Queens Gardens Antique Centre was anything to go by, there was no shortage of those keen to have a look at the press, and a host of other oddities.
A final decision on what could be sweeping changes to the Dunedin City Council's voting system is close, after a hearing yesterday that was the final play for opponents of the preferred system.
Boundary lines between properties and neighbouring properties or Dunedin City Council roads are not set in stone, and people need to be sure of the issue when they buy a house.
The developer planning to demolish four Dunedin buildings in a protected townscape precinct has come up with a revised design for their replacement, which has not won over opponents.
Now and then, a hefty dose of nostalgia is good for the soul.
The Dunedin City Council has commissioned an independent review of the Otago Rugby Football Union's governance and management, but is not planning to release the details until next year.
Local body political grouping Greater Dunedin has begun its electioneering for next year with an attack on the city council of which it is a part.
A drizzling Dunedin day, doubled with the delicacy of dacron, derailed the annual Santa Parade for the first time in its history today.
Speed limits on 67 Dunedin roads are being reviewed, and changes expected next year appear set to include some increases.
Prime Minister John Key yesterday said the Government was unlikely to ask for its $15 million back if the Forsyth Barr Stadium is not finished in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
A 34-year-old man charged with assault following the death of a man in Queenstown on Thursday night has been remanded in custody, after appearing in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.
An Environment Court challenge that could have stopped the realignment of Lovelock Ave, in Dunedin's Botanic Garden, has been dropped.
A final decision on the future of the former chief post office building in the Exchange may be made later next year than expected, but the financial investigations being done by the Dunedin City Council are looking "reasonably good"
An elderly Dunedin couple are shocked and upset at a demand to start paying an annual rental for their carport, after a discovery it was built partly on a Dunedin City Council road reserve.
