The recent changes to parking in Dunedin were done with good intent, but the unpredictable changes to drivers' behaviour meant it was time to drop the name-calling and fix the problem, Automobile Association Otago District Council vice-chairman Jack Crawford said yesterday.
The protest that blocked George St yesterday was inspired by a parking ticket that infuriated a delivery driver, who found a sympathetic audience for his actions.
The delivery driver who brought George St to a halt in a one-man protest after a dispute with parking officers - labelled a hero by some for his actions - had his day in court yesterday.
A survey on Dunedin's issue of the moment - the city council's recently introduced and much maligned parking strategy - will be conducted in the city today.
A Dunedin man has had his parking concerns answered instantly, but looks set to have to pay a ticket he received.
The future of the Dunedin City Council's social housing will come under the spotlight today when a hearings committee considers public submissions on the matter.
I don't make predictions, and I predict I never will. But wild suppositions are another matter.
The Carisbrook Stadium Trust will have a backup plan for Rugby World Cup seats when they go on sale next year, in case the Forsyth Barr Stadium is not ready.
The actions of a man who blocked Dunedin's main street with his truck after being issued two parking tickets on Wednesday has become a cause celebre with business owners furious about recent changes to the parking regime.
Dunedin city councillor Michael Guest has attacked parts of a report on sustainability he said were "from the loony left", and urged the council not to treat the idea as a religion.
Stop the Stadium has been ordered to pay almost $10,000 court costs following its unsuccessful High Court bid in April to scuttle Dunedin's stadium project.
Stadium sponsor Forsyth Barr may be barred from any advertising at the Dunedin facility - including naming rights - during the Rugby World Cup, because of rules demanding advertising-free stadiums.
Subcontracts worth $90 million have been approved for 14 companies for work on the Forsyth Barr Stadium, and 10 of those companies are based south of the Waitaki River.
Ryman Healthcare's proposed rest-home on Highgate was either a much-needed amenity, or an imposing development - a hospital that should not be allowed in a residential area, a resource consent hearing was told yesterday.
Vodafone New Zealand's plan to build a 30m communications tower in Scroggs Hill Rd, Brighton, will next week face expanded opposition at a Dunedin City Council resource consent hearing.
Ryman Healthcare's battle to build a rest-home in Roslyn is about to enter its second round, with fewer opponents but similar arguments.
Stop the Stadium faces paying up to $17,000 in court costs, after its challenge to the Dunedin City Council's funding of the Forsyth Barr Stadium was yesterday dismissed.
The general manager of Saatchi and Saatchi New Zealand, the former chief executive of Silver Fern Farms and a former High Court judge have been appointed directors of the company that will run the Forsyth Barr Stadium, and other Dunedin venues.
Ryman Healthcare took its case for an $18 million rest-home development back to a resource consent hearing yesterday, and warned that, whatever the outcome, some sort of development would take place on the site in Highgate, Dunedin.
Dunedin's three-ward voting system, approved by the Dunedin City Council on Monday, has another hurdle to jump before it can be put in place.
