A group of Dunedin secondary school pupils plans to take its concerns about the city's plastic bag use to business people and the Dunedin City Council, following a forum at the weekend.
A plan for a large new Baptist Church facility in Concord has drawn the ire of some residents, who are concerned they will lose their views, have to deal with extra traffic and suffer the noise of religious worship.
The Awatea St stadium may be the subject of 500 of the more than 800 annual plan submissions to the Dunedin City Council next week, but with the contract to build the project already signed, their relevance appears to have waned.
It could be a sign of the more worthy ambitions of today's youth, or the realisation a mayor does not have the sort of wide-ranging powers that would be fun to take advantage of, but Joel Bartlett's plan, if he led the city, was anything but self-serving.
Stop the Stadium president Bev Butler last night refused to be drawn on what actions the group might take in future, despite a press release yesterday that appeared to concede little could be done to achieve its goals.
Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin, deputy mayor Syd Brown and Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry yesterday signed a contract with Hawkins Construction to begin building Dunedin's stadium.
The result of disciplinary action being taken against Dunedin city councillor Teresa Stevenson is expected soon, following a council discussion on the matter yesterday.
A resource consent hearing to decide the future of the Dunedin City Baptist Church's plan to build a church in Concord begins today.
Support for Dunedin's new stadium seems to be emerging, as the Dunedin City Council prepares to sign a contract today with Hawkins Construction to begin the building phase.
Police were called to deal with a row between two Dunedin businesses yesterday, following what has been a two-year dispute over a sign.
The Dunedin City Council will sign off on a contract to build the city's new stadium on Monday, after a high court injunction bid by Stop the Stadium to halt the project was thrown out this morning.
The last-minute shot from stadium opponents to legally challenge the Dunedin City Council on its support for the project has come up short, with Stop the Stadium's lawyer failing to convince a High Court judge his arguments stood up to scrutiny.
The planned Otago Stadium has received a boost at today's extraordinary Dunedin City Council meeting, with confirmation the Government's $15 million contribution will come as a grant.
Stop the Stadium's injunction in the High Court at Christchurch yesterday covered well-worn arguments over costs, capital, revenue and bridging loans.
Stop the Stadium has given its own calculations of the stadium's cost today, as the group opened its injunction in the Christchurch High Court.
The Dunedin City Council has declined consent for homes to be built on an 11-lot subdivision near Evansdale.
The number of Dunedin ratepayers who have heeded the call for a rates revolt to protest the Awatea St stadium project has risen to 88.
A government contribution of $15 million for Dunedin's planned stadium firmed from an "underwrite" to a "grant" yesterday.
The scheduled meeting of the Dunedin City Council on Monday - thrown into disarray last night by Stop the Stadium's application for a High Court injunction - could still yet be the final play of five years of angry debate, allegation, claim and counter-claim over the city's proposed stadium.
The Methodist Mission has been given the go-ahead to build a $5.6 million social services complex on the site of the Wesley Church on Hillside Rd, meaning demolition of the building heritage advocates argue should be saved.
