Rape Crisis Dunedin has been forced to close its doors one day a week until the end of July after a delayed three-year contract from the Ministry for Social Development.
Plans to find a use for the former Tomahawk School site are back to square one, after a kindergarten that was to have moved there withdrew its interest.
A delay until next year to a $6 million project to upgrade Kaikorai Valley wastewater pipes could have a flow-on effect to an area of South Dunedin vulnerable to flooding.
Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis has received a $50,000 payment but no apology from Mayor Dave Cull after a defamation case was settled without a jury trial.