David Loughrey

Developers of a planned three-storey building in the heart of Dunedin’s tertiary precinct plan to start construction later next year.

Discussion of  a Deloitte report on troubled council-owned companies Aurora and Delta on Tuesday will be behind closed doors, and it is uncertain when they will make it into the public arena.

Delta management has acceded to staff calls for more open communication with the public and promised to work together in future to fix the network.

The man who was to head the accelerated power pole replacement programme for under-fire Dunedin infrastructure company Delta has resigned.

Delta's Dunedin workers have called on the company's management to come clean on safety issues, and keep the public informed about the dangers they face.

Delta's workers have demanded answers from management following weeks of criticism of its power pole maintenance and commitment to health and safety.

Ray Columbus has been remembered as a ''trailblazer'' in music, who was later passionate about promoting young bands.

A small Dunedin dance troupe is on the verge of its biggest challenge after raising $15,000 in eight months to compete in the World Latin Dance Cup in Miami, Florida.

An Australian doctor involved in a drug buyers’ club that has helped about 50 Otago people access life-saving medicine took a shot at pharmaceutical companies at a gathering in Dunedin last night.

A Kaikoura woman jumped on one of the last free helicopter flights out of the earthquake-damaged town just in time to see her two sons graduate in Balclutha yesterday.

The hearing into the future of Dunedin's new alcohol sales rules yesterday took in everything from the adaptability of young people buying alcohol to the importance of what time it is bought.

Some of Dunedin's premium real estate has taken a big hit after the latest round of property valuations.

New Zealand's major supermarket firms yesterday took on the Dunedin City Council as they fight its plan to restrict alcohol sales in the city.

The historic plane trees in  the Octagon will be continue to be nursed by the Dunedin City Council as they again struggle to respond to spring and produce leaves.

Dunedin is sending four experienced staff members to the Hurunui district to help with earthquake recovery in the area.

The colour palette was mostly black on black, but the designer behind a collaborative exhibition in Princes St has a rosy view of Dunedin’s creative milieu.

The Dunedin City Council should get the results of a review of its under-fire companies Delta and Aurora within weeks.