David Loughrey

The group behind a website that is ranking Dunedin mayoral candidates on their environmental stance says it was produced in part to get young people talking about the local government election.

Voting returns appear low in Dunedin after the first week of this year’s polling.

Developing a South Dunedin community hub in its preferred site in King Edward St could be a complex and possibly expensive business.

Dunedin's elections have descended into personal attacks after one mayoral candidate accused another of telling a disabled candidate not to stand for council.

Dunedin has topped the polls in the latest quality of life survey, with 88% of Dunedin residents surveyed rating their overall quality of life good or extremely good.

Microchipped cats, reinstating council roading and parks departments and problems with the buses were some of the subjects traversed at the second Dunedin City Council candidates meeting in South...

Community anger over last year's flooding was in evidence last night as Dunedin City Council candidates fronted up to a South Dunedin audience.

Inner-city Dunedin hotel Branson's is the latest outlet to have to fight for its liquor licence, after police opposed its renewal.

In a city of grit and of glitter David Loughrey wanders the streets and finds his people at a rugby league game at Leichhardt Oval as he takes in a sporting weekend in Sydney.

A group of 70 student volunteers descended on Brockville on Saturday, gardening, painting and baking their way into the hearts of residents.

Some of the most fierce debates during this election period have happened behind the scenes, away from the public gaze, in the secret world of the Otago Daily Times’ candidate profiles.

No arrests were made after police were called to a drunken student party at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.

Council candidates who poll well in their immediate communities should be in with as good a chance as those who attract widespread support across Dunedin.

An election meeting in Mosgiel last night showed voters will get to choose from a surprising breadth of skills and approaches from candidates vying for election.

Two Dunedin mayoral candidates from opposite sides of the political spectrum have locked horns on social media.

Early versions of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong will be let loose in Dunedin today for nostalgic former gamers and others curious for a peek at a technological past.

Two Dunedin mayoral candidates feel they have been unfairly excluded from a forum for council candidates, but organisers say they will not change their decision.