Taiaroa Head in Dunedin, an area that was the subject of disputes going back more than a century, may soon have a management plan to resolve the concerns of competing interests, Mayor Dave Cull says.
Dunedin City Council contractors moved on to the Octagon yesterday to replace turf damaged by the Occupy Dunedin protest, as one of the more established protesters hinted the occupation may be drawing to a close.
Two Environment Court documents released in the past week spell the end of a lengthy attempt by Dunedin developer Tim Barnett to fight restrictions on his ability to build on a long-empty piece of harbourside land.
A Dunedin MP's concerns a company has won "a contract to take the top off"' Saddle Hill are wrong, a city councillor says.
Dunedin should have a representative employed by April next year to help its companies make the most of the estimated $30 billion worth of work needed to rebuild Christchurch.
A "premature" press release from the Otago Rugby Football Union is behind controversy and "conspiracy theories" about Dunedin Venues Management Ltd's dalliance with the business of running rugby, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
The Forsyth Barr Stadium was handed over to Dunedin Venues Ltd yesterday, and public access by the Water of Leith was ensured, following an extraordinary meeting and a short debate.
Real estate sales volumes and property values are both increasing in Dunedin as the year draws to a close, with the residential market "starting to pick up traction".
A final decision on the handing over of the Forsyth Barr Stadium to council-owned company Dunedin Venues Ltd (DVL) is on the agenda today, with only a riparian walkway holding up the process.
An "aggressive" marketing campaign to sell Carisbrook ground will begin in early February, as the Dunedin City Council looks to recoup the $7 million it paid for the facility.
Rebekah Brook, a Dunedin student studying in the United States, found herself locked in a college laboratory for about four hours yesterday, after a double shooting at a university.
Two people are dead and a survivor remains injured in hospital after a "serious crash" near the Homer Tunnel, in Fiordland, last night.
Career paths for the bad eggs, ne'er-do-wells and wrongdoers of this world have evolved of late.
Dunedin city councillor Bill Acklin is facing an unpaid tax bill of $190,000, with the Inland Revenue Department filing a court claim for judgement on money owed.
A sliver of windswept land that snakes alongside the Water of Leith has stymied the handover of Forsyth Barr Stadium, after a surprise decision by a Dunedin City Council committee
The Otago Rugby Football Union will drop from a high of 36 staff in 2006 to a small core group next year, and move from Carisbrook to an office at Forsyth Barr Stadium, as its non-rugby responsibilities go to Dunedin Venues Management Ltd.
Dunedin has been offered insurance cover for the city's infrastructure assets - providing earthquakes are not included in the possible risks.
Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has been officially confirmed as being worth $225 million, as the Dunedin City Council prepares to hand the facility over to one of its companies.
Dunedin's Municipal Chambers and Dunedin Centre should soon have three newly named rooms, as spaces in the complex are transformed or created as part of an upgrade.
Dunedin's tertiary sector will soon have about 100 new free or lower-cost car-parking spaces, following the demise of what was supposed to be an environmentally sustainable system designed to reduce emissions and take the pressure off parking.
