Not content to rest on her laurels after being re-elected as one of Dunedin's most popular councillor choices, the city's youngest councillor has started cafe drop-in sessions as a way of connecting with constituents.
The Dunedin City Council will begin building a temporary rescue boat launching ramp at the north end of the St Clair Beach sea wall next week, after this week dumping another 1000 tonnes of rock along the wall.
It is important to remember the Tuhoe raids each year because what happened then is continuing to happen, as the Government spreads its tentacles ever further into everyone's lives, Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says.
Mosgiel-Taieri's newest representative on the Dunedin City Council had just come inside from feeding calves when he heard the news.
A free trial Aqua Zumba class at the Mosgiel Pool next Monday will be dedicated to past participants who have had breast cancer, and aims to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
A new weekend market in Outram is hoped to attract more people to stop off in the Taieri township on Sundays.
The election of Doug Hall to a council seat may well be one of the biggest surprises of the Dunedin City Council election, but the man in the middle of his own expensive and messy conflict with the organisation says his election came as no surprise to him.
A commission of inquiry may be required to sort out the country's ''dire'' voter turnout for local body elections, a Dunedin political scientist says.
Permanently fixing problems with Forsyth Barr Stadium's public address system would cost between $500,000 and $800,000.
Newcomers to the Dunedin City Council table say the people of Dunedin have picked a diverse bunch, but they expect to be able to work together despite philosophical differences.
Plenty of new faces will be seen around council tables in the South following yesterday's election results.
Outram woman Lyn Hippolite used her get-out-of-jail-free card last year, and she's never looked back.
A plan for improving Dunedin's transport network over the next 30 years was signed off by the Dunedin City Council recently. Debbie Porteous looks at what is in it for Mosgiel.
Police are calling for drivers and horse riders to pay attention around the Taieri as the longer days see more riders take to the roads.
Dunedin City Council members farewelled five long-serving councillors at their final meeting yesterday.
An extension to the Dunedin Botanic Garden's Clive Lister Garden is well under way, and a hole has been left for a most controversial worm.
With most of the councillor seats at the Dunedin City Council coming from the large central ward, community boards are more important than ever, a Dunedin academic says.
The Dunedin City Council now has 41 staff earning more than $100,000, but spending on key management personnel is less than it was two years ago, chief executive Paul Orders says.
The Outram Fire Brigade is calling on Taieri residents and farmers to help it compile a list of water resources in the area.
A significant swing in the fortunes of the Dunedin City Council's group of companies can in large part be attributed to recent changes in governance and the ''tidying up'' of the operation of the companies, the chairman of the companies' parent group says.
