Presenters were peppered with questions from one councillor yesterday as Dunedin city councillors otherwise whipped through a series of regular financial reports indicating general improvements in council and council-owned company performance.
After nearly three years and more than $45 million spent on restorations and improvements, Dunedin's town hall and neighbouring Dunedin Centre are scheduled to reopen next month.
The Government should take a principles-based rather than prescriptive approach to the issue of ensuring members of the public are safe from earthquake-prone buildings, southern councils say.
An impassioned plea by Cr Jinty MacTavish to get something done soon to improve the safety of cyclists in central Dunedin followed a two-hour discussion on the matter by councillors yesterday.
Dunedin city councillors voted this week to reinstate the aquatic facilities working party to make further recommendations on swimming space needs in Dunedin in the future.
The discussion on whether rodeos should continue to be allowed to be held on Dunedin City Council land is likely to be taken to the next level.
A Dunedin cycle lobby group says a New Zealand Transport Agency proposal for a central city intersection where a cyclist was killed will do little, if anything, to actually improve safety, despite that being the objective.
The Dunedin City Council has agreed to work with the group proposing a rock groyne that could protect Te Rauone Beach from erosion, to ensure the application for a resource consent contains the best information possible.
John Jamieson shows off the 6kg salmon he pulled from Otago Harbour yesterday to win the Otago salmon fishing competition at the weekend. Photo by Linda Robertson.
It was a good weekend for fishing, but not for actually catching fish, salmon anglers in Dunedin found.
The annual Otago Salmon Fishing competition on the upper Otago Harbour at the weekend was as popular as ever with anglers, but even 210 entrants could bring in only eight fish for the weigh-in.
A series of unmet targets led Dunedin city councillors this week to question whether Tourism Dunedin could handle more responsibility.
Dunedin City Council staff are again recommending the council sticks with the status quo on gaming venues and machines in the city, rather than adopting a sinking-lid policy.
The Government's proposals to deal with earthquake-prone buildings place too much emphasis on the earthquake risk, at substantial cost, in comparison to other risks (both natural and other) that individuals and local communities face, the Dunedin City Council says.
The next significant matter in developing a proposed wind farm project for Blueskin Bay was ''raised'' yesterday.
Those heading along to see Aerosmith at the Forsyth Barr Stadium may get a little shock when they are charged a $7 ''venue levy'' on top of their ticket price and the ticketing company's service fee.
A leak in one of Dunedin's main water supply pipelines has been repaired and the pipeline recommissioned, but the city's residents are still being urged to restrict water use because there is not much to spare.
A grand old dame of the Dunedin streetscape is being brought back to life by a Dunedin law firm.
Dunedin residents believe they are safer, more trusting, and have a better overall lifestyle than many other New Zealanders, according to a new survey.
The Dunedin public will be able to see local body politicians in action ''warts and all'' after city councillors agreed to allow full sound recordings of their meetings.
Dunedin residents are being asked not to water their gardens for three days, or at least put it off a few days, as the city council grapples with a problem in its mains water supply pipelines.
Communities south of Timaru could face a bill of more than $1.8 billion under proposed changes to rules governing earthquake-prone buildings.
