Swimming coaches and affiliated clubs are to be approached for their views on the independence of a panel to review professional competitive swim coaching contracts at Moana Pool in Dunedin.
Dunedin City Council water and waste services manager John Mackie has resigned to take up a position working on the rebuild of Christchurch.
A social housing forum will consider a range of scenarios for dealing with a potentially significant increase in the demand for social housing in Dunedin over the next 20 years, and will then present a range of options for the Dunedin City Council to consider.
The timing of the switch to digital radio in the Southern police district will depend on when the Government decides if it will fund a single radio network encompassing law enforcement, public safety and emergency management agencies.
The establishment of an independent expert panel to review Dunedin's professional swim coaching needs has been proposed after multiple instances of contention around swim coaching contracts.
Gifting the Dunedin City Council's $65 million social housing stock to a single trust that would own and manage all social housing in Dunedin could be the best way to deal with a growing need for such housing, property advisers have suggested to councillors.
Last-minute submissions advocating an extension to the Signal Hill car park have helped push the number of submissions on Dunedin City Council's draft budgets to a record high.
A pair of Dunedin septuagenarians are worried they might be the target of a gnome-napping ring after more than a dozen little plaster men went missing from a display they started purely for the pleasure of others.
Police expect to solve dozens of thefts from cars in Dunedin this year, following their recent apprehension of two groups of teenagers.
People need to be prepared to put more effort into protecting their personal information as social media increasingly integrates into everyday life, internet specialists say.
A new breed of police officers with limited powers, who have been working for police in other parts of the country for up to three years, are unlikely to make an appearance in the South in the immediate future.
Preparations are well under way for Anzac Day celebrations in Dunedin.
Driver behaviour in Otago during the Easter holiday weekend has been praised by police.
What is it about Volkswagens that would attract 300 people in 140 vehicles to Dunedin for a weekend of V-dub-love?
One gathers a lot of memories and often a large family by the time one reaches the age of 100, and no doubt there will be much reminiscing when Dunedin woman Alice Corlet is surrounded by her family today as they celebrate her 100th birthday.
Active ingredients in the synthetic cannabis products Tai High and Spice were banned yesterday, but new versions are likely to appear on shelves soon, as manufacturers play a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities, Dunedin-based toxicologist Dr Leo Schep says.
Some of Wanaka's businesses opened their doors yesterday, flouting the Easter trading laws.
As police warn drivers to take care and stay patient on southern roads this Easter break, many Dunedin drivers got a timely reminder yesterday, when police stopped more than 1000 cars across the city.
Police have published the pictured map to raise awareness of a recent spate of thefts from cars in the south and east of Dunedin.
A senior sergeant with the Dunedin police, Brian Benn is used to dealing with some wily customers, but his latest undertaking with Special Olympics will see him really getting in on the action.
