Hamish MacLean

With a beaming smile, a little out of breath, Sarah Gawith, of Te Anau, clearly enjoyed the Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon at Memorial Park in Mosgiel yesterday.

As the Dunedin City Council plans to spend more than $321million next year, one councillor is not pleased with how it has framed its proposed rates increase for consultation with the public.

The Otago Regional Council wants to send pending water management rule changes straight to a higher authority, bypassing the usual process.

A new position in the Dunedin mayor’s office will give "political advice around advocacy".

Otago ratepayers could face a 9.1% rates increase even after the Otago Regional Council plans to dig up an extra $6million from other funding sources next year.

As Dunedin braces for a predicted housing shortage, an influx of cash into the city — rather than people — could be the driving force behind the city’s housing woes.

With an average of about four callouts a day, Otago Regional Council staff continue to be called away from their everyday tasks to respond to a "high" number of environmental incidents in the region.

It is not just a housing shortage that looms for Dunedin — the current housing stock might not meet the demands of the population.

Dunedin could soon require e-scooter companies to hold permits and follow a code of practice similar to Auckland’s one.

The Dunedin City Council is ready to back its single transferable voting (STV) system to the justice committee inquiry into the 2019 local elections.

Dangerous building notices remain in place for six properties in St Clair after a landslip posed an "imminent threat" more than a year ago.

Dunedin could soon require e-scooter companies to hold permits and follow a code of practice similar to the one in place in Auckland.

A property valuation for the Foulden Maar site is expected "shortly", Dunedin City Council chief executive Sue Bidrose says.

The Minister for the Environment has downplayed a perceived crisis of conflicts of interest at the Otago Regional Council.

The Otago Regional Council is seeking costs from the owner of a car it removed from Hoopers Inlet over the holidays.

Proposed changes to a regional plan to improve water quality were pulled from this week’s Otago Regional Council agenda because a "majority" of councillors face possible conflicts of interest.

The Government’s new public housing provider should work with local government and abide by local planning documents as much as possible, the Dunedin City Council says.