Stadium rezoning process to start
Stadium rezoning process to start
The process of rezoning land at Awatea St to allow for the construction of a stadium begins today.
Mark Price
Acklin company ceases trading
Acklin company ceases trading
Unsecured creditors are expected to lose $60,000 because a company owned by Dunedin City councillor Bill Acklin has ceased trading.
Aucklander to carry out peer review
Aucklander to carry out peer review
The Dunedin City Council has appointed an Auckland associate professor to carry out a peer review of its $47 million proposal to redevelop the Dunedin Centre.
Trust critical of some property owners
Trust critical of some property owners
Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry has criticised some of the property owners the trust has been negotiating with for the Awatea St stadium site.
Marketing team pitches stadium suites
Marketing team pitches stadium suites
Corporate box holders at Dunedin's new Awatea St stadium will pay $90,000 before the first match kicks off on the new turf.
Properties bought for stadium
Properties bought for stadium
The Dunedin City Council has already bought two properties on the site of the Awatea St Stadium.
Stadium deadline passes
Stadium deadline passes
The Dunedin City Council has exceeded its self-imposed deadline to be satisfied over property purchase contracts for the Awatea Stadium site.
Monks in Dunedin protest over Tibet
Monks in Dunedin protest over Tibet
At least one of Dunedin's Buddhist monks will parade blindfolded in handcuffs today during a protest against China's occupation of Tibet.
Dunedin musical family to figure in royal Hillary service
Dunedin musical family to figure in royal Hillary service
A Dunedin father-and-son team will play a significant part in the royal ‘‘thanksgiving service'' for the late Sir Edmund Hillary, to be held in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Wednesday.
Submissions sought on land transfer
Submissions sought on land transfer
The Local Government Commission is calling for submissions on a proposal to transfer 40,000ha from the Clutha District Council to the Dunedin City Council.
Chance to learn from ‘Caketin' experience
Chance to learn from ‘Caketin' experience
The Awatea St stadium is not the first in New Zealand to have followed a tortuous path to completion.
The search for pots of gold begins
The search for pots of gold begins
Let the fundraising begin. In the blue corner: the Carisbrook Stadium Trust chasing $45.5 million of private funding. In the red corner: the Dunedin City Council's rates and funding...
Questions over who will pay for stadium
Questions over who will pay for stadium
The private sector's contribution to the stadium project was uppermost in the minds of councillors questioning their staff during the opening rounds of last night's stadium debate.
Trust ready to sell ‘stadium products'
Trust ready to sell ‘stadium products'
Dunedin rugby fans can expect stadium salespeople on their doorsteps from next week if the stadium project gets the go ahead.
Contractors offer to assist trust on Awatea St project
Contractors offer to assist trust on Awatea St project
In the true spirit of Kiwi club rugby culture, the boys are already offering to come round and help build the stadium.
Allanton votes for sewerage system
Allanton votes for sewerage system
Allanton residents have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a fully fledged, conventional $6.5 million sewerage system for the township and for all Dunedin ratepayers to help pay for it.
Positive outlook for Tourism Dunedin
Positive outlook for Tourism Dunedin
Tourism Dunedin says it is taking a more positive view of the downturn in the tourism industry than Destination Queenstown.
Wanted: A sexier Dunedin
Wanted: A sexier Dunedin
One Dunedin city councillor believes Dunedin's tourist attractions are not ‘‘sexy' enough.
$3m cost to protect flood-prone houses
$3m cost to protect flood-prone houses
The Dunedin City Council has run up against a problem of economics in its bid to protect houses in Somerville St, Andersons Bay, from flooding.
Furry pests' pelts not returning profit
Furry pests' pelts not returning profit
Dunedin ratepayers are unlikely to see any windfall profit from the city's passel of bush-damaging possums.