Timothy Brown

The stunning weather which marked Queen's Birthday Weekend in Otago is set to continue this week.

The Dunedin City Council's $100,000 investigation into the issues affecting Ocean Beach is aimed at providing a 50-year plan for protecting the erosion-plagued beach.

Police are investigating a fire which gutted a car in a North Dunedin car park early yesterday.

A Dunedin man has been arrested and charged with threatening behaviour after an incident involving an axe in Mornington.

The Dunedin City Council's beleaguered building services department plans to hire further staff to cope with ongoing delays to consent processing and site inspections.

Last June's floods provided a frightening wake-up call for former University of Otago law student Tom Wilson.

Event Traffic Management Otago is disbanding after almost a half century.

Last June's floods brought stress, sickness and myriad inconveniences for the staff of Aurora Health Centre but, ultimately, it also brought them closer together.

The Saddle Hill Community Board is hopeful a preliminary Environment Court decision marks the death knell for quarrying of the district landmark.

Otago Peninsula Community Board chairwoman Christine Garey is concerned the district is not "being involved'' in the economic growth tourism is bringing to the city.

Another 14 trees may receive protection after assessments were carried out for the Dunedin City Council's 2GP district plan.

A group of four-wheel-drive enthusiasts trapped in snow on a Central Otago high-country road last week planned on retrieving their vehicles with a bulldozer until authorities scuppered the scheme.

The under-insurance of Dunedin's homes could total billions with as many as 85% of homes uninsured by about quarter of their value.

Work to shore up the sand dunes at Ocean Beach began yesterday with an excavator beginning to cut a track to the beach.

Coastal erosion expert Dr Wayne Stephenson remains confident Ocean Beach is undergoing a natural pattern of erosion and accretion.

Amalgamated Builders Ltd has broken ground on the $20 million Mosgiel Countdown project.

The Dunedin City Council has hired two new processors to help alleviate the workload facing its delay-plagued building department.

A collaborative "urban development approach'' could be the answer for South Dunedin, Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford says.