Vaughan Elder

A plan to build a wind farm north of Dunedin has been dealt a blow after a council planner recommended resource consent be declined.

The Government has approved a plan to slash 56 jobs from Dunedin agriculture research facility Invermay.

Dunedin landfill prices could increase by up to a fifth because of a change made in last week's Budget.

Up to 13 jobs will be cut from Dunedin City Council-owned company Delta after it lost part of its parks maintenance contract.

The Dunedin City Council is investigating charging freedom campers for using council-owned facilities.

Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis has questioned the merit of closing the Octagon for a "three-day drinkathon'' centred on Saturday's All Blacks test.

The Dunedin City Council has set aside $3.5 million for strengthening work after finding a "critical'' piece of the city's infrastructure is housed in an earthquake-prone building.

A Dunedin tenant is worried about his safety after discovering he is living in a rental property illegally split into three units.

A group of "bloody idiots'' who shone a blinding laser at a rescue helicopter from the outskirts of Dunedin can count themselves lucky the pilot's cellphone coverage was out.

The cost of bullying and harassment workshops at the Dunedin City Council put people off going, a disgruntled staff member says.

The Regent Theatre has withdrawn its opposition to closing the Octagon for next week's All Blacks test in Dunedin.

The second group of Syrian refugees arrived to an emotional welcome at Dunedin airport yesterday.

Dunedin rugby clubs fear changes mooted in the city's next-generation plan could put their and other sports clubs' financial futures in doubt.

A North Dunedin scarfie flat has been given a paint job with a difference after an "eccentric'' property developer commissioned a graffiti artist to decorate its street-facing wall.

An initiative has been launched to help protect Dunedin's rubbish workers from being pricked by improperly disposed of needles.

A senior Dunedin City Council manager has denied claims there is a culture of bullying at the highest levels of the organisation as details of restructuring emerge.

The Government's decision to increase New Zealand's refugee quota from 750 a year to 1000 could result in more refugees being resettled in Dunedin. 

It was a case of deja vu when Maniototo woman Jane Falconer passed a bouquet to the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.

The completion of Dunedin City Council's problem-plagued South Dunedin Cycle Network has been pushed back in favour of central Dunedin cycleways.