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Council secret inquiry costs, follow-up, top $300,000
Costs relating to a secret inquiry at the Dunedin City Council, and any necessary follow-up, have climbed above $300,000.
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Central city bus loop under consideration
Central city bus loop under consideration
Dunedin councillors are considering a push to bring back a central city bus loop — despite warnings from staff the concept has little chance of success.
Retained school speed limits supported
Retained school speed limits supported
Lower speed limits around most Dunedin schools should remain, despite direction from central government to reverse recent changes, Dunedin City Council staff say.
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Councillor calls for Smooth Hill landfill to be deferred
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Councillor calls for Smooth Hill landfill to be deferred
Building the Smooth Hill landfill should be deferred until the Dunedin City Council gets to a more sustainable position on debt and rates, a councillor says.
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Fun hub proposed for test against France
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Fun hub proposed for test against France
The All Blacks’ test against France in July could feature a bumper beer tent in the Octagon, the city council hopes.
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Trust floated to save Sammy’s
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Trust floated to save Sammy’s
A trust may need to be formed to lead mothballed Dunedin music venue Sammy’s back into the spotlight, a city councillor says.
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Council locks professor out of site
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Council locks professor out of site
The world’s leading expert on Foulden Maar has once again been locked out of the prolific palaeontological site — but this time by the Dunedin City Council.
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Net-zero: DCC on track, city not
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Net-zero: DCC on track, city not
Curbing waste emissions has gone better than expected for the DCC, but the rest of the city may be holding it back as decisions loom about zero-carbon goals and how much to invest to achieve them.
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$30m under-spend revealed on DCC capital programme
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$30m under-spend revealed on DCC capital programme
Delivery of the Dunedin City Council’s planned capital spend for the financial year appears set to fall more than $30 million short.
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Lane shift on cards for problem intersection
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Lane shift on cards for problem North Dunedin intersection
Proposed changes to a notorious intersection in North Dunedin are a good interim fix, but a more comprehensive engineering solution will be needed longer term, a city councillor says.
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Building ‘affordable convening space’ can be honoured
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Building ‘affordable convening space’ can be honoured
Councillors have a chance to honour the purpose of building a library in South Dunedin if they agree to a course correction, Taieri MP Ingrid Leary says.
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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’
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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’
The Strath Taieri Community Board chairman says proposed hikes to development contributions in Middlemarch would be "a kick in the guts" for the community.
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Council CEO contract stance ‘eye-opening’
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Council CEO contract stance ‘eye-opening’
How councillors voted on extending the Dunedin City Council chief executive’s contract remains under wraps, but one has called the stance of others "eye-opening".
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Developers 'quitting Dunedin' over DCC red tape
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DCC plans alarming developers
One of Dunedin’s biggest developers says the rising cost of doing business in the city is forcing his company to look outside Dunedin to invest.
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Council predicts end to deficits in 2027
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Council predicts end to deficits in 2027
Deficits for the Dunedin City Council are forecast to end after the next financial year, but achieving an operating surplus for Three Waters looks set to take a year longer.
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Council chief's future to be decided this week
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DCC chief executive’s future to be decided this week
The future of the Dunedin City Council’s controversial chief executive looks set to be decided this week.
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Letting some Three Waters assets fail part of strategy
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Letting some Three Waters assets fail part of strategy
Allowing some infrastructure to fail by not replacing it before its use-by date is part of the city’s approach to managing Three Waters assets, the Dunedin City Council says.
Group takes initiative on climate change
Group takes initiative on climate change
The Dunedin City Council may not have proactively pursued community opinion about potential to invest more money in zero-carbon work, but public input is coming anyway.
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$1 billion to clear Dunedin's Three Waters backlog
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$1 billion to clear Dunedin's Three Waters backlog
A $1 billion backlog of Three Waters work could take 30 years for the Dunedin City Council to clear.
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Champion for Māori perspective goes north
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Champion for Māori perspective goes north
A senior manager at the Dunedin City Council who helped to integrate Māori perspectives into its operation is to leave, taking up a role where she was raised.