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Committee received apology ‘on behalf of the full council’
Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham has apologised to all staff for her behaviour.
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Insults risk eroding trust: businessman
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Insults risk eroding trust: businessman
Damage from a council chief executive flinging insults could be "far-reaching" for Dunedin, undermining its elected representatives, a prominent businessman says.
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Demolition remains a possibility
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Demolition remains a possibility
A historically significant Dunedin home is still on track to be taken down despite being shortlisted for inclusion in a heritage protection schedule.
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Council chief's language slammed
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Council chief's language slammed
Some councillors may not have dared speak up after revelations the DCC's chief executive was in the habit of insulting them, but Cr Mandy Mayhem was one who did.
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‘I had fallen into bad habits’
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‘I had fallen into bad habits’
Insulting language such as "f... tards" was repeatedly used by Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham to describe councillors, sources say.
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Public suspicious of DCC: Vandervis
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Public suspicious of DCC: Vandervis
Public suspicion of the Dunedin City Council was a large obstacle to selling Aurora Energy, one councillor mused well before the idea was abandoned.
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Critic says time to dump Dunedin Railways
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Critic says time to dump Dunedin Railways
Ratepayers are subsidising Dunedin Railways to the tune of nearly $550 per passenger and it is time to consider dumping the failing asset, a critic says.
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Les Bleus test on the cards
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Les Bleus test on the cards
Dunedin appears set to be announced as the host for a rugby test against France next year and could also be in the running to host a second test.
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Chance of odour nuisance at redeveloped site ‘low’
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Chance of odour nuisance at redeveloped site ‘low’
Nuisance odour will not be an issue at a revamped resource recovery park at Green Island, a council consultant says.
Heritage protection expected
Heritage protection expected
The vacant Catholic seminary in Mosgiel is expected to be protected from demolition from next week thanks to a former leaseholder who called for it to be given heritage status.
Doorn of a new era for stadium
Doorn of a new era for stadium
A lot of satisfied customers will experience events at Dunedin’s covered stadium before the competition from Christchurch gets going if Paul Doorn gets his way.
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Overgrown verge not a priority for council
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Overgrown verge not a priority for council
A St Clair woman is "embarrassed" by the overgrown grass verges around her home, but the council says aesthetics and beauty are not its priority.
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Moana Pool event ‘pretty disturbing’
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Moana Pool event ‘pretty disturbing’
A Dunedin mother who says she intervened to stop a man filming her children getting changed at Moana Pool was left horrified as the event turned into a "citizen’s arrest".
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DCC advised ageing roads need attention
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DCC advised ageing roads need attention
Ageing roads will need attention and significant investment is required in Three Waters assets, Dunedin councillors have been advised, as they consider the decades ahead.
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Update for councillors on CEO expected
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Update for councillors on CEO expected
Dunedin city councillors appear set to get an update today relating to an investigation into the conduct of council chief executive Sandy Graham.
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Concise questioning trial floated
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Concise questioning trial floated
Waffly queries and having one person ask a series of questions on the trot may soon fall foul of Dunedin City Council expectations.
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Compost odour key issue at hearing
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Compost odour key issue at hearing
Odour from composting is the key issue to be resolved at a consent hearing for Dunedin’s proposed resource recovery park.
Bill for remedial work hits $1.3m
Bill for remedial work hits $1.3m
The Dunedin City Council has so far spent $1.3million on remedial work after last month’s flooding and slips.
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Residents fume over unkept verges
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'We’re sick of it': Residents fume over unkept verges
Battling through waist-high green grass has become a defining feature of one Dunedin suburb since verge maintenance was all but abandoned four years ago, locals say.
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Radich silent on why report not shared
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Radich silent on why report not shared
Dunedin's mayor is refusing to say why some city councillors have not yet been allowed to see an investigator’s report about their chief executive.