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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.
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Three Waters delivery up for discussion
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Three Waters delivery up for discussion
The Dunedin City Council says it can afford to keep its Three Waters department if that is what residents want.
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Councillors split on rates rises in plan
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Councillors split on rates rises in plan
Fixating on keeping Dunedin rates rises within a cap could be the wrong mentality for a city that needs to invest, a councillor has warned.
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Councillor rubbishes landfill plan
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Councillor rubbishes landfill plan
The waste stream dealt with by the Dunedin City Council is too small to justify it establishing a new local landfill, a councillor says.
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End of bus bike rack ban in sight
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End of bus bike rack ban in sight
A ban on using bike racks on buses has been called "absurd", even Kafka-esque, but it could soon come to an end, officials say.
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$92.4m landfill feature of plan
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$92.4m landfill feature of plan
Building a $92.4 million landfill is in Dunedin’s draft plan to be approved for public consultation.