Support for Dunedin’s homeless people is now ‘‘almost impossible’’ to access, which is increasing desperation antisocial behaviour and pressure on the city’s night shelter, advocates say.

The Dunedin City Council’s chief executive signalled she wanted a two-year extension to her contract but has ended up accepting a one-year deal.

A Dunedin healer who sexually assaulted seven women will not be recalled to prison.

Some heat-sensitive, sun-loving Dunedin residents out there may have thought yesterday’s balmy early autumn weather was on par with a summer cracker.