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Abusive library patrons mixing books, booze and brawling are partly to blame for more than 200 trespass notices issued by the Dunedin City Council in recent years.

A 10-month wait for the Dunedin City Council to review the performance of its mud tanks, following last year's South Dunedin flood, has been questioned by Dunedin South MP Clare Curran.

Hundreds of Dunedin City Council staff have resigned during a sometimes torrid four-year period for the organisation.

A three-month pipe renewal under Dunedin's most prominent sports ground will help ease the pressure on the city's wastewater network.

Dunedin's floods have not affected insurance premiums or residents' ability to secure insurance.

A retired couple forced to fight for five years to sell their farm to the Dunedin City Council were left with ''a noose around their necks'', Cr Kate Wilson says.

A Dunedin City Council staff member has resigned part-way through an investigation into ‘‘irregularities'' in his CV, it has been confirmed.

A decision on Dunedin's bid to become New Zealand's next refugee resettlement centre will be made within weeks, Immigration New Zealand says.

The removal of St Clair's bungled cycleway infrastructure has begun, and is expected to be complete within a week.

A leaked report into the Dunedin City Council's push to buy properties on the Taieri shows its ''chickens have come home to roost'', Mayor Dave Cull says.

Dunedin's mayor has made a plea for evidence that would explain the Government's ''preposterous'' $15 million cost estimate for strengthening the city's historic courthouse.

The troubled South Dunedin cycle network may be pared back to a single city to sea path to enable it to be completed within budget.

Increased microchipping has reduced the number of dogs being impounded, says a report to tomorrow's Dunedin City Council planning and regulatory committee.

The fog of war is descending as Dunedin's mayoral aspirants jockey for position a year out from local body elections.

Government ministers have largely ignored the Dunedin City Council's request for dialogue concerning the future of the city's historic courthouse.

The Dunedin City Council is being warned online voting could open democracy's door to hackers.

Donning a helmet, a high vis jacket and climbing aboard a scooter yesterday gave Sue Bidrose a ''front line'' perspective of what her parking officers do.

The Dunedin City Council says the recruitment of two lawyers will help the organisation avoid sticky situations and save ratepayers' money.

The Dunedin City Council is wasting time and money ''chasing ghosts'' as councillors fire off tit for tat official information requests aimed at each other, Cr David Benson-Pope says.