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The Dunedin City Council says the discovery of five more examples of fraud and theft inside the organisation is ''enormously'' disappointing.

Dunedin is poised for a multimillion-dollar windfall as it prepares to host a growing number of conferences and the thousands of high-spending delegates that come with them, deputy mayor Chris Staynes says.

Dunedin's waterfront is the city's biggest missed opportunity, but the planets could be aligning for development, advocates say. Chris Morris reports.

The Dunedin City Council is proposing a land swap to resolve another long running property dispute on Otago Peninsula.

The Otago Regional Council says it will regularly meet the Dunedin City Council until stormwater problems on an Otago Peninsula property are resolved.

The Otago Regional Council says it could take the Dunedin City Council to court over stormwater problems on an Otago Peninsula property.

The Dunedin City Council says lessons have been learnt after it botched a contract to remove trees bordering Logan Park.

Dunedin city councillors will face considerable opposition to plans to cut community board and community board member numbers when they hear the public's views on the issue tomorrow.

Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis says he has begun a legal challenge to reclaim his lost voting rights, although senior council staff remain in the dark about the details.

A Polish artist was pressured to change a large mural after the Dunedin City Council deemed it inappropriate.

Dunedin residents are being warned not to clean and reuse flood damaged carpet themselves, amid concerns contaminants now buried in them could pose a health threat.

A Portobello Rd resident is threatening legal action against a Dunedin city councillor amid claims of what he calls ''bullying'' in a neighbourhood dispute.

A Dunedin city councillor has backed down from his blockade.

Richard Thomson says he would not have accepted the role as deputy commissioner of the Southern District Health Board without a ''very clear assurance'' from the Health Minister that it was not a ''slash and burn'' exercise.

The Dunedin City Council could consider higher rates hikes to help pay for big-ticket projects including the Mosgiel pool.