Chris Morris

The cost of removing free parking from Dunedin's central city streets has jumped to more than $1.6 million.

Whoever is responsible for the contamination of a popular East Taieri creek, found to be laced with human waste earlier this year, faces a hefty bill as well as a possible prosecution.

Port Otago is to be asked to pay $275,000 towards the cost of repairing Dunedin's 104-year-old railway overbridge, nearly 10 months to the day after it was partly torn down by a passing train.

Another central Dunedin retailer is to close and has taken a swipe at the DCC's Wall St mall plan as the tough economic climate continues to squeeze George St.

It will be another few weeks before six remaining pieces of Dunedin's Wall Street jigsaw puzzle are known to shoppers.

Councillors will consider a proposed rates increase of "single figures" early next year, after a week-long cost-cutting review in which Dunedin City Council budgets were put under the microscope.

Dunedin's Nature Discoveries shop is to continue trading under new ownership.

A young mother ensconced in an organic farming community north of Dunedin is leading the charge against the city's fluoridated water supply, convinced those who drink it risk exposing themselves to toxic side effects. But why, exactly, should we listen? Chris Morris investigates.

The contractor responsible for a cloud of cement dust that damaged cars on Dunedin's waterfront says he is waiting for the phone to ring.

Planned spending by the Dunedin City Council should be brought forward where possible to help combat "economic climate change" and stimulate the city's flagging economy, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.