Mark Price

Ratepayers will pay for cycleway maintenance

While taxpayers will pick up the tab for building the $6.8 million cycleway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, Dunedin ratepayers will foot the bill for its maintenance.

Leading the way

Leading the way

It is one of the final stages of the NZTA State Highway 1 cycleway through the city.

Bridge work on track

Bridge work on track

A crane has been brought in to begin replacing railway bridge 217 at Burkes Bay.

Workers tell DCC: leave harbourside

Workers tell DCC: leave harbourside

"Leave it the way it is."

That was the message industrial workers in the harbourside area had for the Dunedin City Council after a series of meetings yesterday.

House sold; price, buyer not disclosed

House sold; price, buyer not disclosed

The Otago Peninsula house at 100 Camp Rd, which was subject to a mortgagee sale, has been sold.

Workers to discuss harbourside plan

Workers at two businesses in the harbourside area of Dunedin will meet today to discuss the implications of the Dunedin City Council's proposed plan change 7: harbourside.

OUSA drops appeal against code of conduct ruling

OUSA drops appeal against code of conduct ruling

The Otago University Students Association has abandoned court action against the university's code of student conduct.

Harbour-side rezoning seen as damaging city

Harbour-side rezoning seen as damaging city

The Dunedin City Council will damage the city's economy by changing the zoning of harbour-side land, according to Dunedin planner Don Anderson, of Paterson Pitts Resource Management Ltd.

Dream home becomes nightmare for family

Dream home becomes nightmare for family

Last year, 3024 New Zealand houses were sold in mortgagee sales - a 500% increase on 2007 and the highest number since records began. One of those forced sales involved the Corish family's Otago Peninsula "dream home", which has a rateable value of $3.75 million.

Fire upsets travel plans

Fire upsets travel plans

Philippa Mitchell is off to Perth on holiday next week.