Mark Price

The Government has created something of a dilemma for 85 of New Zealand's most distinguished citizens - including about a dozen with Otago connections.

Falls in property prices in the South over the past year were greatest in Dunedin and Invercargill, according to the latest figures from QV Valuations.

Several shops in the Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall Street mall will open for the first time today.

Stop the Stadium's missing "notice of appeal" against the Dunedin City Council's rezoning of land for the stadium has been found - at the Environment Court in Christchurch.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry reiterated yesterday the stadium could be finished in time for the Rugby World Cup, due to begin in New Zealand in September 2011.

A Dunedin city councillor has suggested the amount of private funding for the new $198 million Otago Stadium has been boosted by "dummy contracts".

A confidential telephone call to Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Cairns yesterday may have delivered the help needed to get the Otago Stadium project over another critical funding hurdle.

Motorists driving into Dunedin's central city area on the Tuesday after Easter can expect to find a whole new world of parking experiences.

A dislike of going to the gym has led to a Dunedin man creating a new asset for the city's mountain biking fraternity.

An appeal against the Dunedin City Council's plan to rezone land in Awatea St for a new stadium appears to have been lost in the post.