David Loughrey

Policy changes could be in store for the $67.6 million Waipori fund, which provides an annual cash return to the Dunedin City Council.

The Dunedin City Council, police and the University of Otago have student street parties like the Hyde St keg party - which Mayor Dave Cull yesterday labelled "too dangerous to continue" - firmly in their sights.

A long-running dispute between the Dunedin City Council and the city's building industry has resulted in changes to the way the council charges consent fees, changes expected to lower the cost to the industry.

Dunedin City Council critic Lyndon Weggery has called for the city to reduce its annual $3.7 million funding of the Otago Museum, claiming that would be the best way to force change at the institution.

Old Age Mums is a television programme that delves into the ethically and morally grey area of women having children well past their menopause.

The head of the company in charge of Forsyth Barr Stadium and other city venues says that community groups will be catered for at its facilities, despite a $100,000 fund to help them having been deferred.

Work to bring ultrafast broadband (UFB) to Dunedin is about to begin, at the same time as the city's new "digital office" gets ready to open for business.

Somewhere north of here, nice young people with names like Tom and Christabel sit in offices and put together little courier bags full of DVDs and other goodies to send to me.

Dunedin City Council's community housing rents will rise by about 3% in the next financial year.

The reality of the council's financial situation, rather than a decision by either the council or council staff, was behind the repayment period for stadium debt extending from 20 to 40 years, council finance and corporate support general manager Athol Stephens says.