Debbie Porteous

A Dunedin ACC beneficiary will be paid $10,000 after the Crown admitted a police search of his home was unlawful, but a High Court judge has dismissed the allegation that police and ACC investigators acted in bad faith.

The widening of Portobello and Harington Pt Rds planned for the 2013-14 financial year could exacerbate erosion issues at Te Rauone Beach, a Portobello resident says.

A new swimming pool at Mosgiel is absolutely essential, and the community is behind it, but Taieri residents should not have to pay extra rates for it, says a group recently set up to lobby for the wellbeing of the Taieri community.

Groups that previously received ''vital'' civic grants from the Dunedin City Council have turned up to appeal for funding from councillors considering next year's budget, despite a one-year moratorium on new grants.

Rural Dunedin residents with no regular rubbish collection service at their doors may yet be allowed to take single black bags full of rubbish to their local dump.

The Chisholm Park Golf Club wants to use treated grey water from the neighbouring Tahuna wastewater treatment plant to water its course, but Dunedin City Council staff say the idea, while innovative, is ''extremely'' unlikely to be economically viable.

A warrant of fitness system for Dunedin's student flats should be extended to all the city's rental properties, including those let by the Dunedin City Council, Housing New Zealand and privately owned rental properties, the Southern District Health Board says.

Residents of Gladstone Rd South, in East Taieri, have appealed to the Dunedin City Council to seal a 2km section of their road, despite a council moratorium on seal extensions.

A group working to eradicate possums on the Otago Peninsula has asked the Dunedin City Council for its support to create possum-free neighbourhoods in the city's eastern suburbs that border the peninsula.

Proposals to outsource Dunedin City Council water and waste maintenance and operations are expected to be announced today, potentially affecting dozens of jobs.