A balloon went up for the proposed $100 million waterfront hotel in Dunedin yesterday when an artist launched a ''high-visibility project'' to demonstrate the height of the proposed 28-storey development.
The owners of an Otago Peninsula luxury lodge with an
international profile are in the Dunedin City Council's
crosshairs after operating outside their resource consent for
years.
An unusually low number of comments on the Dunedin City
Council's annual plan has been described as a sign of
''approval'' and, conversely, ''apathy''.
Messages of support for Department of Conservation staff
covered the doors of the Dunedin office yesterday in an
appeal to the Government to reconsider cutting jobs.
Those who think the University of Otago has gone too far in
tackling problem drinking should study elsewhere, the
chairwoman of a group tasked with improving the student
drinking culture says.
The Dunedin City Council has agreed to let bars to stay open
for the first hour of Anzac Day so Aerosmith fans can have a
''nightcap'' after a ''hard day'' of rock'n'roll.
Video posted on YouTube shows the scenes yesterday when
protesters opposed to oil-exploration yesterday caused a
meeting between Shell and mainly business groups in Dunedin
to be abandoned.
Controversial in life, British ex-Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher continued to divide the nation in death, with sombre
plans for a funeral and eulogies rejected by some in favour
of celebrations and parties.
