Hamish MacLean

Vandalism and threats have marred campaigning efforts in the South at the weekend.

The "phenomenal" work done by southern primary health professionals supporting New Zealand’s Covid-19 response should be recognised, WellSouth chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs says.

A wheelchair user who spilled from his chair trying to navigate a well-worn detour says the response from the Dunedin City Council since he raised his concerns publicly had been "marvellous".

Less than a quarter of people coming into Dunedin’s city centre walk, cycle or take a bus, a city centre advocacy group says.

There were four submissions by yesterday afternoon on the application to demolish the former Cadbury factory in Dunedin’s city centre.

The first of five public "drop in" sessions for Aurora Energy consumers to influence a coming Commerce Commission decision drew 23 people to the Dunedin Centre yesterday.

The Dunedin City Council is not saying how many people have applied for its vacant chief executive role.

Despite more than $60 million being on offer for three waters reforms in Otago and Southland, do not expect councils to "write blank cheques" at this stage.

Technical investigations of the proposed Smooth Hill landfill site have confirmed it is suitable for development, the Dunedin City Council says.

A contract for preliminary design work and the indicative business case for a major Dunedin streets redevelopment project has been awarded, the Dunedin City Council says.

The man leading the First Past the Post Working Group in Dunedin says he is more interested in choice than change.

Either option — two one-way roads or two two-way roads — for Dunedin’s central thoroughfares could work for the new Dunedin Hospital, the Ministry of Health says.

Dunedin Airport expects to be kept fully informed about any plans for a future landfill in the area, chief executive Richard Roberts says.

A heated discussion preceded a decision this week to delegate Dunedin city councillor David Benson-Pope the authority to approve mediation resolving appeals of the city’s second-generation district...

The Dunedin City Council’s inaction at St Clair has resulted in "a fiasco of erosion", Cr Jules Radich says.

Despite dissatisfied rumblings and a petition to change the voting system used in Dunedin, the Dunedin City Council yesterday voted to continue with a single transferable vote system.

The city’s single transferable vote voting system increases the number of female councillors, boosts competition, and provides a guarantee the mayor elected has a majority mandate to govern, a...