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.
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.
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.
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 debt of Dunedin City Council and its companies is expected to pass $1 billion in 2023 while Aurora Energy makes a major investment in its ageing network.
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...
The Brighton area may have been a suitable site for a landfill when selected 30 years ago, Saddle Hill Community Board chairman Scott Weatherall says. “It certainly is not now."
The news of Christchurch International Airport Ltd’s plans for a new airport on farmland at Tarras has been labelled a vote of confidence in the lower South Island.
Coastal Dunedin wastewater and stormwater discharges could become illegal if the Department of Conservation’s proposed marine reserves off the city’s coast go ahead unchanged, a city council policy...
Teachers who have the same experience, and the same qualifications should get paid the same, New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) member and Dunedin early childhood teacher Simone Lehr says.