Grant Miller

A building boom has continued in Queenstown, while housing growth has been less rapid in the rest of Otago.

Reduced red tape, enabling housing growth and quicker delivery of infrastructure are major themes from a sweeping overhaul of resource management.

Proposed changes to drinking water regulations could cost the Dunedin City Council tens of thousands of dollars.

A review of Dunedin City Council grants funding could establish a clearer direction from this week.

Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker appears set to chair the committee that monitors the performance of the city council’s chief executive.

At least one family are tired of being told they should shift their mother out of an embattled South Dunedin rest-home.

The Dunedin City Council’s interpretation of rules about lead contamination of soils — which developers have criticised as overly cautious — appears to have the all-clear

A councillor who suggested naming rights for street signs could bring in private capital to Dunedin is apparently unconvinced the law is a roadblock.

An around-the-clock urgent healthcare service will start in Dunedin before Christmas, potentially easing pressure on the city hospital’s emergency department.

A reduced speed limit on a coastal road south of Dunedin is to be considered next year.

Large increases in water charges are still on the cards after the government excluded Three Waters from a proposed 4% rates cap.

A drive by the Dunedin City Council to phase out single-use coffee cups at several facilities has run into a commercial obstacle.

Developments have stalled in Dunedin while the city council awaits urgent guidance about interpreting soil contamination rules, a surveying firm planner says.

Dismal public satisfaction ratings should prompt Dunedin city councillors to look in the mirror; they have been told.

The delay of a report about the future of Dunedin’s economic development agency has disappointed the city’s deputy mayor.

A homelessness outreach service will be set up by the Dunedin City Council, but the provider has yet to be determined.

The future of the Dunedin City Council’s economic development agency will not be resolved this year.

A proposed regional deal to unlock coastal Otago’s potential could be reinvigorated or revised.