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Board may recommend tweaks to speed limit plan
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Board may recommend tweaks to speed limit plan
The Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board looks set to recommend a series of tweaks to proposed changes to traffic speed limits.
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Farmers block to close to traffic until end of October
Farmers block to close to traffic until end of October
The Farmers block of George St in Dunedin is to remain closed to traffic until the end of next month, as work is carried out on stormwater pipe connections.
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Funding next hurdle for proposed southern cycle trail
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Funding next hurdle for proposed southern cycle trail
Securing funding and agreements from landowners will be among the next steps in developing a proposed cycle trail southwest of Dunedin.
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Railway options to be discussed
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Railway options to be discussed
The potential shape of Taieri Gorge rail services could become clearer within weeks.
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'The victim is the woman who has left town'
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'The victim is the woman who has left town'
Strath Taieri Community Board chairman Barry Williams has apologised but refused to step down over a racist slur which has divided the Middlemarch community.
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Life south of Ashburton, government told
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Life south of Ashburton, government told
There is life south of Ashburton and transport funding should reflect this, government planners will be told.
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Council ‘quite functional’ despite spats over conduct
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Council ‘quite functional’ despite spats over conduct
Conduct drama aside, the Dunedin City Council is functioning fine, several councillors say.
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Keeping carbon-neutral target at 2030 advised
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Keeping carbon-neutral target at 2030 advised
The Dunedin City Council is being urged to adopt a plan to achieve carbon neutrality for the city by 2030 and to fund action accordingly.
Lucas appointed deputy mayor
Lucas appointed deputy mayor
Cherry Lucas did not expect the phone call inviting her to consider being Dunedin’s next deputy mayor, but the first-term councillor feels well equipped to take on the assignment.
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Houlahan sent '17 awful texts' to Barker
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Houlahan sent '17 awful texts' to Barker
A Dunedin city councillor behind a series of text messages labelled "awful" and whose commentary about political motivations has been condemned as wild could have her conduct investigated.
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Govt failing on transport needs: paper
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Govt failing on transport needs: paper
The lower South Island appears at risk of further failure to have its transport needs properly considered and funded, Dunedin city councillors look poised to argue.
First term councillor appointed Dunedin's deputy mayor
First term councillor appointed Dunedin's deputy mayor
First term Dunedin City councillor Cherry Lucas has been appointed as Dunedin's new deputy mayor.
Painting versus photo debate to continue
Painting versus photo debate to continue
Dunedin councillors will this week have another chance to decide how former mayors should be recognised.
Mayoral portraits up for discussion again
Mayoral portraits up for discussion again
Dunedin city councillors will this week have another chance to decide how former mayors should be recognised.
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Opinion: Mayor’s reputation brought low
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Opinion: Mayor’s reputation brought low
If Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich can emerge from this week with a reputation for being merely gaffe-prone, he can take that as a win.
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Council goes quiet on Walker’s ejection
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Council goes quiet on Walker’s ejection
The Dunedin City Council is refusing to say why a councillor was not there when a vote was held behind closed doors relating to the censure of a community board chairman for a racist comment.
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‘Lack of judgement’ shown over racial slur
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‘Lack of judgement’ shown over racial slur
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has admitted minimising a racial slur, as questions mount about his judgement.
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Mayor backtracks on labelling slur ‘relatively minor’
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Mayor backtracks on labelling slur ‘relatively minor’
Embarrassed Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he did not intend to trivialise a racial slur by labelling it "a relatively minor thing".
Mosgiel bypass report to be prepared
Mosgiel bypass report to be prepared
Work connected to the possibility of a Mosgiel heavy-traffic bypass will come before the Dunedin City Council in December, rather than October.
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Council ‘kick’ zero-carbon plan further down road
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Council ‘kick’ zero-carbon plan further down road
A former mayor has called the delay of potential adoption of a Dunedin zero-carbon plan a decision to "kick the can further down the road" but the city’s deputy mayor has hit back.