Grant Miller

The usual social aspect accompanying services such as Meals on Wheels is absent, but older people may be better at using technology to connect during the latest lockdown, Age Concern says.

The race could be on to buy a ute with an unusual accessory, a piano, lawnmowers, sanitiser liquid, a chiller, wine glasses and bar leaners.

Adapting to providing services such as Meals on Wheels during a strict lockdown may have been a trial last year, but not so much this time.

The University of Otago has moved to reassure students it will do all it can to ensure they can continue their studies throughout the Covid-19 outbreak, including helping those stuck outside Dunedin.

The public will get a say about what happens to Dunedin’s former racing venue Forbury Park.

There is little evidence groynes retained sand at St Clair Beach, in Dunedin, a consultant says.

Establishing a temporary wastewater overflow system for the Kaikorai Stream in Dunedin was abandoned after a contractor had done six months of work, at a cost of about $58,000.

Sand dredged from Otago Harbour could be used to replenish Ocean Beach, a consultant has suggested.

Doubts again have been raised about the usefulness of temporary repairs in parts of Dunedin’s roading network.

An 8km stretch of state highway between Outram and Middlemarch could be resealed in one hit or in four stages, depending on what Strath-Taieri residents prefer.

Contractors have begun marking out the site of the new Mosgiel swimming pool at Memorial Park.

A plan to alleviate flooding in South Dunedin by diverting wastewater into the Kaikorai Stream during heavy rain has been abandoned.

Demolition of the buildings making way for the South Dunedin library and community complex has been delayed until well into next year.

South Dunedin might have had a library by now if the area had a community board, a Dunedin councillor has suggested.

Dunedin's coast is being examined to identify the areas most vulnerable to hazards such as storms.

The financially constrained New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame has no immediate plans to close and a bold vision for its future in Dunedin is starting to take shape.

The number of Dunedin councillors should stay at 14 and community boards should be retained, an independent panel says.

Ngai Tahu Property will carry out investigatory works at the Dowling St property it is buying, in Dunedin, in the coming weeks before the start of construction of new Accident Compensation...

Lack of local input into the way Seacliff’s Truby King Reserve is managed could soon be remedied.