Grant Miller

Doubts about staff training and adherence to a multi-bar agreement designed to curb poor behaviour are expected to be raised at a liquor licence hearing for central Dunedin bar Vault 21 today.

An ailing Sir Eion Edgar has pledged $500,000 to help create a high-tech, interactive national sports hall of fame in Dunedin.

A remnant of the Port Chalmers shipbuilding industry that the Dunedin City Council has left without a roof for four years is to be evaluated by a prominent architect.

The future of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame remains unclear after a limited discussion at a Dunedin City Council meeting.

The Otago Museum has gained some extra funding from the Dunedin City Council, but nothing like what it had sought.

More tui will be bandaged up and injured yellow-eyed penguins rehabilitated, after Dunedin city councillors decided the city’s wildlife hospital should get a $75,000 annual grant for three years.

Money was saved before spending was squeezed and the upshot of four days of debate is still a rates increase of about 9.8% in Dunedin.

The pool of money Dunedin networks can access for grassroots projects is set to increase by $100,000, to be followed by further increases.

The first new public toilet in a 10-year programme adding facilities in Dunedin will be next to the central library and it will be suitable for people with complex disabilities.

Part of the Taieri Gorge railway line is to remain in use for at least the next year.

Legal implications of the Dunedin City Council taking over the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame will be considered before any offer is made to do so.

One of the biggest backers of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is poised to make a call on funding, despite having little new information to go on.

A booking at the Dunedin City Library for a group that opposes sex self-identification has been cancelled.

A showdown is looming about Dunedin transport.

Part of the Taieri Gorge railway line is likely to stay open for at least another year while the longer-term future of Dunedin Railways is determined.