Ruby Shaw

Dunedin residents can be assured, "hand on heart", the process leading to the approval of the Smooth Hill landfill was thorough, council staff say.

It is "unachievable" for Dunedin to plant a path to its zero carbon goals, city councillors have been told.

With another wave of Covid-19 on the horizon, wastewater testing has become a more reliable sign of community infection than self-reporting, a Dunedin expert has said.

The government’s war on road cones is "just fuel thrown on the fire" for road workers already suffering regular abuse, a Dunedin traffic management company boss says.

City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.

Dunedin's status as the wildlife capital of New Zealand is more secure thanks to $1.2 million in council backing to expand pest elimination efforts, a leader at Predator Free Dunedin says.

A local Māori leader hopes an exhibition detailing Ngāi Tahu’s landmark High Court case will shine a light on waterway degradation across the iwi’s tribal lands.

It is time to get on with the job and construct the Smooth Hill landfill, Dunedin’s mayor says.

City councillors have thrown out a proposal to charge international visitors for Dunedin’s cultural institutions.

Councillors who backed going it alone on building a new Dunedin landfill were warned by independent experts it was the riskiest option being considered.

New sanctions for people on benefits could create barriers for some of Dunedin’s most vulnerable, a community ministries manager has said.

Churches across Dunedin are singing from the same hymn sheet, asking the council not to protect their buildings, some of which are slated for demolition.

Most Dunedin city councillors are hoping to return to the fray come October.

Longtime Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis has announced he will make his eighth run at the mayoralty, while first-term councillor Mandy Mayhem has thrown her top hat in the ring to lead the city.