Seated scooters on city streets
Seated scooters on city streets
More Flamingos have flocked to Dunedin, as seated electric scooters, like the one seen here, join the city’s fleet.
Ruby Shaw
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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan
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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan
City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.
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Wildlife capital status gets boost from council
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Wildlife capital status gets boost from council
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.
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ANZ’s links to coal company protested
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ANZ’s links to coal company protested
Dunedin protesters have chopped their ties to a multinational bank, which they say is enabling the "worst of the worst" to mine for fossil fuels in New Zealand.
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Illustrating ‘generations of issues’
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Illustrating ‘generations of issues’
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.
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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council
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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council
It is time to get on with the job and construct the Smooth Hill landfill, Dunedin’s mayor says.
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Plan to charge international visitors entry fees rejected
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Plan to charge international visitors entry fees rejected
City councillors have thrown out a proposal to charge international visitors for Dunedin’s cultural institutions.
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Councillors told option the riskiest
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Councillors told option the riskiest
Councillors who backed going it alone on building a new Dunedin landfill were warned by independent experts it was the riskiest option being considered.
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Benefit sanctions ‘creating barriers’ for the vulnerable
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Benefit sanctions ‘creating barriers’ for the vulnerable
New sanctions for people on benefits could create barriers for some of Dunedin’s most vulnerable, a community ministries manager has said.
Crews respond to fires in Oamaru, Southland
Crews respond to fires in Oamaru, Southland
Emergency crews are responding to two separate structure fires in the South this morning.
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Don't save our churches
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Heritage protection discouraged
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.
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Nine city councillors confirm intention to seek re-election
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Nine city councillors confirm intention to seek re-election
Most Dunedin city councillors are hoping to return to the fray come October.
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Eighth time lucky for Vandervis in mayoral bid?
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Eighth time lucky for Vandervis in mayoral bid?
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.
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Landmark fire station faces demolition
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Landmark fire station faces demolition
A landmark Dunedin red-brick fire station faces demolition despite the city’s moves to protect it.
DCC urged to ‘top up’ heritage property sales
DCC urged to ‘top up’ heritage property sales
The Dunedin City Council has been urged to balance personal cost with public benefit as it considers the fate of properties planned for heritage protection.
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Waka heads for exhibition
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Waka heads for exhibition
Kuramātakitaki cuts through a still Otago Harbour, paddled by members of Karitāne-based waka club Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki, before its installation in the Hocken Library yesterday.
Collapse risk as gasworks chimney 'worse than thought'
Collapse risk as gasworks chimney 'worse than thought'
It is yet not known how much of Dunedin’s historic gasworks chimney will need to be removed before it becomes safe, the city council says.
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Mayor asks ORC to mull ‘attractive’ loop bus’ return
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Mayor asks ORC to mull ‘attractive’ loop bus’ return
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has made a pitch for the Otago Regional Council to consider returning an "attractive" loop bus to inner city streets.
Person cut from car after crash injures three
Person cut from car after crash injures three
A person had to be cut from a wrecked car after a head-on crash in which three people were badly injured.
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Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’
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Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’
The absence of senior staff from Dunedin’s long-term plan hearings showed a lack of respect for submitters and a "thumbing of the nose" towards elected members, a councillor says.