Ruby Shaw

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.

A landmark Dunedin red-brick fire station faces demolition despite the city’s moves to protect it.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has made a pitch for the Otago Regional Council to consider returning an "attractive" loop bus to inner city streets.

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.

Dunedin city councillor Sophie Barker is not ruling out a tilt at the mayoralty but says there is plenty of work to be done before she makes her decision.

Hundreds of people have been caught up in a privacy breach after the Otago Regional Council broke confidentiality and shared their email addresses - twice.