David Loughrey

Dunedin to host hui for creative cities worldwide

Dunedin City of Literature director Nicky Page is preparing for an international Unesco Creative...

Dunedin to host hui for creative cities worldwide

Dunedin is set to become an international hub of creativity late next month when it puts on a conference expected to attract people from as far afield as Italy and Papua New Guinea.

Poker machine sinking lid expansion debate

Dunedin is set to begin next year with a debate on gambling, after a vote to consult on a sinking lid on poker machine numbers.

2GP put back by up to a year

Dunedin's new district plan has been delayed for up to a year.

Bid to limit agreements

Two Dunedin city councillors plan to act to stop information on staff salaries at council-owned companies being cloaked in confidentiality clauses.

DCC satisfaction rate rises

Dunedin's city leaders say a residents' opinion survey showing a 15-year high in satisfaction with the Dunedin City Council continues an improving trend.

Traffic issues high on list of residents' concerns: survey

There is a traffic jam from Lookout Point to Andy Bay lights. Photo: Vanessa Beck

Traffic issues high on list of residents' concerns: survey

Dunedin's traffic may seem like one of the city's best features, but this year's residents' opinion survey has thrown the issue up as one people are least satisfied with.

Questions over council dealings

The Highcliff Rd property at the centre of a dispute between its owner and the Dunedin City...

Questions over council dealings

A Dunedin couple say their interactions with the Dunedin City Council have left them both angry and out of pocket.

Dunedin Easter trading views varied

Dunedin appears to be a city divided on whether shops should be open on Easter Sunday.

Bets off on gambling

A clampdown on poker machines in South Dunedin may be extended across the city, after a reversal in what has been a steady decline in the multi-million dollar gambling spend.

Cabin to be packed for export

The log cabin Mat Rusher has spent the past five months building is about to be taken apart again.

New barrier credited with first save

The three metal poles bent almost at right angles on the edge of a steep drop on Otago Peninsula tell the story of what appears to be a lucky escape.

Time for condition assessment

Contractors on a platform suspended from a large crane work on the Dunedin Railway Station clock tower yesterday.

Dunedin dog registrations top 17,000

An extra 193 dogs registered in Dunedin has brought the total for the city to 17,250.

Alex house fire 'through the roof'

Firefighters were called to a blaze at a two-storey home in Alexandra on Wednesday night.

Cull sorry over Taxpayers' Union article

Dave Cull: 'When you're a public figure and you're dealing with matters of some import you have...

Cull sorry for confusion over Taxpayers' Union article

Local Government New Zealand president and Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has apologised to the Taxpayers' Union ''for any confusion'' about an article he penned in August.

Tsunami threat, evacuation zones mapped

Emergency Management Otago group controller Chris Hawker walks on St Kilda Beach. Photo: Peter...

Tsunami threat, evacuation zones mapped

A new detailed tsunami evacuation map shows Coastal Otago residents what properties may need to be evacuated in such an event.

Otago tsunami evacuation zones

New maps out today show which areas in Otago are most prone to the effects of tsunamis.

Developer unlikely to appeal decision

The developer of land in Outram has been told he can go ahead, but must not build on an area of rural land containing high-class soil.

Party to deliver Dunedin’s balance of power

Everyone is vying for Winston Peters’ attention as National, Labour and sundry parties woo the man with the balance of power. Dunedin hates it when other people get all the attention. David Loughrey explains how that could change.

Cruise season’s golden dawn

Golden Princess enters the Otago Harbour before dawn yesterday. Photos: Stephen Jaquiery

Cruise season’s golden dawn

The first 2600 of an expected 190,000 passengers sailed through Taiaroa Head yesterday on the first cruise ship day of the 2017-18 season.

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