Chris Morris

New rules to protect New Zealand's most productive soils are welcome in Dunedin, although the city has already lost fertile land it should never have allowed to be developed, Mayor Dave Cull says.

They're back, but what was good for the geese before them may again be good for the gander.

High seas have stripped away more sand protecting an old landfill under Dunedin's Kettle Park, along the Ocean Beach coastline, but the Dunedin City Council says there is still no need to intervene.

Two more incumbent Dunedin city councillors - Lee Vandervis and Rachel Elder - have joined the race to become the city's next mayor.

Two more incumbent Dunedin city councillors - Lee Vandervis and Rachel Elder - have joined the race to become the city's next mayor.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says he would like to be chairman of the Southern District Health Board.

Dunedin can expect to have a new deputy mayor as well as a new mayor after October's local body elections.

Change is coming for Dunedin's kerbside collection system, as the city considers whether to switch to a wheelie bin service for rubbish and organic waste.

A new group formed to save an historic former maritime foundry in Port Chalmers says it would be a "travesty" if the building was lost.

Dunedin businessman and past mayoral candidate Barry Timmings has ruled out another challenge for the city's top job, but says fresh blood is needed around the council table.

Large swells have stripped away sand protecting the old landfill under Dunedin's Kettle Park, and forecasts of more big seas to come have the Dunedin City Council on alert.

One person with serious injuries has been flown to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter following a crash between a truck and a ute near Gore.

The man locked in a dispute with the Dunedin City Council over an ''illegal'' firewood shelter says he will take down the offending structure.

The chairman of the Royal Commission into Historic Abuse in Sstate and Faith-based Care has resigned, but says a perceived conflict of interest had nothing to do with his decision.

Work on the Peninsula Connection project remains on track, despite the site being temporarily shut down after two accidents in less than two weeks last month, the Dunedin City Council says.

The first of Dunedin's new LED street lights should begin appearing around the city within weeks, the Dunedin City Council says.

The Dunedin City Council is warning costs could rise when a new regulatory framework for dam safety is introduced by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Excavating the old landfill buried under Kettle Park, in Dunedin, is among the options to be considered as part of a major review of the wider Ocean Beach area.