Chris Morris

Heritage advocates are questioning why the public was not given a say about the demolition of a protected part of Speight's Brewery in Dunedin.

A proposal to replace the mixed grass turf inside the Forsyth Barr Stadium with a full artificial turf - at an estimated cost of $1 million - will be considered by a Dunedin City Council subcommittee examining changes to the year-old venue.

As concerns grow about job losses at Delta, Dunedin employees are pointing the finger at senior managers, according to the Amalgamated Workers Union New Zealand and a worker.

Dunedin has been dealt another blow with confirmation Delta plans to make up to 30 workers in the city redundant, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.

When the lights at Westpac Stadium in Wellington went out in front of an international television audience, a lump began to grow in David Davies' throat.

The Marketing Bureau chief executive Brian Meredith says his company delivered, despite receiving a six-figure payout to stop work on the Forsyth Barr Stadium two years ahead of schedule.

Two of Dunedin's biggest employers, the Dunedin City Council and the Southern District Health Board, face big hikes in insurance premiums as the ripple effects of the Canterbury earthquakes continue to spread.

Delta is considering a write-down that could result in millions of dollars being wiped off the value of its property investments in Queenstown and Luggate.

A document that will help shape Dunedin's future - including breathing new life into the city's heritage warehouse precinct - has come another step closer to completion.

Dunedin Venues Management Ltd has named one of its own to take over from departing chief executive David Davies.

The rebranded and redeveloped Toitu Otago Settlers Museum promises to be the "most modern and innovative" museum in New Zealand when it reopens this year, museum director Linda Wigley says.

Dunedin bar owners fear "substantial" fee increases may force them to close, when alcohol law reforms are introduced later this year.

Nearly a quarter of Dunedin bars and alcohol retailers targeted in controlled purchase operations last year failed the test, the Dunedin City Council says.

New businesses to operate from the former Roslyn fire station in Dunedin will have tighter conditions to comply with after an appeal to the Environment Court.

Black smoke from Speight's Brewery could clear if Lion joins a growing move away from coal-fired boilers in Dunedin.

Lost children are now only a button-press away from being reunited with their parents at Forsyth Barr Stadium, in Dunedin.

The owners of the Kilmog Quarry, north of Dunedin, have been granted resource consent by the Dunedin City Council to expand their operation.

Parking wardens are issuing polite requests, rather than parking tickets, as part of a charm offensive in Dunedin.