Chris Morris

Forsyth Barr Stadium and the company running it are in for a reorganisation, after the shock announcement chief executive David Davies plans to quit Dunedin.

Dunedin businesses will be encouraged to seek their fortunes in China as part of a new 10-year economic plan designed to turn the Edinburgh of the South into one of the world's great small cities.

The size of the financial hole occupied by Dunedin Venues Management Ltd - the company tasked with running the Forsyth Barr Stadium - has been confirmed.

An unpaid bill for $25,000 worth of food and drink, accrued at an Otago Rugby Football Union black-tie dinner just months before the union admitted facing liquidation, has been labelled "scandalous" and "obscene".

Otago Rugby Football Union members Wayne Graham and Laurie Mains are taking legal action against Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull over claims of defamation, it has been confirmed.

An emotional David Davies says he is returning to England to keep his family together.

Plans for a $3 million refurbishment of the former art gallery at Logan Park look set to be approved, paving the way for the increasingly dilapidated building to be converted into a new sports hub.

The size of the financial hole occupied by Dunedin Venues Management Ltd, the company tasked with running the Forsyth Barr Stadium, will be revealed later today.

The Dunedin City Council has a fight on its hands to keep a lid on rates increases, with demands for new spending over the next few days likely to place pressure on a self-imposed rates cap.

The fans have flocked in, but the road has been rocky for David Davies since the opening of the Forsyth Barr Stadium. Chris Morris looks back.

The man tasked with making a success of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium is resigning and will return to England.

Healthy profits from the Otago Rugby Football Union's black-tie fundraising dinner went "into the pot" to pay the union's day-to-day business costs, rather than to creditors left out of pocket, it has been confirmed.

A decision to demolish the well-known Ocean Grove bus shelter, which is adorned with a freshly painted mural, has upset Keep Dunedin Beautiful.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has been threatened with legal action by members of the Otago Rugby Football Union board over comments he made after the bail-out of the union.

Cost-cutting within the Dunedin City Council has contributed to a healthy surplus of nearly $10 million so far this financial year.

The State Highway 88 realignment beside the Forsyth Barr Stadium has passed a milestone after being given a new seal, Dunedin City Council staff say.

Mosgiel buyers seeking sections to build on appear to have made their move, with locals accounting for the majority of more than $5 million in sales at the HeathField subdivision.

The Dunedin City Council has been given a stake in the future of the Otago Rugby Football Union, and will use it to closely scrutinise candidates vying to be part of the next board, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.