Chris Morris

Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis now faces two formal complaints despite apologising for an allegedly expletive-laden outburst aimed at senior Dunedin City Council staff.

A Dunedin city councillor will face a formal complaint after allegedly becoming embroiled in an angry, expletive-laden exchange with senior council staff in a hallway of the Municipal Chambers.

Bad light could stop play at the University Oval after the Dunedin City Council baulked at the $2.5 million cost of installing floodlights for day-night cricket events at the venue.

Dunedin City Council parking officers are usually a private bunch - reluctant to see their names in print. But not Jane Libeau. Chris Morris asks about her job.

The Dunedin City Council has earned praise from a group of businesses after compromising to resolve a cycleway dispute in Portobello Rd.

The Dunedin City Council has been accused of putting cyclists first, but remains confident of winning over businesses upset at roading changes in part of Portobello Rd.

Neighbours living near Dunedin's $200 million Tahuna wastewater treatment plant are kicking up a stink about a problem at the facility.

Spouse carrying might be a crowd favourite, but it was rain that really stole the show at the Strath Taieri A&P Show, organisers say.

The $1.51 million cost of repairing a slip at Turnbulls Bay, on Otago Peninsula, is set to rise after contractors struck ''unfavourable'' ground conditions, Dunedin City Council staff say.

The Dunedin City Council is to review parking arrangements at Forsyth Barr Stadium, after Wilson Parking's $65 fines were slammed as ''exorbitant and unreasonable'' by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull yesterday.

There are calls for the Dunedin City Council to revert to in-house management of parking operations in Moray Pl and at Forsyth Barr Stadium following a public outcry over Wilson Parking's methods.

A Dunedin dog-lover is calling on other ''lazy'' owners to do the right thing and clean up after their pets.

Dunedin-born band Six60 is swapping its old Castle St haunt for the Dunedin Town Hall.

Dunedin City Council manager Mick Reece says he is leaving an organisation ''in good heart'', despite enduring a brutal period in its history.

Design work has started to complete the State Highway 88 walking and cycling pathway to Port Chalmers, and construction could yet be accelerated, New Zealand Transport Agency staff say.

The Dunedin City Council is continuing to close the gaps in its defences in the wake of the $1.5 million Citifleet fraud.