Craig Borley

Otago law alumni have spoken out from around the world, calling on the Government to do what needs to be done to save and return full court services to Dunedin's historic courthouse.

Permanently fix the erosion of St Clair's sand dunes or give up on most of South Dunedin - there are no other options, a St Clair resident believes.

The repair bill for Dunedin City Council infrastructure damaged in last month's floods is estimated to reach $2.75million.

In what could be called a big victory for little people, funding was confirmed yesterday for the long-planned $19.9 million safety improvements to Portobello and Harington Point roads.

Dunedin's community boards are in a fight for their survival. A proposal to cut the boards from six to five, and reduce the number of elected representatives, has gone to public consultation. Craig Borley asks the boards' chairmen and three former mayors their views.

The abandoning of New Zealand's earthquake-vulnerable courthouses could be masking a strategy centralising regional court services to larger cities, Labour says.

Take a bow, Otago. Your hospice's $2 million fundraising mountain has been knocked off.

Competitive football, theatre, and search and rescue events filled a Dunedin hall on Saturday but it was robots, not people, going head to head.

A cold clear night, a big crowd, the Octagon full of stalls and hot food and a carnival of colour and creativity - Dunedin's midwinter festival didn't fail to impress. 

In this commentary, a bemused Craig Borley wonders why so many questions have been left unanswered over Dunedin's Law Courts, deemed too dangerous for occupation.

A huge fire in Dunedin's wharf district last night sent flames leaping 50m into the air and a plume of black smoke drifting down Otago Harbour.

What does windy Wellington do when it wants to dress its beaches in the best sand it can find?

Dunedin's community boards could be heading for extinction, removing a long-held link between the public and the council - and the hefty bill they incur.

Volunteers were left shocked, upset and shaken after visiting South Dunedin's hardest-hit flood victims this week.

An economic boom could be on its way for Dunedin as local businesses learn how to make the most of gigabit technology, two young business owners say.