The line between sewing and sowing became seriously blurred yesterday, as natural grass and its artificial counterpart became intertwined at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.
There is something about a Mini that attracts a crowd. So, when 38 of the cars parked in the Octagon, Dunedin, yesterday, they prompted plenty of interest from locals.
The St Clair Esplanade is undergoing $177,736 of repair work just seven years after its upgrade.
A major new retirement complex for up to 200 people could be on the cards for Wakari, in Dunedin, but plans for the facility to exceed height requirements have concerned neighbours.
The Kiwi tradition of a sausage sizzle to raise money for a junior rugby team will have to make way for the marketing rights of big business during the Rugby World Cup - at least in an exclusive 500m "clean zone" around the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
There is something about a post-match interview translated from German that is even more lame than the traditional post-match interview translated from, for instance, rugby-speak.
The Dunedin City Council has added its voice to the debate over the review of south Dunedin schools, calling for the Ministry of Education to consider keeping any unused school grounds for the community.
Forsyth Barr Stadium developers are about to begin installing the artificial turf system at the Dunedin site.
The building industry may finally be about to get a detailed response to its concerns about the cost of building consent fees in Dunedin.
Urgent measures were yesterday put in place to expand the use of a Dunedin City Council parking scheme in the North Dunedin tertiary precinct, following a flood of complaints from tertiary staff.
A final decision on the future of Dunedin's historic Carisbrook stadium should be only weeks away, with one last round of discussion on the issue to start soon.
A second extraordinary - and non-public - Dunedin City Council meeting has been called to discuss "Dunedin City Holdings Ltd matters" and an "investment opportunity".
The Dunedin City Council has its own plans to set up marquees in the city for the Rugby World Cup, despite telling Octagon bars they could not do the same there.
How, in columnus, to speaketh in all decency of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena?
The Forsyth Barr Stadium will have an irrigation system installed on its roof to make sure dew does not block light to the facility's turf during winter.
Some successful investment, and a decision to cut back on "high-level specification" for the Dunedin Centre redevelopment has benefited the city by about $10 million, just two weeks before the city council sits to consider its budget for the next year.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull will get a taste of Dunedin nightlife this weekend, when he and two councillors accompany police on patrols after midnight tonight.
The dates are set and the process is about to begin to make Dunedin a safer place in an earthquake.
The Dunedin City Council annual plan has attracted 953 submissions, with more than 800 flooding into the council's offices on Tuesday, the last day of the submission period.
The cost of subdividing a single Dunedin property could soon blow out to many times the current level, with one homeowner facing a possible $20,000 council fee to split his property into two.
