Makeover giving lift to South Dunedin
Makeover giving lift to South Dunedin
Improvements to South Dunedin are steadily being introduced by the Dunedin City Council, with an extensive makeover of Lorne St under way.
David Loughrey
Community radio station broadens its scope
Community radio station broadens its scope
Dunedin's community radio station is hoping to reach a wider audience and provide more broadcasting opportunities when it launches this week with a new name, on the FM frequency.
Delay over process
Delay over process
A drawn-out dispute over the future of a group of Princes St, Dunedin, buildings may take longer to resolve as a result of the Christchurch earthquake.
Quake safety review
Quake safety review
A Dunedin City Council undertaking in 2007 to complete an office-based screening of the city's building stock to discover which were deemed safe in an earthquake has not been done yet.
Dredge owner considers options
Dredge owner considers options
Te Whaka moored at the Steamer Basin in Dunedin.
The future of Te Whaka, the 101-year-old steam vessel that has been a near-derelict resident of Dunedin wharves since the mid-1990s, may become clearer in the next few weeks.
Built in Glasgow in 1910, Te Whaka was originally designed as Lyttelton's harbour dredge. It was decommissioned in 1987, after 77 years of service at Lyttelton, and brought to Dunedin in 1994.
Where is the comedy?
Where is the comedy?
The world is full of unanswerable questions; questions about the universe, God, and the nature of stuff.Among those unanswerable questions is this one: why is Saturday Night Live not funny?
New system yields 20% rubbish cut
New system yields 20% rubbish cut
Despite some confusion across Dunedin about the city's new $26.7 million recycling system, and late pick-ups by workers getting used to new routes, the city council is happy with progress in the first week.
Final curtain for historic building
Final curtain for historic building
The death knell has sounded for the historic Barrons building in Rattray St and its neighbour, the N. and E.S. Paterson building.
Second building coming down
Second building coming down
A second Rattray St building appears to be facing demolition, after the Dunedin City Council late yesterday received an application to demolish the N. & E. S. Paterson Ltd building.
Barrons building may be demolished today
Barrons building may be demolished today
The 135-year-old Barrons Building in Rattray St that partially collapsed in January could be demolished as soon as today.
Council to consider stadium extras
Council to consider stadium extras
Greater Dunedin councillors yesterday helped block a motion that would have ended more ratepayer money going to the Forsyth Barr Stadium, amid claims members of the group had broken election promises.
Draft annual plan set for consultation
Draft annual plan set for consultation
The draft plan for Dunedin's next financial year is almost ready for public consultation, after a lengthy meeting yesterday.
Report: $4m for 'extras' at stadium
Report: $4m for 'extras' at stadium
An 11-point list of "possible additional" spending at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, with a newly released price tag of $4.35 million, is about to hit the Dunedin City Council table, just months before the stadium is due to open.
Centres set up for arriving Cantabrians
Centres set up for arriving Cantabrians
Dunedin Civil Defence has established an earthquake assistance centre for Christchurch people arriving in Dunedin.
Relief events planned for this weekend
Relief events planned for this weekend
Relief events to be held in Dunedin for the Christchurch earthquake are planned for this weekend, as response to the tragedy continues.
Dunedin heritage: boom to dust?
Dunedin heritage: boom to dust?
Dunedin's stock of heritage buildings is facing a problem more threatening than the ravages of time and weather - a lack of demand.
Aid co-ordination site
Aid co-ordination site
An outpouring of offers of help from Dunedin residents to victims of the Christchurch earthquake has been given a focus as well as a mechanism for co-ordinating support.
Inside view: more help needed if city wants its historic buildings saved
Inside view: more help needed if city wants its historic buildings saved
Saving a historic building to allow for what is described in insider's jargon as "economic reuse" requires an owner's zeal, and a result that will attract a tenant. Those aspects were...
Engineers must decide buildings' fate
Engineers must decide buildings' fate
The future of buildings in the Christchurch central business district remains unclear.
Caution on use of counsellors
Caution on use of counsellors
Christchurch people will need practical help and support from family and friends to recover from the psychological shock of Tuesday's earthquake, not ''a raft of counsellors'', a Dunedin senior lecturer in psychological medicine says.