David Loughrey

Tomahawk School could have a new life, now the area has a clean beach and the Dunedin City Council owns the property, a local man says.

A call to join other New Zealand councils in a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", has led to information on the issue being sought by the Dunedin City Council.

The group set to pay a high price for the impending demise of the Otago Rugby Football Union - the Otago business community - is counting the cost of accounts unlikely to be paid.

A document that may give the Dunedin public some idea of whether Forsyth Barr Stadium will pay for itself, or end up an annual drain on city finances, is being held for "formal advice".

The Dunedin City Council's holding company yesterday reported a "steady" $5 million after-tax profit from the first six months of the financial year, as work on finding new directors begins.

Major changes to a diatomite mining operation near Middlemarch mean the company behind the mining should reconsider its position, an opponent says.

With one day to go until the fate of the Otago Rugby Football Union is decided, there is no clear indication what will happen to the union.

Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has gained ultimate approval from overseas, with Canberra set to copy the design for its new stadium.

A team of independent reviewers from PricewaterhouseCoopers will arrive in Dunedin next week seeking answers to multimillion-dollar questions concerning the final cost of the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

The Otago Rugby Football Union was given "every chance to be successful" after it left Carisbrook for the Forsyth Barr Stadium, former Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland says.

New pizza and liquor outlets could soon be built in Andersons Bay Rd in South Dunedin, despite the area's industrial zoning.

At least two Otago business leaders are offering financial help for Otago rugby, and an appeal for support from the wider business community is expected soon.

Dunedin Venues Management Ltd chief executive David Davies says he is prepared to work with the Otago Rugby Football Union (ORFU) if it is struggling to pay for the cost of playing at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

The future of "private sector funding" for the Forsyth Barr Stadium may be thrown into question by the shock announcement last night the Otago Rugby Football Union (ORFU) could fold by the end of the week.

Dunedin may not being facing a huge blowout in the cost of the Forsyth Barr Stadium, but it is possible people or organisations may be "brought to account" following an investigation.

The new director of Dunedin City Holdings Ltd has again put off answering questions about his work restructuring the company.

The head of the company in charge of Forsyth Barr Stadium and other city venues says that community groups will be catered for at its facilities, despite a $100,000 fund to help them having been deferred.