Climate change work is behind the biggest proposed increase in staffing levels at the DCC, as personnel costs across the organisation are set to climb to nearly $70 million next year.
A nearly 10% rates rise has been proposed in the first year of a Dunedin long-term plan that includes $1.5billion in capital spending over its 10-year span.
New Zealand could jeopardise its reputation as an environmentally responsible nation if it does not join a coalition of 50 countries lobbying for better environmental protection of at least 30% of...
A Middlemarch property owner says work by the Otago Regional Council in March Creek could have intensified the flooding in town at the start of the month.
A stockpile of cardboard boxes awaits 38,000 books as staff at a landmark Dunedin bookshop prepare to pack up and move into a temporary home this month.
Otago University says it will contact international students who could return to finish their studies in Dunedin as early as April as the Govt moves to ease border restrictions for some students.