From stop/go signs to council’s top role
From stop/go signs to council’s top role
Dunedin City Council’s new chief executive Sandy Graham wants to talk to council staff before publicly revealing her vision for the organisation.
Hamish MacLean
SDHB moots 'park and walk' plan
New hospital: SDHB moots 'park and walk' plan
Hospital staff, non-urgent patients, and visiting family members could be expected to use a "park and walk" facility mooted for the edge of Dunedin’s CBD.
‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses
‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses
Businesses have been "coned off" in Forbury Rd and St Clair Four Square owner Sandra Millar says customers are now avoiding the small St Clair shopping area.
Park mandate likely for freedom campers
Park mandate likely for freedom campers
Dunedin’s Thomas Burns St car park appears poised to become a regular stopping point for the city’s freedom campers.
Hundreds of car parks to close for work
Hundreds of car parks to close for work
About 300 centre city Dunedin car parks will be closed for three months from the end of this month.
Concerns over visitors’ impact on wildlife aired
Concerns over visitors’ impact on wildlife aired
The wildlife capital of New Zealand needs to stop visitors "disturbing the wildlife rather than contributing to it", a Dunedin city councillor says.
DCC George St plan review delayed
DCC George St plan review delayed
The independent review of Dunedin City Council’s contentious plans for George St has been delayed.
Precinct provides template for built heritage guide
Precinct provides template for built heritage guide
The revival of Dunedin’s warehouse precinct features strongly in a new Heritage New Zealand how-to guide for protecting New Zealand’s built heritage.
Petition to scrap first-past-the-post
Petition to scrap first-past-the-post
A Dunedin single transferable vote campaigner has launched a petition to scrap first-past-the-post from New Zealand elections.
Views aired on harbour plan
Views aired on harbour plan
Oamaru is going to have "the best little harbour in New Zealand", the Waitaki District Council says.
Repairs planned for Tomahawk gun emplacements
Repairs planned for Tomahawk gun emplacements
Neglected military installations overlooking Dunedin beaches could become "a little piece of the puzzle" in a wider coastal heritage trail.
Runaka-based service welcomes apprenticeship funding
Runaka-based service welcomes apprenticeship funding
An Otago runaka-based consultancy service has welcomed yesterday’s announcement that it will receive $2million to oversee 50 apprenticeships for displaced workers, Maori and Pasifika as "excellent...
Shortlist made after 51 applied for CEO job
Shortlist made after 51 applied for CEO job
Fifty-one people wanted to be Dunedin’s next top bureaucrat.
Millions to boost apprenticeships in South
Millions to boost apprenticeships in South
An Otago rūnaka-based consultancy service is among the recipients of a $14 million Government package for apprenticeships announced by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.
Unions feel excluded from railways agenda
Unions feel excluded from railways agenda
Unions are unhappy about finding themselves on the outside of a reference group looking into future options for Dunedin Railways.
Freedom campers put $3.7m into city’s economy
Freedom campers put $3.7m into city’s economy
Though the season was curtailed by the global pandemic, an estimated 22,330 freedom campers stayed in Dunedin and contributed about $3.7 million to the city’s economy.
Landowners feel let down by mayor
Landowners near proposed landfill feel let down by mayor
Many are disappointed in Dunedin’s Green mayor, landowners along Otokia Creek say, in the wake of a landfill proposal that goes against national aims for freshwater.
Crematorium in Dukes Rd gets consent
Crematorium in Dukes Rd gets consent
A second crematorium has been given the go-ahead in Mosgiel and will be built just 150m along the road from the other.
Peters caught puffing on smoke-free uni campus
Peters caught puffing on smoke-free uni campus
Winston Peters came to Dunedin yesterday to deliver campaign messages, but it was a sneaky smoko on the University of Otago’s campus that grabbed the attention on social media.
‘Now is not the time’
‘Now is not the time’
New Zealand First leader and deputy prime minister Winston Peters says Labour’s promise to make Matariki a public holiday was poorly timed when the country needed to be focused on returning...