Timothy Brown

A decision on a contentious 25-apartment retirement complex planned for the Shiel Hill Tavern is only weeks away.

The much-maligned solar-powered parking meter in the Otago Farmers Market car park will be consigned to history "reasonably soon'' after the Dunedin City Council finalised an arrangement with a firm for parking meter services in the city.

The process to develop Dunedin's next generation district plan continues today as hearings into recreation zones begin.

Warrington residents have started a petition calling for an end to non-self-contained freedom camping at the Warrington Domain.

A central Dunedin bar's licence, suspended after the Fire Service found it dangerously overcrowded following a fire alarm, has been reinstated.

The Dunedin City Council will personally hand over its submission on the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill while pushing for stronger measures to protect residential tenants.

The trust behind a proposed four-pool facility in Mosgiel says it is close to finalising a site for the project.

The Dunedin City Council remains on track to record debt levels lower than $220million, despite its latest financial results showing more than $9million had to be found in two months.

The level of asbestos exposure gymnasts suffered at Dunedin Gymnastics Academy is highly unlikely to present a health risk, Public Health South medical officer of health Dr Keith Reid says.

LIittle more than half of building consents have been completed within the 20-day statutory timeframe this year, a report tabled at yesterday's Dunedin City Council planning and regulatory committee revealed.