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Rival Vandervis labels mayor’s debt claim 'absurd'
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Rival Vandervis labels mayor’s debt claim 'absurd'
The Dunedin mayor’s claim city council debt is under control has been called desperate and absurd.
Grant Miller
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Rating the performance of Dunedin councillors
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Rating the performance of Dunedin councillors
Grant Miller has been to a lot of Dunedin City Council meetings in the past three years.
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Candidates grilled at uni event
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Candidates grilled at uni event
Dunedin mayoral candidates were put on the spot with quick-fire questions and audience interaction at the University of Otago last night.
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Candidates differ on best way forward
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Candidates differ on best way forward
Setting up a symposium of Dunedin’s best and brightest, keeping "trained brains" in the city, pursuing a "re-vision" and tossing out the ORC were some key notes hit by prominent mayoralty contenders.
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Candidates discuss value for money
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Candidates discuss value for money
Their visions were quite different, but leading candidates for the Dunedin mayoralty spoke of getting value for money out of rates.
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Candidates air views at first debate night
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Candidates air views at first debate night
A clear winner may not have emerged from last night’s key debate of candidates for the Dunedin City Council, but the packed crowd had plenty of content to consider.
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‘People are going to be bankrupted’
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‘People are going to be bankrupted’
An overhaul of council water services has failed already and the consequences will be costly, a retiring mayor says.
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Dunedin councillors: How they voted on key issues
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Dunedin councillors: How they voted on key issues
Grant Miller has selected a mix of decisions from the past term of the Dunedin City Council for voters to mull over ahead of the election.
Bus depot development still on cards
Bus depot development still on cards
Development of some kind is being explored at the site of a former bus depot in Dunedin.
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DCC debt tipped to hit $2.3b
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DCC debt tipped to hit $2.3b
Water services and capital spending by council companies are the big drivers behind projected group debt for the Dunedin City Council expanding by hundreds of millions of dollars in the next decade.
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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park
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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park
An action plan will be drawn up for removing part of an old seaside landfill in Dunedin and groynes to complement this have not been ruled out.
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Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor
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Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor
A New Year’s Eve event in Dunedin that lacks fireworks at midnight could be anti-climactic, a councillor says.
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Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich
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Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich
The Dunedin City Council is questioning what the government regards as "core services" for it to do.
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Council spends over $180,000 on dust control at Foulden Maar
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Council spends over $180,000 on dust control at Foulden Maar
Controlling dust at the fossil-rich Foulden Maar site near Middlemarch has cost the Dunedin City Council more than $180,000.
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Bid by outspoken councillor to put spoke in wheels
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Bid by outspoken councillor to put spoke in wheels
An outspoken councillor was practically obliged to be quiet when it counted, as plans for the contentious Dunedin cycleway project were axed.
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Election sign to be altered after complaint
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Election sign to be altered after complaint
After an abatement notice, a court application and communication between lawyers, an election sign in Dunedin will be tweaked.
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Elected representatives where buck stops
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Elected representatives where buck stops
Rising rates while residents face a cost-of-living crisis could focus the minds of voters on council spending. Grant Miller asked Dunedin mayoralty candidates for...
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Groyne option ‘obvious omission’: mayor
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Groyne option ‘obvious omission’: mayor
A $35million plan to remove old landfill material and reshape sand dunes is the most effective way to respond to the erosion threat at Dunedin’s Kettle Park, a report has found.
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Ombudsman backs DCC stance to keep vote secret
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Ombudsman backs DCC stance to keep vote secret
How councillors voted on extending the Dunedin City Council chief executive’s contract is to stay secret.
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AI reluctance ‘panoramic’: Vandervis
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AI reluctance ‘panoramic’: Vandervis
Reluctance to use artificial intelligence (AI) at the Dunedin City Council (DCC) went on too long, costing residents dearly, a councillor says.