Grant Miller

A substantially revised route for a cycle trail between Mosgiel and Outram could be hundreds of thousands of dollars cheaper to build than the original plan.

How the Dunedin City Council is going with redirecting Three Waters "Better Off" funding remains a mystery after a meeting behind closed doors.

Pukerangi will again be a destination for scenic train trips from Dunedin, starting in October.

The holdings company for the Dunedin City Council will carry on with just four directors while the operation is under review.

Enabling council companies to borrow more money to finance costly Three Waters work is about as much use as giving a drowning person a glass of water, an Otago mayor says.

The decision-making process about a potential sale of Aurora Energy has been "manipulated" towards that end, a critic says.

Consecutive deficits exceeding $28 million have been likened to a plaster the Dunedin City Council may soon need to rip off.

Dunedin should have no reduction in representation at the Otago Regional Council and there is a good case for making the constituency larger, city councillors say.

The Masters Games will need to go back to the drawing board to produce a financially viable event in Dunedin after a loss of almost $200,000 this year.

Making it easier to build granny flats could lead to confusion about accountability for shonky workmanship, Dunedin councillors fear.

Preparation is needed in Port Chalmers to be ready for the thousands of visitors arriving on cruise ships next season, the area’s community board says.

The Dunedin councillor who filed a complaint about a colleague showing alleged contempt for Māori felt she had "nothing to lose".

A code of conduct complaint was only laid against Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis for commentary about Māori after the city’s mayor said he would take no further action against him.

Financial modelling will be explored before the Dunedin City Council makes a decision about selling Aurora Energy.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says the government should expect another pitch for its help to shore up South Dunedin’s future.

The Dunedin City Council will weigh up legal advice about potential consequences for outspoken councillor Lee Vandervis if he refuses to apologise for comments about Māori.

A settlement for how Forbury Park sale proceeds will be managed should allow the Dunedin trotting club once based there to make a good fist of its future, the club’s president says.