Grant Miller

Preparing a long-term plan (LTP) is an enormous drain on council resources and not a burden central government requires of itself, the Southland district’s mayor says.

Israeli victims of rape and murder should not be forgotten amid efforts to show solidarity with innocent people affected by war, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand says.

A lasting ceasefire has again been called for by a Dunedin rally for Palestine that attracted hundreds of participants.

An unexpectedly firm recovery in migration levels halted a population dip for Dunedin through Covid-19 and led to an adjustment in the estimated housing demand needed for the decade to 2034.

A Dunedin councillor who is calling for the Palestinian flag to be flown from city buildings has described the conflict in Gaza as murder.

A Queenstown truck driver was relieved to get the thumbs-up from a grandmother trapped in a crashed car in shrubbery off the Gibbston Highway.

Council chief executives across Otago say the ways their organisations are funded are a poor match with work that needs to get done.

Anyone in Dunedin who wants to sign up right now for a wheelie bin for their rubbish may struggle to get one.

Chopping and changing about Three Waters is helping to create a local government "train wreck" driven by Wellington, an Otago mayor says.

Dunedin will need to provide enough housing for 10,000 more people in the next decade.

Two trams integral to the Dunedin network from the 1920s and 1930s could be moved on from the Toitū Otago Settlers’ Museum’s collection.

One way or another, a cycle trail can be built between Mosgiel and Waihola, a leader of the project says.