Grant Miller

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.

Making it easier to build granny flats could expose the community to "stuff-ups", a Dunedin city councillor has warned.

The Dunedin City Council’s bill for code of conduct complaints against outspoken councillor Lee Vandervis in recent years has climbed above $139,000.

A Mosgiel resident is tired of waiting for a footpath botch-up outside her front gate to be sorted out by the Dunedin City Council and its contractors.

Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham allegedly bullied a senior manager.

The South could be shortchanged for investment in roading networks and transport infrastructure because of rising costs and constrained national funding, Otago regional councillors fear.

A pay rise of 3.7% takes Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich’s annual remuneration to more than $178,000 and Otago Regional Council chairwoman Gretchen Robertson’s to more than $158,000.

They are viewed by some people as cost-effective provision of modern housing and by others as a blight on neighbourhoods.

A tweak here. An adjustment there. It has been evident some kind of reform agenda is in progress at the Dunedin City Council to enhance accountability.

Elected representatives must take firmer control at the Dunedin City Council and turn around the perception it is run by bureaucrats, a high-ranking councillor says.