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Councillors vow to remain vigilant
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Councillors vow to remain vigilant
Complacency cannot be allowed to creep in when it comes to ensuring a suitable hospital is built in Dunedin, city councillors have declared.
Grant Miller
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Districts’ priorities to be debated as deal eyed
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Districts’ priorities to be debated as deal eyed
Priorities for Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago are set to be thrashed out at a pivotal meeting tomorrow, as the two growing districts eye a regional deal with central government.
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$150K in campaign funding unused
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$150K in campaign funding unused
Some money is left over from the campaign demanding a suitable hospital be built in Dunedin, but the city council has yet to be precise about how some was spent.
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Aged-care sector questions fee fairness
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Aged-care sector questions fee fairness
Developers of retirement villages and aged-care facilities in Dunedin could be charged a different set of fees relating to their impact on infrastructure after concerns were raised about the...
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Rates rises over 10% proposed
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Rates rises over 10% proposed
Rates increases above 10% for three years and about $1b of capital expenditure on pipes and pumps over the next nine years look set to be presented by the DCC as part of an effort to find balance.
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‘Process too pressured to make best decisions’
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‘Process too pressured to make best decisions’
Shambolic. Farcical. Rushed. Not all commentary about a pivotal Dunedin City Council meeting was negative, but several councillors agree it left quite a bit to be desired. Grant Miller reports.
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DCC charges ‘risk limiting media freedom’
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DCC charges ‘risk limiting media freedom’
The Dunedin City Council will need to be careful about applying charges to requests for public information, a prominent media commentator says.
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1874 cash book entry suggests rod used in historic fishing first
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1874 cash book entry suggests rod used in historic fishing first
They may not have inherited their great-grandfather's love of fishing, but Ian and Peter Begg have retained parts of his legacy.
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$2m extra tagged for stadium company
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$2m extra tagged for stadium company
The company that runs Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium is in line to get about $2million more annually from the city council, but it is not yet clear precisely why.
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Plans for housing cut back
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Plans for housing cut back
A "surrender" by the Dunedin City Council on expanding its community housing portfolio has disappointed a former mayor, who says it will still need to be engaged in solutions.
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Free bin size swaps available until April
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Free bin size swaps available until April
Dunedin households with unsuitable wheelie bins can get sizes switched without charge for a limited time.
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Achieving zero carbon ‘unlikely’
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Achieving zero carbon ‘unlikely’
Dunedin is unlikely to achieve 2030 zero-carbon aspirations, the city council has conceded.
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Rates rises exceeding 10% mooted after debt increased
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Rates rises exceeding 10% mooted after debt increased
Councillors have pushed projected rates rises in Dunedin above 10%.
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Funding boost for events ‘a drop in the ocean’ — promoter
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Funding boost for events ‘a drop in the ocean’ — promoter
Events and festivals in Dunedin could get a $4.4million boost over four years, but even that has been described as "a drop in the ocean".
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Retaining railways is preference
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Retaining railways is preference
A rail tourism company’s pitch to take over the Dunedin Railways operation has not found favour with the Dunedin City Council.
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Rates affordability high on councillors’ agendas
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Rates affordability high on councillors’ agendas
Affordability of rates was one aspiration stressed by Dunedin councillors as they discussed draft budgets.
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Simms pitches mayoralty bid
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Simms pitches mayoralty bid
A prominent Dunedin businessman has hit the accelerator on his campaign to be the city’s next mayor.
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Train service on track to return
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Train service on track to return
Momentum appears to be building for bringing trains back to Middlemarch, but a sustainable model has yet to be thrashed out.
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Flood-risk options to go to DCC
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Flood-risk options to go to DCC
A $38.4 million detention pond at the former Forbury Park raceway was looked at among short-term options for reducing flooding in South Dunedin.
Stormwater catchment may be split
Stormwater catchment may be split
The South Dunedin stormwater catchment area could be split in two, to make it more manageable, it has been signalled.