Grant Miller

Lower speed limits in Dunedin will help to create a safer environment for children to walk and bike to school, advocates for change say.

Lower speed limits proposed around schools have attracted broad support in Dunedin, but consensus about what should happen in other parts of the city is not as clear.

A multibillion-dollar Lake Onslow power scheme might bring both considerable benefits and significant challenges to Central Otago if it ends up being approved, community leaders say.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is confident the new Dunedin hospital will be a fine facility.

The ever-changing landscape for Dunedin ratepayer groups has shifted again.

The Government’s move to ease off on reducing speed limits on state highways has been praised by a motoring advocate.

Fresh impetus could be brought to developing a Strath Taieri heritage park amid renewed confidence trains will help bring more people to the area.

The fight to build a satisfactory hospital in Dunedin may need to move on to territory where battles can be won, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.

A campaign to stop Dunedin’s planned new hospital from being shrunk had messy origins, including a few barbs between city councillors, correspondence shows.

A bid to reinstate a groyne at St Clair Beach in Dunedin without obtaining a resource consent was worth a try, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says.

Options for transferring logs and containers from trucks on to rail services near Dunedin are being explored, amid renewed calls for development of an inland port.

An attempt to get a groyne reinstated at St Clair Beach in Dunedin at minimal cost has been dealt a blow.