Grant Miller

Nominations have opened for the Dunedin City Council and first out of the blocks in the election race were two women both standing for council and the mayoralty.

One pole stood stubbornly and then it, too, succumbed to the forces of nature — the last in a long line.

It just got easier to build houses in much of Dunedin.

Soundproofing rules could be updated in Dunedin to give music venues and inner-city residents a better chance of co-existing in harmony.

A bumpy bus ride that resulted in a boy hitting his head has been followed by a prompt reworking of speed bumps on the Otago Peninsula.

A review has started into the way a Dunedin transport forum is governed.

Stronger protection of music venues could be needed to prevent Dunedin from losing them, a city councillor says.

A union for bus drivers has raised doubts about the wisdom of a possible shift of a longstanding Dunedin depot.

Importing sand to nourish St Clair Beach in Dunedin is likely the most effective way to shore it up against erosion challenges, an environmental consultant says.

Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins says redesigning South Dunedin’s future should be driven locally and "we should be careful what we wish for" when it comes to central government involvement.

A Dunedin city councillor who wants to take his own council to the Supreme Court says his reputation was harmed through unprecedented misuse of the council’s code of conduct.

Attitudes about climate change have come a long way since South Dunedin flooded in 2015, one city councillor says.