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How to handle South Dunedin’s future
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How to handle South Dunedin’s future
Rising waters mean it is inevitable some people in South Dunedin will have to shift.
Mary Williams
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Council seeks govt cash for South Dn properties
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Council seeks govt cash to buy South Dunedin properties
A cap-in-hand plea for cash to buy properties in South Dunedin is being pitched by the Dunedin City Council to government ministers next week.
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‘Solution’ for homeless crisis coming
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‘Solution’ for homeless crisis coming
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he has a plan up his sleeve to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis and hopes to announce it within weeks.
Fears cuts threaten child safety
Fears cuts threaten child safety
Charities in the South helping at-risk children have been warned their state funding could end within the next 10 weeks.
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Residents take aim at council and developers
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Residents take aim at council and developers
Residents of a Dunedin street are slapping stickers on their postboxes warning townhouse developers wanting to buy their sections not to come knocking.
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End of government funding for budget advice charity
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End of government funding for budget advice charity
A Dunedin budget advice charity which helps more than 1000 families a year has been forced to slash its services after most of its funding was axed by the government.
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Trapped in transitional housing hell
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Trapped in transitional housing hell
Homeless people in transitional housing in Dunedin say they are stuck, stigmatised and hit with eviction notices.
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Gaps in $1.5bn homelessness scheme 'very frustrating'
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Gaps in $1.5bn homelessness scheme 'very frustrating'
The government admits it has failed to check whether a billion-dollar scheme to tackle homelessness is getting people into homes, including in the South.
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Boarding house review slated
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Boarding house review slated
A Dunedin city councillor has slammed a government report auditing the standards of boarding houses as ridiculously restricted in its scope.
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Dunedin social housing faces ‘significant challenge’
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Dunedin social housing faces ‘significant challenge’
Building the social housing Dunedin urgently needs will be a "significant challenge" unless changes are made to the city’s development plan, the government’s housing agency says.
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No easy fix for southern Dunedin
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No easy fix for southern Dunedin
Why build, and how should we build, in South Dunedin?
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New builds could be ‘uninsurable’
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New builds could be ‘uninsurable’
A leading Dunedin townhouse developer has slammed the door on future projects in some parts of South Dunedin due to concerns properties will become uninsurable as waters rise.
South Dunedin’s watery labyrinth
South Dunedin’s watery labyrinth
Nobody wants another contaminated cocktail of stormwater and sewage spewing on their street when South Dunedin floods, but has anything been done to stop it?
MSD referred homeless to volunteer with tents
MSD referred homeless to volunteer with tents
Ministry of Social Development staff in Dunedin have been pointing homeless people to a volunteer handing out tents and bedding, rather than providing them with a roof where needed.
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Children sleeping on floor in Oranga Tamariki offices
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Children sleeping on floor in Oranga Tamariki offices
Children are sleeping on Oranga Tamariki office floors due to a desperate shortage of emergency foster caregivers, including in the South.
‘Privilege’ to help expand shelter
‘Privilege’ to help expand shelter
Building works to double the capacity of Dunedin’s Night Shelter can start soon after a local businessman read about its funding appeal in the ODT and stumped up a fat cheque.
‘New crowd’ attends South D Future expo
‘New crowd’ attends South D Future expo
About 200 people attended a council-organised community exhibition about managing South Dunedin’s water challenges at the weekend.
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Boreholes reveal potential for springs to emerge in South D
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Boreholes reveal potential for springs to emerge in South D
Pulling up a core sample of the earth below South Dunedin pavements is like pulling up a piece of spaghetti as long as a football field, said GNS chief scientist Dr Simon Cox.
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Water from ‘above, below, sideways’
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Water from ‘above, below, sideways’
A watery future looms for low-lying South Dunedin.
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New report says uni finances worse than forecast
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New report says uni finances worse than forecast
The magnitude of Grant Robertson’s challenge to bring the University of Otago out of its money woes is highlighted in a new financial report.