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Councillor calls for Smooth Hill landfill to be deferred

Lee Vandervis. File photo: Gregor Richardson

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Councillor calls for Smooth Hill landfill to be deferred

Building the Smooth Hill landfill should be deferred until the Dunedin City Council gets to a more sustainable position on debt and rates, a councillor says.

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Fun hub proposed for test against France

The Octagon is a possible site for an entertainment hub for the All Blacks' test in July. PHOTO:...

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Fun hub proposed for test against France

The All Blacks’ test against France in July could feature a bumper beer tent in the Octagon, the city council hopes.

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Trust floated to save Sammy’s

A plan could be starting to come together for what should be done with Dunedin’s former...

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Trust floated to save Sammy’s

A trust may need to be formed to lead mothballed Dunedin music venue Sammy’s back into the spotlight, a city councillor says.

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Council locks professor out of site

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Council locks professor out of site

The world’s leading expert on Foulden Maar has once again been locked out of the prolific palaeontological site — but this time by the Dunedin City Council.

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Net-zero: DCC on track, city not

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Net-zero: DCC on track, city not

Curbing waste emissions has gone better than expected for the DCC, but the rest of the city may be holding it back as decisions loom about zero-carbon goals and how much to invest to achieve them.

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$30m under-spend revealed on DCC capital programme

Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham has repeatedly described councillors as "f.....

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$30m under-spend revealed on DCC capital programme

Delivery of the Dunedin City Council’s planned capital spend for the financial year appears set to fall more than $30 million short.

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Lane shift on cards for problem intersection

Pine Hill Rd / Great King St intersection. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Lane shift on cards for problem North Dunedin intersection

Proposed changes to a notorious intersection in North Dunedin are a good interim fix, but a more comprehensive engineering solution will be needed longer term, a city councillor says.

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Building ‘affordable convening space’ can be honoured

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

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Building ‘affordable convening space’ can be honoured

Councillors have a chance to honour the purpose of building a library in South Dunedin if they agree to a course correction, Taieri MP Ingrid Leary says.

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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’

Barry Williams. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’

The Strath Taieri Community Board chairman says proposed hikes to development contributions in Middlemarch would be "a kick in the guts" for the community.

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Council CEO contract stance ‘eye-opening’

Brent Weatherall. File photo: Linda Robertson

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Council CEO contract stance ‘eye-opening’

How councillors voted on extending the Dunedin City Council chief executive’s contract remains under wraps, but one has called the stance of others "eye-opening".

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Developers 'quitting Dunedin' over DCC red tape

Blue Sky property group director Lyndon Fairbairn, in front of a Musselburgh Rise development, is...

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DCC plans alarming developers

One of Dunedin’s biggest developers says the rising cost of doing business in the city is forcing his company to look outside Dunedin to invest.

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Council predicts end to deficits in 2027

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Council predicts end to deficits in 2027

Deficits for the Dunedin City Council are forecast to end after the next financial year, but achieving an operating surplus for Three Waters looks set to take a year longer.

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Council chief's future to be decided this week

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DCC chief executive’s future to be decided this week

The future of the Dunedin City Council’s controversial chief executive looks set to be decided this week.

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Letting some Three Waters assets fail part of strategy

The Waimate District Council are assuring residents that the water remains safe to drink despite...

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Letting some Three Waters assets fail part of strategy

Allowing some infrastructure to fail by not replacing it before its use-by date is part of the city’s approach to managing Three Waters assets, the Dunedin City Council says.

Group takes initiative on climate change

Group takes initiative on climate change

The Dunedin City Council may not have proactively pursued community opinion about potential to invest more money in zero-carbon work, but public input is coming anyway.

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$1 billion to clear Dunedin's Three Waters backlog

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$1 billion to clear Dunedin's Three Waters backlog

A $1 billion backlog of Three Waters work could take 30 years for the Dunedin City Council to clear.

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Champion for Māori perspective goes north

Jeanette Wikaira. File photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Champion for Māori perspective goes north

A senior manager at the Dunedin City Council who helped to integrate Māori perspectives into its operation is to leave, taking up a role where she was raised.

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