Rental rating plan a work in progress
Rental rating plan a work in progress
An extra rate charge is likely to affect some of Dunedin's short-term accommodation providers from next year, but exactly how it will work still needs some tweaking.
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Council planning to add 41 staff
Council planning to add 41 staff
A plan to add 41 staff to the Dunedin City Council payroll is in part due to residents asking more of their council, Mayor Dave Culls says.
Evansdale plans off to hearings panel
Evansdale plans off to hearings panel
A Waitati contracting company's plans to develop a yard at Evansdale are set to head to a hearings panel after being declined by a Dunedin City Council planner.
Not told to collect e-scooters at night, Lime juicer says
Not told to collect e-scooters at night, Lime juicer says
Lime e-scooter ''juicers'', paid to recharge the batteries of the company's electric scooters in Dunedin, have not been instructed to collect scooters at night.
Work to repair Second Beach track begins
Work to repair Second Beach track begins
Dunedin City Council contractors have begun clearing slips which have closed Second Beach to the public for the past 18 months.
$4.7m on Dunedin cycleways
$4.7m on Dunedin cycleways
Dunedin's cycleways, not counting the city's one-way cycle lanes, have cost $4.7 million in the past two and a-half years.
Work to begin on new Sutton-Mt Ross Rd bridge
Work to begin on new Sutton-Mt Ross Rd bridge
The long wait for a new bridge is almost over for Sutton farmers left facing detours after a damaging flood in 2017.
Golf challenge plans still 'ticking along'
Golf challenge plans still 'ticking along'
The man behind a golf hole-in-one challenge at Vauxhall says his plans for the development are still ''ticking along'', despite a months'-long delay resolving an Environment Court appeal.
Football deal struck over artificial surfaces
Football deal struck over artificial surfaces
The Dunedin City Council has struck a deal with Football South over block bookings for the artificial playing surfaces under construction at Logan Park.
Frustration for St Clair evacuees
Frustration for St Clair evacuees
Frustration is growing among some St Clair residents unable to return to their homes since they were forced to evacuate last month.
DCC archive protection progress 'disheartening'
DCC archive protection progress 'disheartening'
Despite two years of lobbying the Dunedin City Council (DCC) over better protection for its archives there has been a ''very disheartening'' lack of progress, Gwennyth Anderson says.
Street-smart street lights
Street-smart street lights
Dunedin's smart new street lights will be able to double as monitoring tools, but there is no plan to use the technology.
Sweet gesture
Sweet gesture
Motorists expecting to be given a parking ticket in Dunedin's CBD yesterday may have been surprised when they got a handful of lollies instead.
Rink repaired, due to reopen next month
Rink repaired, due to reopen next month
The Dunedin Ice Stadium is expected to be closed for another month as work continues to rectify an underground ice block threatening its playing surfaces.
Port, Foodstuffs among those to seek alterations to new plan
Port, Foodstuffs among those to seek alterations to new plan
More than 20 appeals have been made on Dunedin's new district plan and more are expected.
Two more houses in St Clair declared dangerous
Two more houses in St Clair declared dangerous
Two more homes in St Clair are now considered dangerous after damage from a landslip was found to have spread to another property.
Part-time rangers to educate
Part-time rangers to educate
Two part-time rangers will be conservation defenders on Dunedin beaches this summer.
Dealer did not link items to garden
Dealer did not link items to garden
The owner of a demolition yard at the centre of an investigation into missing authentic materials from Dunedin's Chinese Garden says he has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide.
Councillor wants rail speeded up
Councillor wants rail speeded up
The city councillor pushing for the return of a commuter rail service to Dunedin hopes to fast-track the idea.
First they put trees in, then take them out
First they put trees in, then take them out
The sudden disappearance of a row of young trees from a Dunedin street only a few months after they were planted has at least one resident perplexed.