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Documents hint at 10% rates rises for 3 years
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Documents hint at 10% rates rises for 3 years
Dunedin residents could be facing rates rises of almost 10% a year for the next three years.
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Call for council to ramp up spend on events
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Call for council to ramp up spend on events
Dunedin should ramp up its spending to attract events before Christchurch’s new stadium gets established, councillors have been told.
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Fee might reduce museum visitors: DCC
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Fee might reduce museum visitors: DCC
Charging fees for international and out-of-town visitors to Toitū Otago Settlers Museum could lead to a major drop-off in visitor numbers, Dunedin City Council staff warn.
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DCC mum on financial reporting investigation
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DCC mum on financial reporting investigation
The Dunedin City Council has declined to talk about when an investigation delving into some of its financial reporting might be finished.
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Invalid parking: More than 120 ticketed since fine increase
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Invalid parking: More than 120 ticketed since fine increase
More than 120 vehicles in Dunedin have been ticketed for invalid parking since some fees increased five-fold last year.
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Plan would turn residential street into ‘free carpark’
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Plan would turn residential street into ‘free carpark’
A former Dunedin mayor is fighting a plan to increase parking he says would turn a residential street into a "free carpark for the suburban workforce".
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Data tags on council kerbside wheelie bins not being used
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Data tags on council kerbside wheelie bins not being used
Data tags were fitted to council wheelie bins rolled out for Dunedin’s revamped kerbside collection service, but the technology is not being used.
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Change of officer unlikely to affect process
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Change of officer unlikely to affect process
The resignation of Dunedin’s deputy electoral officer appears unlikely to make a significant difference to how this year’s local body election will be run in the city.
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Councillors told of huge costs looming
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Councillors told of huge costs looming
Hundreds of millions of dollars will need to be pumped into Dunedin’s water and wastewater systems in the next 15 years, councillors have been told.
Council pool fees rose about 10%
Council pool fees rose about 10%
When fees were last adjusted for the Dunedin City Council’s public pools, they moved by about 10%.
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Paddock’s future yet to be decided
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Paddock’s future yet to be decided
It may resemble a horse paddock at the moment, but land next to the Portobello Domain on the Otago Peninsula could end up going to the dogs.
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
The Dunedin City Council is looking for help to produce a "short, sophisticated" video introduction to the city for Toitū Otago Settlers Museum’s new mini movie theatre.
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Clutha-Dunedin dispute over Three Waters collaboration
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Clutha-Dunedin dispute over Three Waters collaboration
Clutha's mayor and at least one Dunedin councillor are not seeing eye to eye on Three Waters.
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Decision to lease floor of library ‘a betrayal’
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Decision to lease floor of library ‘a betrayal’
A Dunedin city councillor has slammed colleagues who supported a 6-4 vote to commercially lease the top floor of the South Dunedin Library and Community Complex as ‘‘short-sighted’’.
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‘Things we love and cherish ... at risk’
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‘Things we love and cherish ... at risk’
Museums, libraries, pools and playgrounds are among spending priorities at risk if the government’s back-to-basics direction for councils takes hold, a Dunedin city councillor says.
DCC seeks commercial tenants for South D complex
DCC seeks commercial tenants for South D complex
South Dunedin’s planned $22 million library will require commercial tenants to keep the project financially sustainable, the Dunedin City Council says.
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Abandoned proposal cost $240K
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Abandoned proposal cost $240K
An abandoned proposal by the Dunedin City Council to sell Aurora Energy cost more than $240,000, but several councillors say the information-gathering exercise was worthwhile.
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Statistician queries DCC’s analysis of online survey
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Statistician queries DCC’s analysis of online survey
Dunedin City Council claims about what "most respondents" said in a survey have been questioned by a statistician.
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Self-deprecating tone controversial
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Self-deprecating tone controversial
The tone of a self-deprecating Dunedin marketing campaign has not quite landed with the city’s tourism industry, councillors have heard.
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Casting vote to progress unitary authority discussions
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Casting vote to progress unitary authority discussions
Discussions about a possible unitary authority for Otago were nearly scuppered in Dunedin, but they survived on the mayor’s casting vote.