Dunedin

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Advantages of single authority highlighted

A section of the Clutha River near Balclutha. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Advantages of single authority highlighted

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is warning anything but one Otago-wide authority will lead to inefficiencies, worse outcomes for communities and a loss of knowledge.

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Call to ‘stop the drama’ over South Dunedin

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Call to ‘stop the drama’ over South Dunedin

A pair of councillors have been accused of ‘‘appalling’’ theatrics by colleagues in the latest instalment of contentious debate over South Dunedin’s future.

The sun also rises

The sun also rises

A cyclist rides along Portsmouth Dr in Dunedin as the winter sun rises over the upper reaches of Otago Harbour.

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Embassy brings pop-up consulate to city

Alex Harold and his father Bryan take advice on how to get an Irish passport from Embassy of...

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Embassy brings pop-up consulate to city

Having to travel to Wellington to get some ‘‘face-to-face’’ advice about passports is a bit of a faff.

Smell of burning a false alarm

Smell of burning a false alarm

A firefighter leaves the Regent Theatre in the Octagon in Dunedin just after noon yesterday after being called to investigate a smell of burning.

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Foleys awarded $50m in hospital contracts

Foleys director Chris Sutherland (left) is joined on the site of the new Dunedin hospital...

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Foleys awarded $50m in hospital contracts

A Dunedin plumbing company has been awarded more than $50 million in work for the new hospital — the single biggest project in its 90-year history.

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Parking ‘fiasco’ costs Dunedin council $100k

The technology for catching overstaying parkers was also trialled and abandoned in Ashburton....

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Parking ‘fiasco’ costs Dunedin council $100k

A $100,000 spend on the failed rollout of camera cars to issue Dunedin motorists with parking fines has been labelled a ‘‘fiasco’’.

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SH1 changes get greenlight from NZTA board

Traffic turns right off St Andrew St into Cumberland St, Dunedin. The right turn is to be removed...

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SH1 changes get greenlight from NZTA board

Transport officials are preparing to implement multimillion-dollar changes to State Highway 1 in Dunedin and around the city’s new hospital.

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‘Complete wuss’ to brave water for charity

Big Swim fundraiser Grant McLean gauges the water temperature before a fundraising swim across...

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‘Complete wuss’ to brave water for charity

A midwinter swim across Otago Harbour is not usually on Grant McLean’s to-do list.

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Young surfers ready to ride waves of world stage

Dunedin surfers (from left) Jack Tyro, 19, Lewis Murphy, 18, Alexis Owen, 18, and Zara Owen, 13,...

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Young surfers ready to ride waves of world stage

Dunedin is quickly rising to the top of the scoreboard when it comes to internationally recognised surfers.

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Former city council finance chief Logie dies, aged 61

Former Dunedin City Council chief financial officer Gavin Logie. PHOTO: DCC

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Former city council finance chief Logie dies, aged 61

Former Dunedin City Council chief financial officer Gavin Logie has died.

Fog affects flights at Dunedin Airport

Fog covering Dunedin Airport this morning. Photo: Supplied

Fog affects flights at Dunedin Airport

Heavy fog shrouding the Dunedin Airport has led to cancelled flights this morning.

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Ready for new life on the water with ‘Hope’—and cat

Ready to cast off on their sailing adventure of a lifetime are Adrienne and Simon Easton, holding...

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Ready for new life on the water with ‘Hope’—and cat

Five years ago, Simon and Adrienne Easton did not have the foggiest idea of how to sail a yacht.

Relief as GP found guilty of negligence finally named

Dunedin woman Nikki Cockburn is relieved her ordeal with a doctor found guilty of malpractice is...

Relief as GP found guilty of negligence finally named

It has been nearly a decade-long ordeal for Dunedin woman Nikki Cockburn to get the doctor who wronged her named in public.

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Loss of holes could lose city millions

Scottish great Sam Torrance chips to the 13th green at Chisholm Park golf links during a pro-am...

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Loss of holes could lose city millions

A golf course designer and former New Zealand Open winner says turning Chisholm Park into a 12-hole course would rob the city of potentially many millions of dollars.

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