National sporting competitions will dodge Dunedin unless the council urgently repairs the roof of the leaky Edgar Centre, councillors have been told.

A Dunedin city GP is predicting a ‘‘wave’’ of presentations to the hospital emergency department as the city’s busiest after-hours services announces it is cutting its operating hours.

Gull numbers may have passed their peak at Dunedin’s landfill, but the council says it has not yet seen any evidence of a significant decline in their numbers citywide.

A Dunedin business owner allegedly punched to the ground by a drunk man says he was shocked by the assault.