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DunedinNovember 20

Roads, tracks, flooding discussed

A busy public forum at last Thursday’s Saddle Hill Community Board covered a broad range of topics, from road naming to flooding concerns in Waldronville.
Roads, tracks, flooding discussed
Roads, tracks, flooding discussed
DunedinJanuary 1

Fears Saddle Hill collapse possible

The Dunedin City Council has been asked to apply for an urgent stop work order amid concerns quarrying of the lower hump of Saddle Hill could cause it to collapse.
Fears Saddle Hill collapse possible
Fears Saddle Hill collapse possible
DunedinDecember 21

Petition to protect hill

A petition to save the historic Saddle Hill near Mosgiel - named by Captain Cook - was launched yesterday by Dunedin South MP Clare Curran.
DunedinDecember 2

Hill talks continue

The man instrumental in the Dunedin City Council's move to take the Saddle Hill quarry matter to court plans to stay active on the topic and is keen to help find a solution that is acceptable to the quarry's owners, the council and the community.
DunedinMarch 14

Council satisfied Saddle Hill profile is unchanged

Concerns the ridge line of Saddle Hill's smaller hump is continuing to change are not shared by the director of the company quarrying the hill and the Dunedin City Council.
DunedinAugust 22

No consent exists for quarrying Saddle Hill

A long battle to save the ridge-line of Saddle Hill has moved closer to a conclusion with the ruling that the company quarrying the prominent landmark hasn't got consent.
DunedinJuly 19

Court threat over land plan rejection

A landowner embroiled in a dispute over Saddle Hill quarrying is threatening to take the Dunedin City Council to the Environment Court for a second time.
Court threat over land plan rejection
Court threat over land plan rejection
DunedinJune 5

Saddle Hill quarry decision delay explained

A judge trying to decide for more than five months what legal basis exists for quarrying on Saddle Hill has explained why it is taking so long to work out.
DunedinNovember 29

Quarry case set down for next month

An Environment Court judge will hear next month whether quarrying should continue on the Saddle Hill ridge line, before determining whether the practice is legal.
DunedinNovember 15

Environment Court rules to protect Saddle Hill

A quarry operator has been prevented from removing any more stone from the ridgeline of one of Dunedin's prominent landmarks.
Environment Court rules to protect Saddle Hill
Environment Court rules to protect Saddle Hill
DunedinJanuary 5

Artists feature hill controversy

Artist Fay Mitchell holds her painting Saddle Hill Bleeding which will be the focal point of an exhibition of works featuring the controversial landmark next month. She is looking for people with existing images or paintings of the hill to lend, or recent artworks of it to sell, for the exhibition.
Artists feature hill controversy
Artists feature hill controversy
DunedinDecember 23

Saddle Hill quarry rhetoric heats up

The company behind the controversial Saddle Hill quarry says it wants Environment Court confirmation the hill "can be quarried without restriction".
Saddle Hill quarry rhetoric heats up
Saddle Hill quarry rhetoric heats up
DunedinDecember 23

Saddle Hill photos reveal quarry work

Negotiations over the future of Dunedin landmark Saddle Hill appear to be coming to a head, as David Loughrey explains. 
DunedinDecember 23

Quarry issue set for court as mediation fails

The future of the controversial Saddle Hill quarrying operation will be decided by the Environment Court, after the Dunedin City Council yesterday announced mediation with the quarry owners had failed.
Quarry issue set for court as mediation fails
Quarry issue set for court as mediation fails
DunedinDecember 16

Saddle Hill quarry 'contract' denied

A Dunedin MP's concerns a company has won "a contract to take the top off"' Saddle Hill are wrong, a city councillor says.
Saddle Hill quarry 'contract' denied
Saddle Hill quarry 'contract' denied
DunedinJuly 31

DCC, quarry owner in agreement

The Dunedin City Council has reached an agreement with the owner and operator of the Saddle Hill quarry over what quarrying will take place while the future of the facility is being negotiated.
DunedinJune 3

Board critical of shark nets move

The Saddle Hill Community Board wants the Dunedin City Council to consult it and the community on its decision to remove shark nets from Dunedin beaches.
DunedinMay 24

Mediator for Saddle Hill dispute

Environment Court action involving the Dunedin City Council and Saddle Hill quarry owner Saddle Views Estates will go to mediation next week, following discussions between the two.
DunedinApril 9

Council goes to court over Saddle Hill

Quarrying rights on Dunedin's Saddle Hill will be decided by the Environment Court later this year.
Council goes to court over Saddle Hill
Council goes to court over Saddle Hill
DunedinMarch 28

Hundreds sign Saddle Hill quarrying petition

Hundreds of signatures have been collected by a group trying to save Saddle Hill from what they believe is destructive quarrying.
DunedinSeptember 16

Residents sore about Saddle Hill quarrying

Saddle Hill residents are urging the Dunedin City Council to immediately stop excavation at the Jaffray's Hill quarry until the owners' legal right to quarry there is clarified.
Residents sore about Saddle Hill quarrying
Residents sore about Saddle Hill quarrying
DunedinSeptember 7

Council working on Saddle Hill quarrying issue

It may take Dunedin city planning staff some weeks to work through the issue of quarrying activities on Saddle Hill, resource consents manager Alan Worthington says.
NewsApril 29

Saddle Hill trust requests pour in

The Saddle Hill Community Board's call for funding applications was answered yesterday when 10 community groups requested more than $14,000 from it.