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Dunedin's venues drawing more conference trade

Photo: ODT files

Dunedin's city council-owned venues have experienced a 20% rise in conference and events business in the last year, attracting higher-spending visitors to the city.

Conference praise for Dunedin

The Dunedin Centre. Photo: ODT files

The chief executive of an insurance company holding its first conference in Dunedin this week says he would happily have it in the city again.

Plan to beautify and protect strip

Awaiting vegetation ... The Stuart St median strip is to be beautified again next year. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

The barren median strip in Stuart St will once again be filled with flora, but this time the Dunedin City Council is taking steps to protect it.

Call to stop vaping in smokefree areas

Sophie Carty from the Otago Cancer Society says e-cigarettes are a useful smoking cessation tool, but they should be promoted as such, rather than seen as a way to switch "to vaping forever''. Photo: ODT files

The Cancer Society wants vaping prohibited in smokefree parts of Dunedin, saying e-cigarettes do not send the right message.

Support for city vision among businesses

Dougal McGowan

Dunedin businesses are cautiously optimistic about the city council's $850million plan for the city.

Input sought on public art

Dunedin Public Art Gallery customer liaison officer Dana Lee looks at a map on which the public can pinpoint where they would prefer public art to be sited in Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Suggestions on Dunedin's direction in public art are already coming in as the Dunedin City Council gets ready to launch its public art labs.

Barnes Dance stops

ODT photo.

A broken wire caused one of Dunedin's recently installed Barnes Dances to stop working yesterday.

Tahuna Park in doubt for car shows

Cars on display at Tahuna Park during the annual Great USA Day.PHOTO: ODT FILES

The organisers of two charitable car shows are calling on the Dunedin City Council to reverse a ban on their use of Tahuna Park.

Owners of 'eyesores' should be penalised: Benson-Pope

David Benson-Pope.

The Dunedin City Council needs to carry a bigger stick to encourage owners of dilapidated buildings to care for them, a Dunedin city councillor says.

Gothic makeover for Dunedin's welcome signs

Dunedin’s welcome signs as they will look with new lettering. ODT GRAPHIC: MAT PATCHETT

Dunedin's welcome signs are about to get a makeover, with the Dunedin brand's gothic font set to replace the original lettering.

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