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Crying foul over stink coming from landfill

Dunedin woman Tina Tunster is fed up with the stench wafting over her property from the nearby Green Island landfill. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

A Dunedin woman is determined to kick up a stink over her house being enveloped in rancid air emanating from the nearby Green Island landfill.

Danger spurs tree removal

A dying raywood ash tree on the corner of Hanover and Castle Sts is on borrowed time after a consent was issued for its removal. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

The danger of dead branches falling on cars parked below has sealed the fate of a prominent tree in Hanover St.

Claim egos stymieing co-operation

Andrew Noone

Otago regional councillors are saying egos are getting in the way of working together with the Dunedin City Council and the chairman has singled out the mayor.

No word on when toilet will reopen

One of Dunedin’s most well used public toilets remains out of action and in need of maintenance.

Public facilities to stay open in Dunedin

Sue Bidrose

The Dunedin City Council will not close its public facilities and cash will remain an accepted mode of payment on the region’s buses, for now.

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.

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