Dunedin City Council
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Our purpose is to maintain and enhance our community for the long term well-being of our people and environment through innovative leadership and the provision of cost effective services.
DUNEDIN — The Quality of Life Survey is a biennial national survey which looks at residents' perceptions on a broad range of quality of life issues in New Zealand’s largest cities.
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DUNEDIN — MoveMe, being launched in Dunedin this month, aims to increase Dunedin people’s awareness of, and participation in, physical activity.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Heritage Fund has allocated another $100,000 towards seven heritage projects in Dunedin following its March funding round.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council is to provide alternative free parking during the New Zealand Land Transport upgrade of State Highway 88 now underway, and the associated creation of a cycleway.
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DUNEDIN — Recent events in Dunedin and elsewhere around the country have brought heritage into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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DUNEDIN — One way the Dunedin CIty Council gauges the views of the "silent majority" is through the annual Residents’ Opinion Survey, or ROS.
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DUNEDIN — Fantasy film and literature buffs – especially those with fond memories of The Chronicles of Narnia – are in for a treat at 5.30 pm on Friday 29 April, as a talk at the Dunedin Public Library reveals an undiscovered side to children’s author, religious writer and literary scholar, C.S.
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DUNEDIN — In February this year, the Dunedin City Council launched a one-off grant for South Dunedin building owners to help improve the overall look of King Edward Street.
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DUNEDIN — Local company Seperex Nutritionals Ltd has been recognised for innovation and technology in the natural products industry.
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DUNEDIN — Constantly seeking to improve the user experience of the DCC website, the DCC’s web and information management teams have added a couple of new features.
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DUNEDIN — The board of Citibus Limited has entered into a conditional agreement to sell the assets of Citibus and the business of Citibus.
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DUNEDIN — As the numbers visiting the Embassy have greatly reduced, the Embassy will cease operation at 3pm on Tuesday 12 April.
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DUNEDIN — Confirmation that the Otago Stadium will be the venue for Dunedin’s Rugby World Cup 2011 games means planning for the Tournament can now be finalised by the Dunedin City Council and all other agencies and stakeholders involved in the event.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has directly assisted in creating more than 400 local jobs in the past five years, and in generating more than $40m in sales – and there is more to come.
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DUNEDIN — The Christchurch Embassy is moving to the Community Gallery at 300 Moray Place, directly opposite Community House.
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DUNEDIN — Dunedin Mayor Cull is calling it one of the more moving gestures at a time when the international community is responding to two major disasters - the earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan.
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DUNEDIN — NZ Book Month is drawing to a close for another year, but not without a grand finale to celebrate Dunedin’s literary talent.
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DUNEDIN — Today is the first anniversary of the partnership between Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa (APNK) and Dunedin Public Libraries.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Public Libraries have joined forces with the ‘Computers in Homes’ digital literacy programme to provide community Census sites, where people can complete their 2011 Census online, with support at hand.
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DUNEDIN — Curious about the DCC's new kerbside recycling system that's starting in two weeks? The Dunedin City Council’s Water and Waste Services team has a road show out and about this week with a display of the new bins, and information on how to use them.
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DUNEDIN — On Saturday, 19 February, a number of South Dunedin heritage treasures will be open and on display for free guided tours.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has launched a one-off grant for South Dunedin building owners which aims to help to improve the overall look of King Edward Street.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council is looking for two community representatives, one arts and one events, to assist the Community Assistance Sub-Committee in its deliberations allocating $836,600 to a range of community groups.
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DUNEDIN — On Friday, 18 February, the Dunedin City Library car park on Moray Place will hum with chatter, the shuffle of paper and the ringing of tills instead of the growl of engines.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has programmed money in the Annual Plan for a new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists connecting the Queens Garden area with the Harbour Basin.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin to Grey District Community Offering Fund will close at 4pm on Monday 20 December so the collection can be forwarded to Grey District Council Mayor Tony Kokshoorn before Christmas.
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DUNEDIN — With the Otago Settlers’ Museum redevelopment well underway, some of the bulkiest items in the collection are being moved into, or out of, temporary storage.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has a strong commitment to ensuring roads and footpaths are safe for all users.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has approved 50% rates relief for the re-use of the fire-damaged heritage building at 5 Jetty Street.
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DUNEDIN — The manager of the Italian Rugby World Cup 2011 team will visit Dunedin this Thursday to view the city’s facilities.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has received the report it commissioned in August 2010, analysing Dunedin’s Peak Oil vulnerability.
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DUNEDIN — The Dean of Dunedin is offering St Paul’s Cathedral as a place for people to remember and pay tribute to the Pike River miners lost in the recent tragedy.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council's September 2010 Community Grants funding round has been completed.
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DUNEDIN — With concept designs for the King Edward Street area nearing completion, the DCC is inviting the public to a second open day, to be held at the Gasworks Museum.
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DUNEDIN — The DCC was advised on Wednesday by engineering consultants, Tonkin & Taylor, that industrial material buried under the Kettle Park playing fields may have been exposed on the seaward dune at Kettle Park.
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DUNEDIN — A proposed change to how Dunedin charges for dealing with trade waste is being put to affected businesses for informal consultation this month.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Public Libraries are getting into full swing for the Scottish Festival.
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DUNEDIN — Water main renewal works in the Ravensbourne area will be starting in the next few weeks, resulting in traffic disruption on SH88 for up to six months.
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DUNEDIN — Dunedin has been chosen as one of five focus towns for the ‘Demystifying Packaging Choices’ project launched in Wellington last week.
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DUNEDIN — The DCC’s 650-hectare Mt Watkin / Hikaroroa Reserve, on the slopes of the Waikouaiti River, is regarded as probably the best remaining example of dry coastal forest in Otago.
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DUNEDIN — Nominations are now open for the Dunedin Heritage Re-use Award recognises successful, innovative heritage re-use building projects.
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DUNEDIN — His Worship the Mayor, Dave Cull, is pleased to invite the public of Dunedin to attend a tribute to Alison Shanks and Ben Smith, gold medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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DUNEDIN — On Friday 19 November, a free public exhibition opens in the City Library.
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DUNEDIN — Fifty people, representing 25 of Dunedin’s ethnic communities in Dunedin, attended the first meeting of ‘Settling In’ facilitators, an unprecedented level of interest in the programme from migrant communities nationally.
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DUNEDIN — The achievements of Dunedin swimming greats – double Olympic gold medal-winner Danyon Loader and his coach, the late Duncan Laing – will be marked by the naming of two Dunedin pools this week.
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DUNEDIN — Mayor Dave Cull announced today that Dunedin City Council Chief Executive Jim Harland has resigned his position.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council is about to start a new parking enforcement campaign after complaints about cars parking on footpaths in the Octagon.
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DUNEDIN — New Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is pleased to announce the appointment of Councillor Chris Staynes as Deputy Mayor.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Amenities Society and Dunedin City Council will hold an open day at the Craigieburn Reserve, Tanner Road, Leith Valley, on Sunday, 17 October 2010, beginning at 10.30 am.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Public Libraries is about to launch its fresh, new-look website, at www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz, connecting visitors near and far in the virtual world.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Botanic Garden supports industry training, in partnership with other city organisations, by offering three-year horticultural apprenticeships, internships, international student placements and practical training.
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DUNEDIN — The deadline is looming for those wanting to put their hand up and join the team of volunteers needed to make Rugby World Cup 2011 the best ever.
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DUNEDIN — Following the Canterbury earthquake, there has been a lot of speculation about the risk to heritage buildings and, in particular, to certain elements of heritage buildings, such as chimneys and parapets.
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DUNEDIN — Spring is celebrated annually at the Dunedin Botanic Garden with Rhododendron Day, and, this year, the event has blossomed into a Garden Festival with something for everyone.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has commissioned Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd to assist in the development of design concepts for King Edward Street in South Dunedin.
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DUNEDIN — An hour-long extravaganza will mark the start of Dunedin’s official one-year countdown to the kick-off of Rugby World Cup 2011.
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DUNEDIN — The Otago Farmers’ Market is to host the Dunedin City Council’s first Public Places Recycling Stations.
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The Dunedin City Council's Parking Review Working Party has tweaked the parking regime in the centre of Dunedin following further consultation.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has joined social media, establishing a presence on Facebook and Twitter.
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DUNEDIN — Dunedin residents will have a chance to interrogate UK crime-writing sensation RJ Ellory on Friday 10 September when he talks about his latest novel, Saints of New York.
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DUNEDIN — A FREE workshop dealing with the threat climate change poses for Dunedin's coastal communities will provide advice about how to safeguard our coastline by restoring our dune systems.
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OTAGO — Entries for the 2010 Coastal Otago Industry Training Organisations’ Apprentice of the Year Award close on Friday 6 August, with apprentices from a range of industries already nominated.
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DUNEDIN — Dunedin (Friday, 30 July 2010) - In the biggest shake-up to the city’s kerbside recycling and rubbish collections since amalgamation Dunedin residents are to get a significantly expanded kerbside collection service that will see the introduction of wheelie bins, special fortnightly collections for glass only and an alternating fortnightly collection of a greater range of recyclable materials.
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DUNEDIN — Jim Harland, DCC Chief Executive, has announced that the contract to upgrade the Dunedin Centre/Town Hall/ Municipal Chambers complex has been awarded to local company, Amalgamated Builders Limited (ABL).
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DUNEDIN — Nominations for candidates wishing to stand for this year's local authority elections open on Friday 23 July 2010.
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DUNEDIN — Funding has been secured to encourage ex-pupils of Otago schools to visit, move or invest in the region.
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DUNEDIN — Keep Dunedin Beautiful is once again using the services of “To be Advised Trust” to form a professional theatre group.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Botanic Garden has been awarded the status of Garden of International Significance following an assessment carried out in June by the New Zealand Gardens Trust.
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DUNEDIN — The 2010/11 round of consultation for the city's playground upgrades is underway.
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DUNEDIN — The consultation process to review the draft Dunedin Digital Strategy is going well.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has formed a new Council-owned company to take ownership of the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
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DUNEDIN — Brand Dunedin partners have announced the appointment of two creative agencies that will work together to help promote the city.
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DUNEDIN — The second Living Streets Aotearoa’s Golden Foot Awards are underway, with nominations sought for local and national walking projects.
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DUNEDIN — Subject to approval at next Tuesday's meeting of the Council's Economic Development committee, plans for the city's digital future will take another step towards realisation by inviting the public to comment on the draft strategy.
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DUNEDIN — The Rugby World Cup event grows each time, and it provides an opportunity for people from all walks of life to play a part in making it a success.
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DUNEDIN — The overwhelming success of Robert Long's Author Talk at the City Library last week has prompted a surprise return for the man who lives, with his wife and two teenage children, two days walk from Haast.
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DUNEDIN — Mosgiel Library is welcoming the area’s teens with a revamped space designed to make young people feel at home in a library environment.
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DUNEDIN — As expected, the Government has raised the GST rate from 12.5% to 15% with effect from 1 October 2010.
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DUNEDIN — The month-long celebration of Puaka Matariki is getting underway next week.
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DUNEDIN — The former Chief Post Office building in Princes Street will be given a new lease on life - but not as a new site for the city’s central library.
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DUNEDIN — The DCC has initiated legal proceedings to recover the debt owed to it by Stop the Stadium Society Inc.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) jointly administer the Dunedin Heritage Fund to support the continued use of the city's key heritage places.
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DUNEDIN — Contractors will be onsite Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 May to dismantle the fence at the end of Moana Rua Road and remove clay capping and a section of asphalt seal.
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DUNEDIN — An initiative to showcase businesses to Rugby World Cup fans has already got some points on the board for Otago companies.
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DUNEDIN — Keep Dunedin Beautiful, in conjunction with Rotary Dunedin, will once again host Trees for Babies – Celebrating Families on Mother’s Day, 9 May at 11.00 am, at Bracken’s View.
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DUNEDIN — A Dunedin City Council Working Party has completed dealing with a host of complaints about the city’s new parking laws.
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DUNEDIN — Tomorrow, Tuesday, 27 April, marks 500 days until the beginning of Rugby World Cup 2011, and planning is well underway.
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DUNEDIN — While the Strath Taieri remains at significant risk from fire, and will continue to be subject to a total fire ban, the fire danger in the coastal areas of the city has eased, allowing a return to a restricted fire season (fire by permit only) in the two coastal zones (see map attached).
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has resolved to withdraw part of its planned Harbourside development partly in response to concerns raised by appellants concerned about effects on local businesses.
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DUNEDIN — In the build-up to this year’s ANZAC day commemorations, the Reed Gallery at Dunedin City Library will host a very special guided tour of the “Trench and Troopship Journals Exhibition” for war veterans from Montecillo Veteran’s Home and Hospital.
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DUNEDIN — There’s nothing nicer than coming home on a cold winter’s evening to find a delicious hot meal ready and waiting for you.
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DUNEDIN — A report, commissioned by the Dunedin City Council, identifying the areas of Dunedin most vulnerable to climate change is to be released today.
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DUNEDIN — It's fast, it's free and it's all for you.
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DUNEDIN — What to do when the item you are looking for on the library shelves is out or at another library? The answer is simple - place a hold on it! In the 2008/09 year just over 124,000 holds were placed across the library network making it one of Dunedin Public Libraries' most popular services.
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DUNEDIN — The Minister of Finance has given a strong indication that GST will be increased to 15% from 1 October 2010 but any decision to do so will not be made until the Budget announcement in May this year.
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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council is about to consult with the public on the future of the South Dunedin Retail Centre.
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DUNEDIN — Today is World Health Day and this year, with more than three billion people now living in cities, the World Health Organisation is focussing on urban health with a campaign called '1000 cities, 1000 lives'.
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DUNEDIN — Investors and Dunedin businesses looking for investment will benefit from the visit next week of Bill Payne, one of the United States’ most decorated Angel investors.
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