Dunedin City Council

DUNEDIN — A report received by the Dunedin City Council’s Community and Recreation Services from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, indicate that the unhealthy plane trees in the Octagon show the presence of no primary pathogens and they are not, in fact, dead or dying.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council will have almost 1000 housing units for the city’s senior residents when Mayor Peter Chin opens another five new properties to-day.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC’s Community and Recreation Services (CARS) is investigating a serious case of vandalism following the deliberate felling of five mature and eight younger native trees in the Town Belt.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC is to apply for a Resource Consent which would allow it to modify the old Art Gallery building at Logan Park.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Earth Hour Steering Group is co-ordinating the South Island’s main Earth Hour event with a free, powered-down celebration in the Octagon on Saturday 27 March.

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DUNEDIN — Humour in the face of horrific death and destruction is the underlying theme for the Trench and Troopship Journals Exhibition opening in the Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library, this Friday, 19 March.

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DUNEDIN — The largest delegation from Dunedin’s sister city of Shanghai to visit the city will be here on Thursday 25 March.

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DUNEDIN — Where, in Otago, is the most productive workforce? Which industry employs most people in the region, Tourism or Education and Research?

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DUNEDIN — A new group, set up by the DCC to promote the economic re-use of heritage buildings, will start its work next week by inviting owners of the city's older, pre 1930, commercial buildings to help guide their activities.

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DUNEDIN — The Children’s Library is getting a surprise present for its 100th Birthday Party on Saturday 13 March from 11.30am – 12 noon.

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DUNEDIN — The First of Two Funding Rounds This Year Closes 5.00 pm Friday 26 March 2010 The Dunedin City Council recognises the important contribution made by community organisations to the overall health and well-being of our City and its residents.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC's and Wenita's Rural Fire teams are fighting an extensive forest fire over 400 hectares of timber and cut-over in Wenita's Mount Allan Forest, 20 kilometres north west of Dunedin.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin’s first two-week long Chinese New Year festival, welcoming the Year of the Tiger with a roar, is halfway through and proving very popular! Almost 4000 people visited the Dunedin Chinese Garden last Sunday for the opening celebrations which culminated in stunning fireworks that lit up the city.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin is bracing itself for a gathering of the tartans as pipe bands from all over the South Island descend on the city this weekend, 20-21 February, for their annual Octagonal Day competitions.

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DUNEDIN — Following the annual revision of the service level agreement between the Dunedin City Council and the Carisbrook Stadium Charitable Trust (CSCT), a further definition of the roles has evolved.

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DUNEDIN — Otago businesses wanting to accelerate the delivery of their product to market can now get access to a world of experts, and if they are quick they could get the first $2000 of the expert’s fees paid for.

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DUNEDIN — A draft long-term plan for the Harbour Cone property, bought by Dunedin City Council last year, will come before Council for approval to take it out to public consultation.

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DUNEDIN — After an extensive search a person “who understands the commercial world and has a passion and enthusiasm for tourism” has been found to manage Dunedin’s Chinese Garden, Dunedin City Council General Manager Community Life, Graeme Hall, said today.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC has announced the name of the consultants who will identify opportunities and options for inclusion in the preparation of the city's digital communication strategy.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council has advised that level two water restrictions will come into effect from Tuesday 24 November in Mosgiel, Braeside, Kinmont Park and East Taieri, until further notice.

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DUNEDIN — With the ashes of all Guy Fawkes night bonfires thoroughly doused, Civil Defence and Rural Fires have turned their thoughts to the next round of bonfire applications.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Unit’s “Bring a VIP client to Dunedin” will benefit more Dunedin businesses than just those that received the vouchers, according to one winner.

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DUNEDIN — A growing number of city leaders are pledging to tidy up our city, following concerns raised at a Dunedin City Forum earlier this year about the amount of litter on our streets.

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DUNEDIN — For almost a decade, Dunedin Public Libraries have joined forces with Dunedin Public Hospital to provide a Books for Babies pack for every child lucky enough to be born in our fair City.

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DUNEDIN — With the design work nearing completion, a review of the construction sequence and safety concerns means the Town Hall will close completely for about 12 months during the Dunedin Centre redevelopment project.

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DUNEDIN — There's a bigger, brighter even better party lined up for this year's New Year's Eve - and everyone's invited, even the kids! Dunedin City Council Events Unit has confirmed a free New Year's Eve concert in the Octagon and released details of a high quality crowd-pleasing line-up for the event.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC is to lose the services of one of its top managers with the resignation of Kate Styles, General Manager Strategy and Development.

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DUNEDIN — The Otago Central Vulcan and Steam Celebrations are on this weekend with train rides, displays, tours and music included in the fun in and around Middlemarch over the long weekend.

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DUNEDIN — A project that has been on the DCC’s books for more than a decade is about to become a reality.

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DUNEDIN — The group set up by the Council to review the implementation of the city’s new Parking Strategy has been working its way through a mountain of public comment, business reaction and research data.

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DUNEDIN — Eight Otago and Southland councils have signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the delivery of public library services across the two regions.

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DUNEDIN — Diana Gabaldon may be in Dunedin for only half a day, but such is her popularity that organisers have been forced to find a bigger venue for those fans wanting to hear and meet the super-selling author.

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DUNEDIN — The Mayor of Dunedin, Peter Chin, announces David Davies as CEO of the newly formed Dunedin Venues Management Ltd, the company set up by the DCC to run the new Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, the Dunedin Centre complex and the Edgar Centre.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC is trying education in the war against graffiti in Dunedin.

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DUNEDIN — Work is well underway to highlight Otago’s civic and business links with China at the World Expo in Shanghai next year.

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DUNEDIN — DCC contractors and staff will begin work this Saturday to change maximum parking restrictions in George and Princes Street and surrounding streets following a change of heart by the Council this week.

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DUNEDIN — Keep Dunedin Beautiful’s application for resource consent for a community art project on the fence surrounding the Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza construction site on Anzac Avenue has been approved.

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DUNEDIN — On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which this year falls on Saturday, 3 October, the Dunedin Chinese Garden will celebrate the Moon Festival, one of China’s three most important festivals.

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DUNEDIN — The need to carry out routine maintenance and cleaning of the Quarry Hill reservoir means Mosgiel residents are about to have their water supply temporarily switched from local bores to the Mt Grand Water Treatment plant.

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DUNEDIN — Thousands of people will be taking to the streets in cities around the globe on Tuesday, 22 September to celebrate the annual World Car-Free Day.

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DUNEDIN — For those of you who follow her work, she is the creator of some of the most riveting reads in contemporary fiction.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin (Friday, 4 September 2009) – A leadership award from Otago Polytechnic is being used by one of the staff of the ACC New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin to volunteer at the World Masters Games in Sydney next month.

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DUNEDIN — At its meeting on 17 August, 2009, the Dunedin City Council appointed nine directors to sit on the inaugural board of the new Dunedin Venues Management Limited company.

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DUNEDIN — A study has found that there is a substantial demand for Maori cultural experiences by visitors in and around Dunedin/Otepoti, and that local businesses are keen to respond.

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DUNEDIN — Tickets are selling fast for Middlemarchs Otago Central Vulcan and Steam Celebrations on Labour Weekend with many seizing the opportunity to take a trip down memory lane in a Vulcan railcar or on a steam train.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC has completed negotiations with the Otago Rugby Football Union that sees the Council assume ownership of Carisbrook.

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DUNEDIN —  The Dunedin City Council’s March 2008 funding round has been completed and the Community Assistance Sub-Committee, comprising councillors and community representatives has allocated funds to over 82 groups and organisations, from the community, recreation, youth, arts, environmental, cultural, heritage and events sectors.

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DUNEDIN — Moana Pool’s Swimsation School has been announced ‘Swimschool of the Year’ at the latest franchise awards evening held in Auckland recently.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin Public Libraries is about to open an exciting new space dedicated to teenagers in its City Library branch in Moray Place.

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DUNEDIN — The DCC Roading staff are, once again, reminding motorists of the need for extra care on city roads as winter approaches.

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DUNEDIN — The Town Hall Redevelopment Project provides the opportunity to upgrade and modernise the Town Hall and Dunedin Centre complex as well as providing a new public space next to it, according to an independent peer review of the project. 

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin road users are being encouraged to use the phone to dob in fellow motorists who run red lights - all in the name of safety.

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DUNEDIN — This years hui, to be held at Arai Te Uru Marae on 8 April, will have a strong focus on learning.

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DUNEDIN — Students with business ideas are shouting coffee or lunch in exchange for some professional advice from local business experts, in a new Kickstart initiative, “Food for Thought”.

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OTAGO — “Mayor’s Birthday Attracts Government ‘Pressie’ For Otago Settlers Museum.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Holdings group has achieved another steady half-year result.  Group sales and the net surplus before the shareholders’ interest have both increased.

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DUNEDIN — Public Meetings will be held at the Dunedin Botanic Garden, Botanic Garden Centre, Lovelock Avenue on Sunday 16th March at 4:00pm and Wednesday 19th March at 7:00pm. 

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DUNEDIN —  To enable events in the city to run more effectively and efficiently, the DCC has designed an Event Management Plan.

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DUNEDIN — The Government hasrecently introduced a Billto improve and extendthe current Dog ControlAct, and is inviting the public to offer their suggestions.

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DUNEDIN — The Dunedin City Council is looking for two Community Representatives to assist the Community Assistance Sub-Committee in its deliberations granting $674,800.00 to a range of community groups.

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DUNEDIN — The continued dry weather has meant that stream flows in the city’s water supply catchments have fallen and demand has increased to the point that conservation measures are required.

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DUNEDIN — The first stage of a more than $12 million dollar upgrade of Portobello Road and Harington Point Road on the Otago Peninsula is due to start next week.

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DUNEDIN — Contractors have commenced work mulching burnt gorse stems and regrowth on the fire burnt area at Signal Hill Reserve.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin (17 September 2007) - Work will be carried out early this week to re-contour sections of the dune tops west and east of Moana Rua Road.

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DUNEDIN — Dunedin (13 September) - The Dunedin Amenities Society, in conjunction with the Dunedin City Council, is undertaking further native tree planting at the Craigieburn Reserve in Tanner Road, on 20 September 2007.

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DUNEDIN — “This is the best news Dunedin’s had for a while - it’s put a smile on the face of Spring” was how Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin reacted to news that the city’s Freedom Air trans Tasman service would be reclaimed by parent company Air NZ – together with an increase in flight frequency.

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