Dunedin sculpture's mouthy message
New Zealand Herald
Dunedin City Council community development committee chairman Cr Bill Acklin said the council would organise removal of the graffiti as soon as possible. "Somebody is not happy with the DCC," he said. Cr Acklin said the defacement had been there a few ...

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Venue subsidy plan
Otago Daily Times
By Rebecca Fox on Mon, 6 Feb 2012 It will cost the Dunedin City Council at least $20000 to provide community groups with a similar level of access to facilities, such as the Skeggs Gallery, as they had before the recent change of management.

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Otago Daily Times
DCC 'not mucking about' on erosion
Otago Daily Times
Mr Cull and Dunedin City Council chief executive Paul Orders met resident Hoani Langsbury on Thursday to discuss the situation. Mr Langsbury is a member of the Otago Peninsula Community Board and chairman of the Te Rauone Beach Coast Care Committee.

Otago Daily Times
Plan to enhance cemetery
Otago Daily Times
The board had access to a fund of about $28000 for improvements to the cemetery, but Dunedin City Council investigations revealed that would not cover the cost of the land, which had a rateable value of $241000, nor cover the costs of necessary ...

Otago Daily Times
Build-up for Orientation under way
Otago Daily Times
This year's Orientation has a more inclusive approach between the event's traditional planners, the Otago University Students' Association and new partners the University of Otago and Dunedin City Council. Dubbed "Orientadium 2012", the February 20-25 ...

Otago Daily Times
Dunedin 'on cusp' of digital progress
Otago Daily Times
The Dunedin City Council's "digital office", approved in March last year, is also close to operation. Its establishment is part of the council's digital strategy, which was driven by Mr Cull when he was a councillor before the last election, ...

Airport build a boost for Christchurch
Stuff.co.nz
"I'm not sure the Dunedin City Council for example would be keen on that sort of investment." Christchurch airport's assets include a more than 3000 metre main runway, a cross-wind runway of close to 2000 metres and the new $237m terminal investment ...

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Dozens of kids in dog bite claims
Otago Daily Times
The figures differ to the number of dog attacks on people reported to the Dunedin City Council. Ninety-seven were reported in the 2010- 2011 financial year, and 69 in 2009- 2010. Council environment health-animal control team leader Ros MacGill said ...

Otago Daily Times
Motels claim DCC breaking agreement
Otago Daily Times
... million benefit the week-long Games brought to Dunedin because staff at the i-Site visitors centre, which is owned by the Dunedin City Council, had broken an agreement to promote the halls of residence only if other accommodation was fully booked.

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Otago Daily Times
Volunteers' Rugby World Cup medals remain unclaimed
Otago Daily Times
By Nigel Benson on Fri, 3 Feb 2012 Dunedin City Council events and special projects officer Kim Newman shows one of many unclaimed 2011 Rugby World Cup certificates and medals on Wednesday. Nearly 150 Otago volunteers have yet to receive a ...

Otago Daily Times
Councillors not moved by campaign
Otago Daily Times
However, just 392 people had so far registered for the programme, including just six using Dunedin City Council staff email addresses, although 12464 had visited the programme's website. Contacted this week, Cr Butcher said the results, including the ...

Otago Daily Times
Council acts over harbour erosion claims
Otago Daily Times
By Chris Morris on Thu, 2 Feb 2012 Dunedin City Council staff will conduct a fact-finding mission at Te Rauone Beach, on Otago Peninsula, after claims urgent action is needed to address erosion in the area. Council operations general manager Tony Avery ...

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New Zealand Herald
Council backs down on sausage sizzle fee
New Zealand Herald
Photo / APN Snags are back on the menu after Dunedin City Council ditched plans to slap a $16 fee on sausage sizzles. Council staff yesterday confirmed they had dropped the fee, which would have been applied to groups running public food stalls as a ...
Council withdraws sausage sizzle fee proposalRadio New Zealand
Charities escape sizzler surchargeTimaru Herald
No charge for sausage sizzles in DunedinNZ City
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Morning Report: local papers
Radio New Zealand
... in which a man was attacked with a wheelbrace and demands were made for drugs and money. Sausages, bread and onions are back on the menu - sans red tape - after Dunedin City Council ditched plans to impose a $16 fee on charitable sausage sizzles.

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Otago Daily Times
DCC ditches plan for sausage sizzle fee
Otago Daily Times
Sausages, bread and onions are back on the menu - sans red tape - after the Dunedin City Council ditched plans to slap a $16 fee on charitable sausage sizzles. Council staff yesterday confirmed they had dropped the fee, which would have been applied to ...

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Otago Daily Times
Staff to study erosion
Otago Daily Times
By Chris Morris on Thu, 2 Feb 2012 Dunedin City Council staff will conduct a fact-finding mission at Te Rauone Beach, on Otago Peninsula, after claims urgent action is needed to address erosion in the area. Council operations general manager Tony Avery ...

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Council drops sausage sizzle tax
3News NZ
By Anna Burns-Francis The Dunedin City Council has backtracked on a plan to charge volunteer fundraisers $16 to put on a sausage sizzle. The change of heart is a relief to all of the city's fund-raising food stall operators, especially schools.
Sausage sizzle tax gets burnedMSN NZ News

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Sausage sizzle fee burns
Radio New Zealand
Dunedin City Council is considering charging not-for-profit groups $16 to register their sausage stalls, as a means of meeting the cost of policing food safety standards. Green Island school principal Steve Hayward says the extra charge is unjustified ...

Otago Daily Times
Museum rejects latest grievance allegations
Otago Daily Times
The museum received almost half its annual funding from the Dunedin City Council, totalling $3.77 million in 2011-12 and about $30 million since 2003. Otago Museum Trust Board acting chairwoman Kate Wilson, also a city councillor, declined to comment ...

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Otago Daily Times
Troubleshooter looking to make profit at ORFU
Otago Daily Times
Curragh said all the parties involved in discussion, including the Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin Venue Management Ltd and sponsors, were being hugely supportive to put the union in a good position. Jeremy Curragh at the Forsyth ...

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