Last week the Dunedin City Council announced it was to delay plans to refit the town hall. The decision has left promoters and town hall staff scrambling to prepare for the year ahead. The 9 Local News Word on the Street team pounded the pavement in George Street to ask if people thought the Council is right to delay the upgrade. ›see story

The ACC New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin are just ten days away, and games officials are busy putting the final touches on the preparations. This year's games may not attract as many visitors as past events, due to last year's world event held in Sydney, but organisers say the economic spin-off for the city is still going to be considerable. ›see story

The water supply for Mosgiel, Kinmont, Braeside and East Taieri residents has been switched back to the Mosgiel borefield. These areas had been supplied from the Mt Grand Water Treatment Plant since the 5th of October, to allow routine maintenance of the Quarry Hill Reservoir. ›read more

A steady stream of jobs have kept Dunedin Police busy for the past 24 hours. As well as the incident at Bathgate Park, a search warrant was executed at a Maitland Street address, where Police found a number of goods allegedly stolen from Briscoes last week. Police are speaking with a 34 year old man, and say charges are likely to follow. ›read more

The Dunedin City Council has announced that it will be changing it's 'I am Dunedin' branding slogan, which has been in effect since 2001. The Council is calling for ideas from local and national creative sources, and the final product will be decided by a number of Dunedin's institutions. ›see story

Police have experienced an especially busy weekend. Senior Sergeant Trevor Thomson says 34 arrests were made in the city between 12am Saturday and 12am this morning. Offences included disorder, breach of bail, theft, assault and drink driving. And it seems the fairer sex were better behaved over the weekend with only four of those arrested being female. ›read more

The University of Otago Council has approved plans for the first of its buildings adjacent to Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza. The building will provide facilities for the University’s Foundation Studies programme, the Unipol Gymnasium, a physiotherapy clinic and a café servicing both students as well as the public. ›read more

It's that time of year when school's out and children are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Father Christmas. Tonight we take a look at another idea to keep little people amused in the lead up to the big day. ›see story

Recently the Otago District Health Board held quality improvement awards for staff whose projects had made the hospital a better place. Many groups and individuals were nominated, however there could be only two ›see story

Rumours that Irish rock super group U2 were to be playing at the opening of Forsyth Barr Stadium have been laid to rest. Several Dunedin people had posted messages on the social networking site Facebook, speculating the mega stars may be on their way. ›read more

The issue of John Wilson Drive was on the agenda again today at the Dunedin City Council, but it appears any final decision on its future may take some time to make. The Council is considering closing the drive to vehicles by permanently installing a barrier at the location of the current gates. ›see story

The Otago Regional Council celebrated 20 years of working for Otago at this month’s meeting. ORC Chairman Stephen Cairns says successive councils have achieved a lot over that time, working closely with their communities towards sustainable resource management, while enabling regional prosperity through investments like the airborne geophysical survey. ›read more

The finalists have been selected for next year's Emerging Designers Award as part of Dunedin Fashion Week. Locally, five graduates from Otago Polytechnic will show their work against competitors from some of the world's most prestigious fashion schools. ›see story

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery is celebrating its 125th anniversary this evening. The milestone has provided an occasion for a new exhibition, as well as a book on the gallery's collection, both of which are to be launched tonight. ›see story

The Otago Regional Council is advising farmers to adopt water metering technology. The ORC is holding a series of field days to update farmers on the requirements for measuring their water take, and water meter technology. ›read more

The latest raft of changes to inner city parking have been in place for about a week, and even though it's early days the Council believes they're working well. But DCC General Manager of City Environment Tony Avery isn't ruling out further changes ›see story