Motorists should think twice before parking on a roadside near Dunedin Airport.

Police took the unusual step of breathalysing a man who was tucked up in his bed at home.

A detailed map showing the location of every dangerously compromised power pole in Dunedin shows just how worried residents should be about the risk of death or injury.

Delta and Aurora are being investigated for failing to replace dangerous power poles in Dunedin.

All voters in Dunedin will be able to vote for all councillors in this year's elections, after the Local Government Commission yesterday scrapped the city's ward system.

Todd Treweek has been hit with $1000 fines over two years for blocking his own unused driveway - and council says it won't stop.

Ethical investment has come with a price tag of more than $380,000 for a council fund.

The concert where a balcony collapsed injuring 18 people should never have been held at student flats, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.

The Dunedin City Council has recommenced its contract with a Black Power leader facing dangerous driving and drugs-related charges.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

It was announced on the Capone's and Boogie Nites Facebook pages that the bars were closed yesterday morning.

Threats to kill, hit-and-runs and torrents of abuse - Dunedin's streets are becoming a battleground as motorists vent their frustration at parking officers.

Dunedin City councillor Lee Vandervis' aggression towards colleagues was slammed as unacceptable at a code of conduct hearing yesterday.

An outside company will be paid to pry into every corner of the Dunedin City Council in the wake of the Citifleet fraud.

The Dunedin City Council's group debt has dropped by more than $25 million on the back of stronger results by its companies, new figures show.

A notorious party flat in central Dunedin could find itself dragged into an extension of the city's liquor ban after years of 'unacceptable' behaviour by its residents.

A 40 metre elm tree is driving its owner and neighbours mad - but Dunedin's Council says "nuisance factors" aren't sufficient justification for taking it down.

Dunedin City Council is to review parking arrangements at Forsyth Barr Stadium, after Wilson Parking's $65 fines were slammed as ''exorbitant and unreasonable".

The man at the helm of the Dunedin City Council when most of a $1.59 million fraud took place has apologised to ratepayers.

A male and female constable were attacked in Dunedin's CBD and police say it shows why the city's bars need to close earlier.

Car buyers appear unlikely to face charges as a police investigation into the Dunedin City Council's alleged $1.5 million Citifleet fraud draws to a close.

The Dunedin City Council's alleged vehicle fraud may go back further than first thought - and more missing cars and money are likely to be involved.

An operation in which undercover police officers drank in Dunedin bars has been slammed as 'creepy' by the Hospitality Association.

Dunedin's mayor has admitted his council missed a chance to detect an alleged $1.5m fraud in its car fleet, after overlooking Audit NZ advice.

Police have been called in and the Serious Fraud Office notified, after the Dunedin City Council this afternoon revealed the full size of an alleged $1.5 million fraud within its Citifleet department.

Dunedin city councillor David Benson-Pope feels sick about street vomit in Dunedin - and now he has the pictures to prove it.

An ''outrageous'' initiative will see undercover police officers ''spying on patrons'', Hospitality Association chief executive Bruce Robertson says.

An investigation has been launched into the disappearance of dozens of the Dunedin City Council's vehicles, with proceeds unaccounted for, the ODT understands.

Plans for a $100 million waterfront hotel in Dunedin have been scrapped and the developers' partnership with the council has descended into acrimony.