Dunedin City Council - Latest News [Page 9]
Seeking Feedback On Dunedin Sports Facilities
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 10:44 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin City Council wants to know what people think about the city’s sports facilities and is asking for feedback from today. The DCC owns 85 sports facilities, including sports fields, parks, outdoor courts, bowls clubs and indoor venues such as the Edgar ... More >>
Dunedin’s Playgrounds Under Spotlight
Friday, 24 July 2020, 12:39 pm | Dunedin City Council
The shape of Dunedin’s play spaces in the future is up for discussion with Dunedin City Council asking for feedback from today. The DCC is encouraging the public to take part in a survey and answer questions about different ways of playing and how ... More >>
Lower Speed Limits Proposed For High-risk Roads
Friday, 24 July 2020, 9:43 am | Dunedin City Council
The Dunedin City Council is asking for feedback on a proposal to lower speed limits on some high-risk Dunedin roads. The DCC is proposing to change its Speed Limits Bylaw which would reduce speed limits from 80km/h to 60km/h for some high-risk rural ... More >>
Safer School Streets Improvements Begin Around 13 Dunedin Schools
Friday, 3 July 2020, 2:06 pm | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin City Council has trialled several safety options around schools including Bayfield High, Dunedin North Intermediate, Sacred Heart, George Street Normal, Fairfield, East Taieri, Waitati, Kaikorai Valley College. Work begins next Monday 6 July to ... More >>
Dunedin To Host FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Matches
Friday, 26 June 2020, 8:26 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin is set to host a number of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 matches following the confirmation of a successful Australia-New Zealand joint bid this morning. In a move that will go down in football history, the tournament will be the first ever ... More >>
Dunedin Projects Receive Innovating Streets Funds
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 1:59 pm | Dunedin City Council
The Tertiary Precinct and Mosgiel-Taieri Safer School Streets projects were chosen as the DCC proposed a community focused and trial approach to deliver infrastructure improvements to achieve safer, more accessible and people-friendly streets. DCC Group ... More >>
Funding Opportunities For Local Game Developers Announced
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 11:03 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin’s Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) has announced a new funding programme for Dunedin’s game development community, which is worth $700,000. The money for the funding is being drawn entirely from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund. ... More >>
New Mosgiel Pool - Site Announcement And Start Of The Tender Process
Friday, 1 May 2020, 10:41 am | Dunedin City Council
The Dunedin City Council announced today that the new Mosgiel pool will be built on land adjacent to the current pool site at the western end of Memorial Park. With the site confirmed, the tender process for the design and build of the new pool is ... More >>
Mayor Launches Dunedin Business Directory Initiative
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 1:08 pm | Dunedin City Council
(Dunedin, 23 April 2020) Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins is leading an initiative to profile and promote local businesses as the country steps down into Alert Level 3 next week. The Dunedin Store is a free online platform for businesses to feature ... More >>
DCC Statement Re Dunedin Railways
Monday, 20 April 2020, 11:57 am | Dunedin City Council
Mayor of Dunedin Aaron Hawkins says the Dunedin City Council has agreed to financially support the mothballing of Dunedin Railways’ track and equipment so future options can be explored, as an alternative to fully closing the council controlled company. ... More >>
Mayor, Police Praise Community Response; Warn Against Complacency
Friday, 3 April 2020, 4:54 pm | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (Friday, 3 April 2020) – The Mayor of Dunedin and Southern District Police are praising the community’s response to the Covid-19 lockdown so far, but are also urging residents not to get complacent. Mayor Aaron Hawkins says, “The vast ... More >>
Dunedin to once again host global game development experts
Friday, 24 January 2020, 10:22 am | Dunedin City Council
(Dunedin, 24 January 2020 ) – The Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) will welcome game development industry experts Tabitha Hayes and Adam Clark to Dunedin next week as part of CODE’s drive to further connect Dunedin with the international game ... More >>
New pedestrian crossing technology outside Dunedin schools
Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 11:14 am | Dunedin City Council
New road safety measures are being introduced outside three Dunedin high schools to help make drivers more aware they are approaching pedestrian crossings and need to slow down. More >>
Dunedin a potential host city for the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Friday, 13 December 2019, 1:06 pm | Dunedin City Council
(Dunedin, 13 December 2019): Dunedin has joined the Australia-New Zealand bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will arrive at FIFA headquarters in Zurich today. More >>
New traffic monitoring system being installed
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 10:46 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (27 November 2019) – The Dunedin City Council is installing a system for monitoring travel times to help with transport planning and understanding traffic flow on Dunedin roads. The system will also provide origin and destination data to ... More >>
MoU with Japanese video games publisher
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 1:05 pm | Dunedin City Council
(Dunedin, 26 November 2019 ) – On Thursday 28 November, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed between successful Japan-based video games publisher, JP GAMES, and the recently announced New Zealand of Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE), which ... More >>
Temporary campervan parking for February visitors
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 11:02 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (26 November 2019) – The Dunedin City Council is converting part of the Victoria Rd carpark to a temporary campervan site in February next year to cope with the large influx of visitors expected in Dunedin. About 35 parks will be available ... More >>
City growth reflected in residents’ opinion survey results
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 10:07 am | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (Thursday, 21 November 2019) – Results of the latest Residents’ Opinion Survey reflect a growing population and a flurry of development and construction activity in the city, says Mayor of Dunedin Aaron Hawkins. More >>
Dunedin hosts a weekend of events for children's literature
Friday, 1 November 2019, 8:26 am | Dunedin City Council
Children’s literature is the focus of two events happening concurrently in Dunedin next month – one aimed at creators and the other at readers. Both will feature presentations and workshops from some of New Zealand’s most beloved children’s ... More >>
Dunedin Announced as Centre of Digital Excellence
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 7:42 pm | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin Announced as New Zealand’s Centre of Digital Excellence (Dunedin, 30 October 2019) In a Government announcement made today, Dunedin has been confirmed as New Zealand’s new Centre of Digital Excellence, a national hub that will support the ... More >>