Barker’s win came down to the wire:

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Oct 28

A ‘rollercoaster’ first year as Dunedin’s mayor

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A ‘rollercoaster’ first year as Dunedin’s mayor: Amid challenging circumstances, surprises and strong personalities, Dunedin’s mayor has sought to chart a course ...

Jul 28

Otago mayors’ bid for unity ‘optimistic’: Simms: Otago mayors’ bid for unity ‘optimistic’: Simms

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Apr 08

Emails reveal homeless spat: An explosive email chain has revealed infighting at the Dunedin City Council over a planned homelessness outreach service ...

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Mar 22

Council debate — when things get out of hand: A councillor tired of being interrupted walks out. The mayor warns councillors it is "not OK" to pick ...

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Mar 15

No budget secrecy: mayor: A prominent by-election candidate for the Dunedin City Council has questioned its secrecy around budgets. However ...

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Feb 22

Emails reveal shake-up disputes: Accusations of power-grabs, worries about pay and criticism of "frankly ridiculous" workloads were levelled at ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/ong-escorted-out-meeting-fellow-councillors

Feb 20

Ong escorted out of meeting by fellow councillors: A controversial Dunedin city councillor has had privileges revoked over his behaviour and was then escorted ...

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Dec 14 25

Governance structure changes criticised: Adjustments to the Dunedin City Council governance structure to accommodate Cr Lee Vandervis did not delight all of his ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/vandervis-agrees-lead-new-portfolio

Dec 03 25

Vandervis agrees to lead new portfolio: Dunedin's mayor appears to have struck a second compromise over her new governance structure ...

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Nov 13 25

Vandervis claims mayor misled him on leadership role: Disgruntled Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis has accused the city’s mayor of misleading him about a ...

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odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/mayor-councillor-split-economic-development-portfolio

Nov 11 25

Mayor, councillor to split economic development portfolio: An eleventh-hour agreement with Dunedin’s mayor has elevated first-term councillor Andrew Simms to ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/mayors-move-sidelining-me-simms

Nov 09 25

Mayor's move 'sidelining me': Simms: Mayoral runner-up Andrew Simms has telephoned Dunedin’s new mayor saying he will not accept his deputy ...

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Nov 07 25

Shake-up intended to ‘elevate’ governance: New Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker has shaken up how the city’s elected representatives will govern the council ...

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Oct 20 25

STV advice flawed: Simms: Dunedin mayoralty runner-up Andrew Simms has expressed frustration about "misinformation" on how best to vote under the STV ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/%E28098it%E28099s-me%E28099-barker-takes-mayoralty

Oct 12 25

‘It’s me’: Barker takes mayoralty: Sophie Barker has been told she has won the Dunedin mayoralty. She sent a text message to the Otago Daily Times at 10 o’clock ...

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Rating the performance of Dunedin councillors: Grant Miller has been to a lot of Dunedin City Council meetings in the past three years ...

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Fears legislation would remove local control: Local decision-making is under threat from a raft of central government legislation changes ...