Call for reflection as satisfaction still low:

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/upward-trend-council-satisfaction-survey

Jun 13

Upward trend in council satisfaction survey: Dunedin residents’ satisfaction with the city council is on the rise, a survey suggests. The Dunedin City Council’s ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/ong-asked-resign-mayor-horrified-conduct-report

Mar 24

Ong asked to resign as mayor 'horrified' by conduct report: Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong has been asked to consider resigning by 10 of his fellow ...

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odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/no-budget-secrecy-mayor

Mar 15

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

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/emails-reveal-shake-disputes

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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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 ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/steep-drop-satisfaction-levels-dcc-election

Nov 25 25

Steep drop in satisfaction levels with DCC before election: Dunedin residents’ satisfaction with the city council took a dive before the election ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/vandervis-claims-mayor-misled-him-leadership-role

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 ...

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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 ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/shake-intended-%E28098elevate%E28099-governance

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 ...

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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Newsroom

Oct 11 25

Incumbent mayors ousted in the south but voters go for Wayne and Phil, the sequel

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/11/voters-go-for-wayne-and-phil-the-sequel-with-a-debut-for-andrew/

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odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/call-low-satisfaction-levels-be-%E28098arrested%E28099

Oct 05 25

Call for low satisfaction levels to be ‘arrested’: A downward satisfaction trend since 2019 in how Dunedin is perceived will have to be arrested by the next ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/rates-debt-top-concerns-residents

Oct 01 25

Rates, debt top concerns for residents: Before the election, Dunedin residents are more concerned about rates and debt and less worried about looking after the ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/rating-performance-dunedin-councillors

Sep 13 25

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

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-08-2025/more-people-want-to-be-the-mayor-of-dunedin-than-anywhere-else-so-who-are-they

The Spinoff

Aug 06 25

More people want to be the mayor of Dunedin than anywhere else. So who are they?: Meet the record-breaking 16 candidates vying to lead Ōtepoti.