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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 ...

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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Feb 15

Call for reflection as satisfaction still low: Dunedin's mayor has called on councillors to reflect on their conduct, as community satisfaction in their ...

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Jan 18

Councillor’s claim on CEO’s presence disputed: A Dunedin councillor argued the city council’s chief executive witnessed an incident that demanded her ...

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Dec 16 25

Ong’s bid to chair new funding committee ‘a stretch’: mayor: A third Dunedin city councillor is seeking a shake-up to the city’s governance ...

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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 28 25

Mayor says sorry for leaving applications in lurch: Dunedin's mayor has offered a profuse apology after 300 grant applications were left in limbo following ...

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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 ...

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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 19 25

Barker’s win came down to the wire: Dunedin's new mayor did not take the lead until the 13th of 15 rounds in the STV vote count ...

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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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Oct 11 25

Barker claims Dunedin mayoralty by close margin: Councillor Sophie Barker has been provisionally elected Dunedin mayor by a narrow margin ...

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Sep 23 25

Dunedin’s mayor confident as momentum gathers behind former deputy: In a packed race, voters weigh incumbent Jules Radich’s infrastructure track record against ...

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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 ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/radich-allies-switch-barker

Jun 16 25

Radich allies switch to Barker: Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich appears to have no councillors backing his bid for re-election as two former allies jump ship to ...

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/%E28098widely-tipped%E28099-run-mayor

May 11 25

‘Widely tipped’ to run for mayor: Dunedin city councillor Sophie Barker is not ruling out a tilt at the mayoralty but says there is plenty of work to be done ...