### The Star April 23, 2009 (page 3)
Staynes calls for public to get behind stadium
By Bruce Munro
On Monday, Dunedin City councillors voted 10-4 to sign a contract with Hawkins Construction to build the $198 million Otago Stadium. On Friday, the Stop the Stadium group sought an injunction barring the DCC from signing the construction contract. The injunction application was scheduled to be heard by the High Court at Christchurch today. The councillors’ vote was subject to a favourable decision from the High Court. The court’s decision is expected to be delivered by Justice Lester Chisholm tomorrow morning.
Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry said Cr Staynes had voiced his intention to support the project directly after the council voted on Monday. It was an important gesture, Mr Farry said. ‘‘Cr Staynes’ attitude was commendable.”
Story continues at The Star www.thestar.co.nz
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On the same page, Brenda Harwood reports on Bev Butler’s aim of attending today’s High Court hearing at Christchurch.
Ms Butler did not expect to take the stand, but told the Star the court would consider affidavits from herself, Nicole Holman and an “independent expert”. Lawyers from both sides would then “argue it out in front of the judge”, she said. If [the] decision did not go Stop the Stadium’s way, there were more plans in the pipeline. “We won’t stop our opposition [to the stadium], put it that way.”
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