Daily Archives: March 5, 2010

Another National bugle boy: Dunne on stadium

### Channel 9 News March 5, 2010 – 7:34pm
Peter Dunne positive about Dunedin Stadium
The Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne was in Dunedin yesterday, and whilst here he talked with Mayor Peter Chin about a number of issues, one of which was the Stadium. With the experience of living in Wellington before and after the construction of the Westpac Stadium, Dunne expects the tide of conjecture about the stadium to turn once it is up an running.
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Plan Change 7 – Dunedin Harbourside

### ODT Online Fri, 5 Mar 2010
Cull pushes for harbourside rethink
By Mark Price
A rift is developing in the Dunedin City Council over its “50-year vision” of turning the industrial harbourside area into a locality of apartments, bars and cafes. The plan requires a change of zoning for the affected land. Cr Dave Cull this week said “plan change 7” contained “ghastly negative repercussions” that would lead to hundreds of job losses.

Cr Cull has sided with the Otago Chamber of Commerce and five businesses which have appealed to the Environment Court against the change.

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