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### ch9.co.nz October 28, 2010 – 7:31pm
Dunedin Public Library undergoing transformation
The Dunedin Public Library is undergoing a transformation at present, where the off-white and grey paint job will be replaced by a more intense colour scheme. The Library hopes to have all the beautification work complete by the end of November, in time to help host a special event.
Link + Video

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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

DCC Chief Executive resigns – timing is everything!

Updated 30.10.10

### ODT Online Sat, 30 Oct 2010
Harland quits after decade at helm
By Chris Morris
The clean-out is complete at the top of the Dunedin City Council, with council chief executive Jim Harland yesterday announcing his decision to quit after more than a decade at the helm.
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### ODT Online Fri, 29 Oct 2010
Dunedin City Council CEO Jim Harland resigns
Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland has resigned today after 11 years in the job. Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull announced the resignation in a statement this afternoon. Mr Harland is to take up a position as Southern Regional Director of the NZ Transport Agency.
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Dunedin City Council – Media release
Chief Executive Resigns But Not Lost To Dunedin

Last reviewed: 29 Oct 2010 2:45pm

Mayor Dave Cull announced today that Dunedin City Council Chief Executive Jim Harland has resigned his position.

“Mr Harland leaves the Dunedin City Council to take up a position as Southern Regional Director for the NZ Transport Agency, commencing in January 2011. This is a unique opportunity for Mr Harland and one that utilises his strengths in strategic planning, organisational leadership and relationship management”, said Mayor Cull.

NZ Transport Agency Chief Executive Geoff Dangerfield said that as Southern Regional Director Mr Harland would work between NZTA’s Christchurch and Dunedin offices so would not be lost to Dunedin. “This is a key position within the NZTA and Jim will play an important role in advising South Island councils regarding their regional land transport strategies.”

As part of his new role, Mr Harland will retain his position on the Stadium Project Delivery Team because of the synergy between the Stadium, the realignment of SH88 and his knowledge of the project. He will also be involved in national projects as part of the NZTA’s Senior Leadership Team.
Read more [DCC has removed the link]

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Architecture Dunedin, a free published guide

### ODT Online Fri, 29 Oct 2010
Dunedin’s heritage celebrated
By Kim Dungey
Publishers weighing up which stunning buildings to include in a booklet on Dunedin architecture identified more than 100 contenders within a 6km radius. Architecture Dunedin, a free 44-page guide to the city’s architecture, will be in cafes, libraries, museums and information centres from today. It is also being sent to all local secondary schools. In the end, the team selected about 70 buildings to highlight, listing around 30 other notable sites at the back.
The booklet was developed and funded by Parker Warburton architects, with help from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, the Dunedin City Council, Tourism Dunedin and Michael Findlay, of the University of Otago design studies department.
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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

Insights: noticing/managing city views

### ODT Online Wed, 27 Oct 2010
Opinion: Rear ends on show in Dunedin
By Chris Skellett
Chris Skellett notices that life in Dunedin has been getting a little back to front. In recent weeks, I’ve become increasingly aware of a puzzling theme to my life in Dunedin … I suddenly realised that throughout Dunedin we are increasingly defining our positions with respect to the buildings that we find ourselves behind!
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Surprise! DCC continues to create CONFUSION

Firstly: No CityTalk was delivered to my central city residence…

### ODT Online Mon, 25 Oct 2010
Confusion as deadline draws near
By Chris Morris
Confusion surrounding Dunedin’s new kerbside collection service could drive up the cost of the scheme for the city’s 45,000 households, the Dunedin City Council is warning. The new service is due to be launched on February 28 next year, but members of the public have only until October 31 to tell the council if they want a smaller recycling wheelie bin as part of the new service.

DCC’s new refuse service
– Due to launch on February 28.
– Cost $63 per household, paid by uniform annual charge (UAC).
– 240-litre wheelie bin, or 80-litre wheelie bin substitute, for non-glass recyclables.
– Existing black bags for rubbish.
– Existing blue crates for glass.
– October 31 deadline to request smaller 80-litre wheelie bin, if required.

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Let’s be clear. DCC has completely fudged central city Parking and that particular cloud hasn’t dispersed. Now this mess with household waste collections. Communication is? DCC in own bubble, AGAIN.

Dunedin prides itself on being a university town, with a higher than average number of residents holding degrees. And yet, the Council has no idea how to provide timely sage advice to residents on the matter of cost, convenience and affordability for rubbish collections. Surprising, given the number of submissions Council received from the public. Where’s the follow up?

I have no ability to accept ANY wheelie bin of whatever size. So what are my alternatives, DCC? Where is my letter or a webpage I can consult to get to the heart of the matter?

On the surface of it, as I submitted in writing, with the advent of wheelie bins I will be doing less recycling than ever before – since all of my recyclable waste, apart from glass, has to go to landfill in a black bag. Because, there appears to be no alternative provided by the Council. This stinks.

DCC, WHAT IS CUSTOMER SERVICE? HAVE YOUR COLLECTIVE MANAGERS FIGURED THIS OUT YET? Now, about CityTalk…

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Otara Simple House

### ODT Online Fri, 22 Oct 2010
Government opens its first ‘simple’ house
The Government has opened its first “simple house” today – its answer to streamlining the design and build process to allow first-time home buyers affordable housing. Building and Construction Maurice Williamson opened the house designed by Stephen Smith and built by Housing New Zealand in the south Auckland suburb of Otara. Mr Smith’s design won the Starter Home Design Competition run by the Department of Building and Housing. NZPA
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█ s3architects – DBH Starter Home, Preston Rd

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### nzherald.co.nz 5:11 PM Friday Oct 22, 2010
A new era in affordable housing
A spokesperson for housing New Zealand told NZPA the home would cost $1835 per sq metre (including GST) and assumed that the section was ready to build on. NZPA
Link + 2 Photos

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

DVML on seat sales

### Odt Onlineon Sat, 23 Oct 2010
Stadium 8-seat reserve package sells out
By David Loughrey
One of the Forsyth Barr Stadium seating packages has sold out, pushing the funding raised so far to $35.7 million. Dunedin Venues Management Ltd (DVML), the company set up to manage the facility, has managed to sell 20 of the 20 available eight-seat open club reserve packages.
DVML has a target of $45.5 million to raise in private sector funding from the sale of seating packages and sponsorship for the stadium.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

DCC: The new council emerges

### ODT Online Fri, 22 Oct 2010
Staynes likely to be deputy
By Chris Morris
Dunedin’s next deputy mayor looks set to be Cr Chris Staynes, with his appointment expected to be confirmed at a Dunedin City Council meeting next week.
Details of any changes to the structure of council committees, and who will hold the chairmen and deputy chairmen positions for each, will be confirmed at Tuesday’s meeting.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

David Kirk, big supporter of stadium

### ODT Online Fri, 22 Oct 2010
Cup offers long-term benefits: Kirk
By Hamish McNeilly
New Zealand could be a winner on and off the pitch at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, former All Black captain David Kirk says.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Connecting business and science sectors

### ODT Online Thu, 21 Oct 2010
Varsity part of $20m research scheme
The University of Otago is one of first six research institutions to be included in the Government’s new technology transfer voucher scheme. Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp yesterday announced the initial list of six research institutions from which businesses participating in the scheme could choose. The “vouchers” will be awarded on application to businesses with a specific research and development project, but little or no in-house research and development capability.
The voucher scheme would enhance the connection between the business and science sectors, which would lead to innovation and business growth, which benefited all New Zealanders.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Inanity of property development and consumer demand at scale – less than subtle reminder to DCC, we HATE sprawl

### boston.com September 30, 2010
The Big Picture: News Stories in Pictures
Human landscapes in SW Florida
By Alan Taylor
Boom and bust residential development has drastically affected parts of southwest Florida for decades now, and I spent some time (with the help of Google Earth), looking around the area. With permission from the fine folks at Google, here are a few glimpses at development in southwest Florida.
Link + Comments (26 photos total)

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### distractedscientist.wordpress.com October 16, 2010
By distractedscientist
Why primary school children shouldn’t do town planning.
It seems that fairly large tracts of Florida make for some amazing art, but it’s not town planning. More like doodling with patterns, and being, ‘Oh, that could be be a town layout’.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Links via @ajamesgreen

Day 3 in office: Mayor-elect Dave Cull

Mayor Cull says he wants to review all city assets, projects and debt, but his first priority will be to look at operating costs rather than existing capital expenditure.

### ODT Online Sat, 16 Oct 2010
Dave Cull: A chain and a city
By Mark Price
He has presented television programmes such as Renovators, Open Home, Town and Country and Master Builders’ House of the Year Awards. He has written and published many books, including Big Weather South. He was born in Invercargill, remains a fan of Yes Minister and has a taste for Central Otago wine. His name is Dave Cull and, on October 26, he will be sworn in as the 57th mayor of Dunedin. Mark Price spoke to him this week.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Lovelock Avenue Realignment

Rumours have been circulating in Opoho recently that tender documents for the realignment had been sent out by council staff in a hurried attempt to prevent the incoming council from stopping the realignment.

### ODT Online Sat, 16 Oct 2010
Don’t sign any tender papers, Harland told
By David Loughrey
The controversial project to realign Lovelock Ave, in Dunedin, may be dumped, just days before tender documents are due to be signed. Mayor-elect Dave Cull said yesterday he had already told council chief executive Jim Harland not to sign any tender documents for the project. Those documents were sent to selected contractors about three weeks ago, and are due back on Monday.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Video: ‘Understanding Hobart’s architecture heritage through art’

██ http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/05/06/2892372.htm

6 May, 2010 4:54PM AEST
By Carol Raabus
Ten Murray Street is a large, grey office block, built in the 1960s with a strong modernist aesthetic. A proposal to redevelop the Parliament Square precinct would see the building demolished, along with other buildings around it. A group of artists and architects don’t want this to happen and they’re protesting in the best way they can.

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Meanwhile…
Goodbye, Manchester Courts of Christchurch.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Architects Talk

Best architecture videos. Quality Conversations.
http://www.architects-talk.com/

Kazuyo Sejima talks about the New Museum of Contemporary Art
12 October 2010
http://www.architects-talk.com/2010/10/kazuyo-sejima-talks-about-new-museum-of.html

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

AD Round Up: Architecture Videos

██ http://www.archdaily.com/58842/ad-round-up-architecture-videos/

The Third & The Seventh / Alex Roman

From the top of the Burj Dubai

More on Pole Dance, SO-IL’s winning entry for the P.S.1

Urban Farming in numbers

Sky, a Dubai video

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Dunedin Heritage Reuse Design Competition

Download poster (PDF): Dunedin Heritage Reuse Design Competition

Further information (PDF): HeritageReuseDesignCompetition UPDATED

DCC Media Release
For the 2010-2011 Design Competition, the nominated building is Garrison Hall, Dowling Street, Dunedin. Entries need to balance creative design, economic viability and sensitivity to heritage features and values.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

What to say: “reinforced grass”

### ODT Online Wed, 13 Oct 2010
Stadium turf gets $605,556
By Hamish McNeilly
The Dunedin City Council has been granted more than $600,000 to buy an artificial turf system for Forsyth Barr Stadium, the largest poker machine grant given to a local body. New Zealand Community Trust chief executive Mike Knell confirmed the trust had granted $605,556 for the artificial turf system, following a request from the Dunedin City Council. “It is a legacy for the whole community,” he said.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Peter Chin positive

### ODTOnline Tue, 12 Oct 2010
There’s a feeling of relief: Chin
By David Loughrey
Peter Chin may have lost the election but he appears to have rediscovered his sense of humour – and perhaps his joie de vivre – following Saturday’s election results. Dunedin’s outgoing mayor was yesterday clearly a happier man following the weight of office being lifted from his shoulders after six years in a job that involved “committing yourself completely to Dunedin”. And he took a parting shot at the candidates who ran negative campaigns “rubbishing” a city Mr Chin said had made considerable progress.
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### ODT Online Tue, 12 Oct 2010
Farry not expecting a stop to stadium
By Chris Morris
The ousting of Peter Chin as Dunedin mayor “doesn’t make sense”, but is unlikely to affect progress towards completing Forsyth Barr Stadium, Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry says.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Bond bank for local councils

## stuff.co.nz Last updated 05:00 10/10/2010
Councils prepare to flex borrowing muscle
By Rob Stock – Sunday Star Times
A bond bank to give local councils access to cheaper borrowing and offering local authority debt for ordinary mum-and-dad investors could be in place as early as August next year. The bond bank, which had its genesis in a brainwave by prime minister John Key when he was in opposition, is being backed by all major councils with the exception of Dunedin City, which came under fire last week from an election candidate over its borrowing process.
The bond bank would enable local authorities to combine their borrowing power. It would manage a portfolio of council debt, and issue liquid securities with high credit ratings secured against it. The securities would be marketed not just here, but overseas where yields are low, driving council borrowing costs down.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

The Distiller + WIC — Dunedin entrepreneurs

### ODT Online Sat, 9 Oct 2010
Minding others’ business
By Dene Mackenzie
For years, Dunedin has been grappling with ways to keep its best and brightest residents in the city. As parents have watched their children leave, many not to return, much handwringing by civic and community leaders has taken place. Business editor Dene Mackenzie talks to a group of young entrepreneurs prepared to do something about it, at their own cost.
Jason Leong, Francois Bondiguel and James Wigglesworth (all of Pocketsmith), Pierre-Emmanuel Perruchot de La Bussiere (iVisit) and Tim Calder (ParkHawk) are busy building their own businesses and careers but spend many hours each week encouraging a new generation to succeed.
The five men founded The Distiller, an independent non-profit project that focuses primarily on technology-related, pre-seed entrepreneurial ventures.
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Facebook Photo: The Distiller
The Distiller co-founders (from left) Jason Leong, Tim Calder, Pierre-Emmanuel Perruchot de La Bussiere and Francois Bondiguel. Absent, James Wigglesworth. The Lab residents look on.

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### ODT Online Sat, 9 Oct 2010
Access provider has confidence in association
By Dene Mackenzie
Wireless internet company owner Stuart Fleming is quietly confident that his decision to provide massive amounts of free internet to The Distiller will pay dividends for him and Dunedin. Seven years ago, Mr Fleming started his company, WIC, at the Centre For Innovation in the suite next to where The Distiller now operates.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Local Govt Online FOR RESULTS

Local Govt Online
@LGOLNZ New Zealand
Local Government Online
http://www.localgovt.co.nz/

UPDATED

Cull wins Dunedin mayoralty ODT Link

Dunedin City Council FINAL Results

Downloads:

Dunedin City Council 2010 Triennial Elections – Final STV Result (PDF)

Dunedin City Council 2010 Triennial Elections – Final STV Result (DOC)

Dunedin City Council 2010 Triennial Elections – Final STV Result Report(DOC)

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14.10.10 Declaration of DCC Results FINAL just to hand by email:

Mayoralty Dave Cull is declared elected.

Central Ward Bill Acklin, John Bezett, Fliss Butcher, Neil Collins, Paul Hudson, Jinty MacTavish, Chris Staynes, Teresa Stevenson, Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis and Colin Weatherall are declared elected.

Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward Andrew Noone is declared elected.

Mosgiel Taieri Ward Syd Brown and Kate Wilson are declared elected.

Southern District Health Board Results

Tweets:

@LGOLNZ Check out the Dunedin City Council results here http://bit.ly/bSc7AX #e2010

@LGOLNZ Otago Regional Council here http://bit.ly/dC95nP #e2010

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

The time has come for biffing out

“We are now finding out if there is life after debt and just how much impact there will be on our daily business from the habit changes forced by painful debt withdrawal symptoms.”
—Paul Hudson
ODT 7.10.10

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Have you voted?

UPDATED 6.10.10—Too late to post your voting form to Christchurch.

Deliver your voting form to Dunedin City Council by midday Saturday.

No forms?
Go straight to Dunedin City Council, or call 4774000.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

The new DCC is NEARLY here !!!

The long bow…
5.10.10 ODT: Chin hopes history will judge council in better light

The short straw…
5.10.10 ODT: DCC deeper in debt by $64m

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr