Lee Vandervis News Today

What is it about popularity that is so important? Why should we bother trying to be popular, or even just likeable or liked? Whatever people might...

A Dunedin city councillor has called the government’s changes to disability support as putting fear into the community. Cr Carmen Houlahan’s...

A Dunedin businessman says he has "next to no confidence" the city council will consult properly about a proposed cycleway a second time around. At...

Dunedin city councillors have slammed the government’s proposed fast-track consent legislation as "anti-democratic" and "opening the door to...

A Dunedin businessman says he has "next to no confidence" the city council will consult properly about a proposed cycleway a second time around. At...

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich was heckled and city councillor Lee Vandervis received a warm reception at a public meeting last night calling for a 17...

More than 200 concerned Dunedin citizens have come together to dispute an "unacceptable" rates hike. Reduce Rates Group is a newly formed group of...

An assets market as "equally unpredictable" as cryptocurrencies could force a council-owned forestry company to dip further into debt to pay an $11...

The proposed 17.5 percent rates rise was driven by three waters spending, the introduction of a new rubbish collection service and increasing depreciation.

Slashing spending and ignoring what must be done are not how a successful city is built, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says. "We have to be brave...