The Otago Rugby Football Union should be in a good position to produce revenue after two years of financial underwriting by its parent body, Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland said last night.
Full article: Highlanders to receive $ for 2 years
Wayne Squire, of Dunedin, has been documenting daily progress at the Forsyth Barr Stadium construction site from his house bus for nearly two months.
Full article: Does not like what he sees
Dunedin City Council chief executive Jim Harland says it is “entirely appropriate” the council will appoint a director to a new-look Highlanders rugby board.
DCC will appoint director
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McLauchlan confident he will keep his job
The term of the Otago Rugby Football Union’s $2 million loan from the Dunedin City Council ran out yesterday, but the sale of Carisbrook to the council appears to have taken care of the debt.
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Carisbrook Stadium Trust officials are encouraged by the eight piles that have been driven successfully at the site of the stadium’s main south stand.
Full article: First baby steps OK
A letter to residents explaining the Dunedin City Council’s stance on the Forsyth Barr Stadium has been labelled “disappointing” and “propaganda” by Stop The Stadium president Bev Butler.
Full article: DCC’s response to 538 submissions against the stadium
Construction of the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin will cost ratepayers at least $261 million, updated figures confirm.
Full article: The beginning of what we always feared
Will the DCC be able to prove it negotiated a good deal in buying Carisbrook or has it been overly favourable to the Otago Rugby Football Union?
Full article: Subsidising rugby
It may take up to six months to fill the Carisbrook Stadium Trust chief executive position, but the delay was in large part to do with finding the right person for the job, chairman Malcolm Farry said.
Full article: Hard to find white elephant wallah
A reasonable figure for the sale of Carisbrook is proving difficult to pin down, but a reported estimate of $4 million from a property valuer has been dismissed as too low.
Full article: $7M for workable stadium vs $198M+ for money sink
Local Government minister Rodney Hide says he will be “keeping an eye” on issues around Forsyth Barr Stadium, but he will not be calling for a government inquiry.
Full article: Hide doesn’t Act
The Dunedin City Council will be handed the keys to Carisbrook within weeks in a deal believed to be worth $7 million to the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Full article: DCC buys Carisbrook
