DCC drop-in sessions - South Dunedin’s geological make up Feb 19

List of Drop-in sessions 2020 Feb-April, is below this notice.

 Dunedin City Council

 

Come along and find out more about the lie of the land, South Dunedin’s geological make up at the South Dunedin Community Pop Up library on Hillside Road from 12-3.30pm tomorrow (Wednesday, 19 Feb).

This is the first of our monthly drop-in sessions looking climate change in South Dunedin and the joint work between the DCC and Otago Regional Council.

More info: www.dunedin.govt.nz/talking-with-the-community

Drop-in sessions 2020
We are also starting a series of monthly drop-in sessions at the South Dunedin Community Pop-Up in Hillside Road. We will be running evening catch-up sessions every three months for anyone that can’t make the day times. Have a look at the details below and come along to discuss and learn more.

Date	Venue	Theme
Wed, 19 February - 12-3.30pm	South Dunedin Community Pop-Up, 199 Hillside Road	The lie of the land: the geology of South Dunedin
Thurs, 19 March  - 12-3.30pm	South Dunedin Community Pop-Up, 199 Hillside Road	St Clair – St Kilda coastal plan: what matters most?
Wed, 22 April  - 12-3.30pm	South Dunedin Community Pop-Up, 199 Hillside Road	The Flat: the people of South Dunedin, its buildings, assets, cultural sites, heritage
Wed, April 22 evening - 5.30-7.30pm	South Dunedin Community Network offices, 278A King Edward Street	*The lie of the land *St Clair – St Kilda coastal plan *The Flat

Stuff.co.nz report: "Dunedin council 'fleeced' Central Otago and Queenstown with $117m Aurora dividends"

Aurora news, not news to those who have been paying attention over the years of money switcheroo.

Unabridged article:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/119352336/dunedin-council-fleeced-central-otago-and-queenstown-with-117m-aurora-dividends

Dunedin council 'fleeced' Central Otago and Queenstown with $117m Aurora dividends

Debbie Jamieson15:59, Feb 17 2020

Jo McKenzie-McLean/Stuff

Work under way on the Aurora Energy network in Central Otago after a storm in 2017.

...Dunedin City Holdings Ltd (DCHL) chairman Keith Cooper said none of the many reports and reviews about Aurora pointed to the company's dividends or financial capability as driving low network investment and maintenance.

"Rather this has been attributed to the company's asset management planning capability."

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..The proposal outlines a programme for essential investments, maintenance and upgrades, which will cost users as much as $500 each over three years....

...Cadogan's submission says the Dunedin council received dividends of $117m between 2007 and 2017, despite Aurora receiving a warning from the Commerce Commission in 2012 for non-compliance with quality standards....

... "We can only assume, based on the inequity of the proposed price regime, that the historic under-investment was worse in Central Otago and Wanaka."

He also believed it was unaffordable in a district where 7 per cent of people could not afford to heat their home and 14 per cent could only sometimes heat their home....

...There would be further opportunity for customer feedback when the Commerce Commission holds its own consultation between July and December.