1 Oct 2021

Banning the Mayor on George Street, Dunedin

From Nights, 10:28 pm on 1 October 2021

The saga of changing Dunedin's main street in the centre of the city - George Street - to one way, continues with a retailer banning the mayor this week from his shop, after a vote last week to make George Street one way for traffic. The change would mean traffic would only be able to travel towards the Octagon as part of a 60 million dollar transformation of the city's main shopping precinct. A week ago, we talked to a Dunedin city Councillor Jim O'Malley, who voted in favour of the move. Retailer Brent Weatherall from Weatherall Jewellers tells Yadana Saw why he banned the mayor.