22 May 2025

Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 22 May 2025
The chimney at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum, with machinery nearby.

The Dunedin City Council says the chimney at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum is in worse condition than first thought. Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton

Government data shows there are just three households in emergency housing across the whole of Otago and Southland. 

Dunedin student flats are under inspection, a comprehensive work programme to better understand the hazards and adaptation options in the Glenorchy area has reached a significant milestone, and the dismantling of a historic Dunedin Gasworks chimney is underway.

Tess Brunton is a RNZ reporter in Dunedin covering Otago and Southland.

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