Too soon for police to join fleet probe
It is too early to tell if the police will be involved after discrepancies in Dunedin City Council vehicle fleet numbers were discovered, the council says. Dunedin City Council chief executive Dr Sue...
View ArticleDelta to axe 77 more jobs
Infrastructure company Delta is again wielding the axe, with plans to cut an entire division's 77 jobs in Dunedin and other southern centres. The Dunedin City Council-owned company yesterday confirmed...
View ArticleVandervis casts votes, but they count for nothing
Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis is vowing to continue defying his voting ban after attempting to ignore his punishment during stormy exchanges yesterday. He joined other councillors in casting...
View ArticleChinese offer marine centre help
A marine science institute - including a public aquarium - that could help transform Dunedin's waterfront could be built with Chinese assistance. An offer to help the University of Otago build the...
View ArticleMarine institute aid offer
A marine science institute - including a public aquarium - that could help transform Dunedin's waterfront could be built with Chinese assistance. An offer to help the University of Otago build the...
View Article$1.5m DCC fraud probe: police called in
Police and the Serious Fraud Office have been called in after the Dunedin City Council this afternoon revealed the full size of an alleged $1.5 million fraud within its Citifleet department. The...
View ArticleNew fraud inquiry details revealed
A code of conduct complaint against Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis has revealed fresh details about the police investigation into the alleged $1.5 million Citifleet fraud. Cr Vandervis is facing...
View ArticleIn-house parking call after outcry
There are calls for the Dunedin City Council to revert to in-house management of parking operations in Moray Pl and at Forsyth Barr Stadium following a public outcry over Wilson Parking's methods. The...
View ArticleAngry walkout and no apology
Cr Lee Vandervis leaves yesterday's Dunedin City Council meeting after being asked to make a ''genuine'' apology for his behaviour. Photo by Peter McIntosh. Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis has...
View ArticleFriends left struggling for answers
Brent Bachop in the Moray Pl car park. Photo by ODT. A family has been torn apart, and Dunedin City Council staff continue to mourn a colleague, following the death of Citifleet team leader Brent...
View ArticleCitifleet 'stonewalled' auctioneer firm
A Dunedin city councillor says the council should have investigated its fraught Citifleet unit three years ago, when he expressed concerns that it shut out firms like car auctioneer Turners. Lee...
View ArticleBuyer protests his innocence
Previous || Next The owner of Dunedin's Cupid Shop says he is being made to ''feel like a bloody criminal'' after outing himself as the buyer of two of the Dunedin City Council's Citifleet vehicles....
View ArticleFurther DCC inquiries possible amid changes
There are no guarantees the Dunedin City Council's alleged $1.5 million vehicle fraud will not be the only issue uncovered as the council overhauls its internal controls, chief executive Dr Sue Bidrose...
View ArticleAudit NZ slated over Citifleet 'fraud'
The effectiveness of Audit New Zealand is being questioned as a war of words erupts over the Dunedin City Council's alleged $1.5 million vehicle fraud. Past and present Dunedin city councillors and...
View ArticleLook at audit, disposal policies
The Dunedin City Council is continuing to close the gaps in its defences in the wake of the $1.5 million Citifleet fraud. Councillors at today's audit and risk subcommittee meeting will consider a new...
View ArticleFraud probe over Dunedin council cars
A fraud probe is looking into whether dozens of Dunedin City Council vehicles were sold over the past decade, and the proceeds pocketed. Profits from the purchase and sale of Citifleet vehicles,...
View ArticleChch firm tipped to get work
The Dunedin City Council appears poised to outsource part of its water maintenance work, and 30 of its staff, to Christchurch City Council-owned company City Care. The Otago Daily Times understands a...
View ArticleHotel traffic report close to completion
A report that could offer a solution to traffic issues standing in the way of Dunedin's waterfront hotel is close to completion, Dunedin City Council staff say. The Otago Daily Times sought a progress...
View ArticleDunedin council's vehicle network revealed
Investigations into alleged vehicle fraud at the Dunedin City Council Citifleet/Citipark unit have unravelled a vast network of vehicle transactions over the past 11 years, an informed source has told...
View ArticleNew details in $1.5m council fraud probe
Dunedin City Council is scrambling to regain its ratepayer confidence after releasing further details of an alleged departmental fraud reported to police last week. The local authority delivered an...
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