Dunedin City Council

Improve recycling services to reduce landfill waste and increase recovery.

Replace ageing water pipes to reduce leaks and service disruptions.

Upgrade wastewater systems to meet current and future demand.

Examine bringing street cleaning and reserves management in-house to provide more control, manage costs and improve resident satisfaction.

Keep Three Waters delivery under council control and invest strategically in water assets for long-term intergenerational equity.

Leverage the waste levy more strategically to invest in long-term waste minimisation infrastructure, including building a waste recycling plant.

Support investments in rural wastewater schemes to service areas such as Warrington, Waikouaiti, Waitati, Seacliff and Middlemarch.

Support the development and construction of a mixed recycling material sorting facility at the old Green Island site.

Support the short-term South Dunedin stormwater work while considering broader South Dunedin Futures Programme investments.

Expand recycling services to include e-waste, textiles and other hard-to-dispose materials.

Improve core council services like street cleaning, public toilets and drinking fountains so every suburb is well supported.

Upgrade drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to meet future challenges.

Address the issue of the waste from the old Kettle Park landfill with courage and decisiveness, informed by expert advice.

Resource a more thorough cleaning regime in the CBD to ensure pride in our city.

Support DCC's ambitious Three Waters infrastructure build and efforts to address stormwater issues, especially public-private stormwater issues.

Commission recycling facility at Green Island and expand the number of community recycling centres.

Continue maintenance and renewals programme for Three Waters which has doubled in scope this long-term plan.

Ensure that the wastewater network in Kaikorai Valley is fully upgraded so that none passes to Tahuna wastewater treatment plant and land development is facilitated.

Stop Smooth Hill, avoid minimum ninety-two point six million dollar debt, cut risks and use safer Winton landfill.

Streamline dog licensing to be simple, fair and affordable. Reward great owners and fully fund animal control services to act fast on issues.

Upgrade South Dunedin's stormwater system immediately to prevent repeat flooding, with a clear public timeline and delivery. No more excuses.

Ensure an ongoing commitment to recycling and waste management to reduce the need for landfills.

Work to prevent the Government from taking control of the Three Waters through its new law. Lobby the Government.

Create a more dog-friendly city while ensuring and enforcing responsible dog ownership.

Bring forward short-term improvements in South Dunedin wastewater and stormwater work which should begin before 2028.

Review plans for Class 1 landfill development to ensure acceptable alternatives of lower costs are not overlooked.

Support encouraging waste minimisation which may also allow reconsideration of landfill requirements in future.

Continue education and initiatives around recycling and reuse and focus on waste reduction on all levels.

Continue to invest in upgrades for our Three Waters network.

Increase verge maintenance and work with Keep Dunedin Beautiful team and Taskforce Green to educate and promote civic pride via clean-up days.

Focus on reducing and reusing, upcycling and sharing before recycling.

Invest in local water well and consider future generations.

Advocate for the Dunedin hospital to be completed and fitted out according to the original specifications.

Advocate for the Dunedin hospital to be completed and fitted out according to the original specifications.

Prioritise work on water infrastructure that diverts wastewater from South Dunedin.

Prioritise work on water infrastructure that diverts wastewater from South Dunedin.

Commit to providing the infrastructure to maintain all Three Waters services to the highest possible standards.

Ensure that rubbish and recycling services continue to evolve, keeping more rubbish from landfill.

Advocate at national level for the Dunedin Hospital to be completed as promised according to the original plans.

Continue efforts of waste minimisation and raise awareness towards proper waste disposal methods.

Prioritise efficient stormwater drainage systems in flood-prone areas such as South Dunedin and Mosgiel.

Ensure prioritisation of South Dunedin stormwater work.

Encourage more vision and ambition in council's approach to the city's waste.

Make clean drinking water the highest priority of the Dunedin City Council.

Keep rubbish and recycling low cost and economic for residents to prevent illegal dumping and environmental problems.

Enforce the dogs on a leash policy better.

Examine all contractual arrangements for Three Waters for padding and replace with in house provision in most situations for design at least.

Investigate what the dog licence is being spent on, noting experience indicates there is no support for those encountering stray dogs.

Work with other agencies to replace recycling of packaging waste, which is largely useless, with reduction at source or reusable formats.

Advocate for immediate action to protect $10 billion of assets at risk from flooding in South Dunedin.

Conduct a full review of Three Waters infrastructure capital expenditure and prioritise spending with a people-first mentality.

Review the building of a landfill at Smooth Hill and the unnecessary spending of $92.6 million when a safer and cheaper option exists.

Look for better rubbish disposal options that are more environmentally and economically sound, avoiding Smooth Hill landfill.

Support further efforts around recycling and green waste disposal.

Deliver a fair system that rewards waste reduction and supports larger households.

Clear the water maintenance backlog and invest in reliable water infrastructure to ensure clean, safe drinking water.

Keep rubbish collection working well as normal and assist those who cannot get their rubbish to the roadside; keep this service to local businesses.

Keep the three waters in the hands of Dunedin City Council as the people of Dunedin own this; not for sale.

Maintain street cleaning as status quo with support from local businesses.

Co-design a multipurpose, mid-size community venue to address the needs of music, sporting and event communities.

Continue to work toward waste reduction and elimination to reduce emissions and costs.

Ensure necessary pipework completion to have an efficient water network system that reduces or eliminates flood harm.

Continue staged investment in Three Waters infrastructure prioritising the defence of South Dunedin and immediately resolve issues on Surrey Street.

Prioritise the basic services expected in return for rates and show much greater leadership as mayor by communicating with the community.

Stop Smooth Hill because Dunedin does not have the waste volume to justify spending $100 million on a landfill when safer and cheaper options exist.

Maintain the current kerbside recycling and rubbish bins programme.

Oppose the sale of Aurora.

Support the in-house model of Local Water Done Well.

Continue to encourage the reduction of waste.

Maintain and improve water services.

Stop the use of glyphosate (Roundup) by any council services or contractors in Dunedin.

Invest in water and wastewater infrastructure, not vanity projects or political distractions.

Oppose cuts to bin collection frequency as reliable rubbish and recycling are basic services.

Streamline consents and dog registration to reduce delays, costs and fees for residents.

Continue with the planned Smooth Hill landfill to ensure Dunedin's waste management stays in house.

Investigate the best options for preventing rubbish bin tipovers due to steep roads and strong winds.

Test tap water around the city to ensure no other post-treatment lead contamination sources exist such as what happened in Karitane.

Commit to delivering the full $2 billion in infrastructure upgrades in the nine-year plan, including the $1.03 billion for water services.

Reduce water waste and save millions by investing in smart sensor technology to find and fix leaks in aging pipes.

Ensure the new Local Water Done Well scheme is properly maintaining and supplying Three Waters despite potential rate rise challenges.

Prioritise reuse in council waste management and minimisation plans through a reusable packaging programme.

Support establishing the Ratepayers Assistance Scheme with Electrification Loans for Everyone as a core part.

Encourage home composting and urge manufacturers and fast food outlets to stop plastic wrapping.

Encourage homes to harvest their own rainwater to increase resilience and lessen stormwater.

Fix Surrey Street.