PHOTO: ODT FILESA wholesale rethink of the Dunedin City Council’s capital spending programme looms, as councillors weigh potential ramifications of rates capping. Next month, and in April, councillors are set to revisit the entire capital expenditure programme and then set priorities. Budgets in March would "look to reprioritise a whole series of projects, potentially, with the spectre of rates capping in mind", she said. The council last year approved a capital programme worth $2 billion over nine years in its 2025-2034 long-term plan. "I’m actually really very grateful and relieved that our capital spend is significantly down," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 01, 2026 18:28 UTC