The Dunedin City Council had consolidated an array of strategies during the past three years as it worked towards the overarching vision of Dunedin as"one of the world's great small cities'', Mr Cull said. They provide a vision of what our city needs to be in the future,'' Mr Cull said. Creating the vision of becoming one of the great small cities of the world had been a catalyst for Dunedin people and businesses to lift their heads and look "offshore''. "We don't earn our way in our own backyard; we earn our way by exporting,'' Mr Cull said. The central city would be a major item on the council's agenda over the next three years, Mr Cull said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2017 17:04 UTC