Obsession Of Construction10.21.08

Channel 9 News, 17 Oct 2008

James Higham is a Tourism lecturer at the University of Otago who has recently given a thought-provoking seminar on the obsession of construction.

Using the current stadium debate as his case study, Higham shows that Dunedin’s problem is also a global one.

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The Otago Stadium Set For The New10.14.08

Channel 9, 14 Oct 2008

The Carisbrook Stadium Trust announced new developments in private sector funding this afternoon, as well as a new name for the proposed stadium. From today the trust is calling the proposed stadium, The Otago Stadium…

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The grass will grow08.25.08

Channel 9, August 25, 2008

A year has passed and the results are out. The grass will grow on.

Concerns surrounding grass retardation at the proposed Awatea Street stadium were today dismissed by the Carisbrook Trust.

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» Read the HOK Turf Report, June 2007

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Vital information may have been missed08.12.08

From Channel 9 News, August 12, 2008 - 7:43pm

The two pro-active initiators of the Stop the Stadium group approached 9 Local News today, to voice their concerns about whether or not the Otago Regional Council received vital information in the form of a peer review, before the council signed the dotted line for the Awatea St Stadium.

» See Channel 9’s news item here

Watch out for more on this story tomorrow on Channel 9.

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Stop the Stadium on Channel 907.22.08

Video clip from Channel 9 about Stop the Stadium’s proposed 22 July meeting:
http://www.ch9.co.nz/content/group-dedicated-stopping-any-proposed-stadium-has-its-first-public-meeting

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