RSS feeds for the Dunedin City Council
RSS is a way of providing content or summaries of web content in a simple format. The RSS file, or "feed", contains a headline, a summary, or the full text from the website.
Dunedin City Council RSS feeds
The following RSS feeds are currently available on the Council website:
Factline (fortnightly newsletter from the Chief Executive)
Emergency News (only activated in a Civil Defence emergency)
Subscribing to an RSS feed
You need to subscribe to an RSS feeds and store them in an intermediary page set up inside a "feed reader" or "aggregator". The first step is to choose an aggregator. There are many free web-based aggregators. Some are built into a web browser, some are web-based while others require software. Here is a selection of some of the more common readers.
Built into a browser
- Firefox has a built-in reader called "Live bookmarks"
- Internet Explorer 7 offers a similar feature called "Feed Reader"
- Internet Explorer 6 has no built-in reader
Web based (create yourself a free account)
The next steps
Once you have selected your aggregator or reader, you need to locate the feeds you wish to subscribe to.
These are usually indicated by or 
. The feed information is sometimes displayed as a page of XML code. Don't worry. All you need to do is cut and paste the address of the page into your reader or aggregator.
If you have any questions or problems with the RSS feeds on this site, please contact the webmaster.
Last reviewed: 12 Aug 2009 11:51am
