Stalwart Dunedin Central Ladies Friendship Club member Margaret Campbell was taken by surprise when she became a guest of honour at the club’s recent 33rd birthday celebrations.
The opening film of the New Zealand International Film Festival in Dunedin — the Cannes Palme d’Or winning film It Was Only an Accident, will set the scene for a festival filled with highlights.
Dunedin’s Dhargyey Buddhist Centre will host a visit by one of Tibetan Buddhism’s leading teachers, His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche, this month as part of an Australasian tour.
Jo Millar will be remembered not only as a champion for the elderly, but as a neighbour, a friend and a woman who could rally a city council or a rugby league team with equal effectiveness.
Stunning documentary footage from the heart of Antarctica, highlighting its stark beauty, inhabitants and the effects of climate change will feature in the upcoming Antarctic Film Festival.
Swamp rock trio Bulletproof Convertible return to Waitati next weekend, bringing another Dead Rockers Ball fundraiser — this time in support of the Blueskin Library playground.
The Dunedin Night Shelter has added its voice to a call by the Salvation Army for a co-ordinated response to the growing scale and severity of homelessness in New Zealand.
A heartfelt community collaboration is behind a new programme to recycle fabrics into attractive, hand-crafted bags for users of the Presbyterian Support Otago (PSO) Family Works Foodbank.