Fun weekend for dogs, owners
Fun weekend for dogs, owners
Dogs from Dunedin and across the South are in for two of the best days ever this weekend, as city dog clubs host four championship dog shows and a fun day this weekend.
Brenda Harwood
Highland Harmony choir seeks new musical director
Highland Harmony choir seeks new musical director
Dunedin’s Highland Harmony mixed a cappella choir is searching for a new musical director.
Art group share work in exhibition
Art group share work in exhibition
A mutual enjoyment of making art and the support of working alongside fellow creatives is at the heart of the success of the Taieri Mosgiel Art Group.
Octagon event to fly the flag for Scotland
Octagon event to fly the flag for Scotland
The Octagon will ring with the sights and sounds of Scotland this Saturday, as the Dunedin-Edinburgh Sister City Society celebrates St Andrew’s Day and the 50th anniversary of the sister-city...
Important White Ribbon message
Important White Ribbon message
The First Church fence was adorned with dozens of white ribbons during a White Ribbon Day event on Monday, members of the public were encouraged to tie a ribbon to highlight the issue of family...
Music for the Bard
Music for the Bard
Dunedin in the early 1980s forms the backdrop for a reimagined version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night — the final Globe Theatre production for 2024.
From Paris on a DC3
From Paris on a DC3
A group of eight Parisian musicians are travelling around New Zealand in style, in the midst of an 18-day, 14-stop concert tour.
Group’s mural plans ongoing
Group’s mural plans ongoing
Keep Dunedin Beautiful (KDB) is proceeding with caution on planning to replace one of the city’s oldest community murals, in the wake of controversy this week.
Thank you for the music DSO
Thank you for the music DSO
It’s not often you have a crowd singing along and dancing in the aisles at an orchestral concert, but nothing could have been more natural at Saturday’s fun and fabulous DSO Plays Abba concert.
Roads, tracks, flooding discussed
Roads, tracks, flooding discussed
A busy public forum at last Thursday’s Saddle Hill Community Board covered a broad range of topics, from road naming to flooding concerns in Waldronville.
Toilets, tributes and a layby restoration
Toilets, tributes and a layby restoration
Roading concerns and relief for summertime visitors to Purakaunui got the ball rolling at last week’s West Harbour Community Board.
Infant aid organisation grows
Infant aid organisation grows
Dunedin’s Nest Collective is two years old and "growing like a mushroom", just like the babies the organisation has helped with vital supplies.
70 years of friendship and support marked
70 years of friendship and support marked
The long history of friendship and community service among members of the Eastern Otago Federation of Women’s Institutes over the past 70 years was celebrated with laughter and memories recently.
Hoiho chicks receiving best of care
Hoiho chicks receiving best of care
Leading wildlife vets and vet nurses from across New Zealand have arrived in town to work with Dunedin Wildlife Hospital to care for an influx of tiny, fragile hoiho chicks.
Shakespeare’s ‘Dream’ brought to life
Shakespeare’s ‘Dream’ brought to life
Magic was in the air and on the stage, as a sold-out Regent Theatre audience were entranced by the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s stunning version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
New location celebrated
New location celebrated
Dunedin Middle Eastern dance collective Kazbah Studio will celebrate being settled in its new premises with a series of workshops and a belated Halloween performance this weekend.
Abba songs with an orchestral twist
Abba songs with an orchestral twist
The memorable music of pop superstars Abba will be given an orchestral twist, as local singers and a team of multi-instrumentalists joins force with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra in concert this...
Sacrifice remembered
Sacrifice remembered
About 300 people turned out in bright sunshine on Monday for the Dunedin RSA Armistice Day service of remembrance, marking 106 years since the end of World War 1.
Family connection noted as gates re-dedicated
Family connection noted as gates re-dedicated
Dunedin man Charlie Boyes honoured his family connection to Caversham’s proud military history by putting his mechanical engineering skills to work to refurbish the wrought iron gates of the...
Cruise of thanks
Cruise of thanks
Otago Community Hospice community care co-ordinator Kirsty Wing and her 11-year-old son Gregor admire a 1965 Chevrolet Impala as they take part in a ride to remember last Sunday.