Brenda Harwood

Visit a chance to honour war dead

On a family history trip from Australia, Janet Statham (centre) and partner Paul Gandell (right)...

Visit a chance to honour war dead

Returning home to New Zealand on a trip researching family history included a special visit to a historic Dunedin war memorial arch this week for Janet Statham and her partner Paul Gandell.

Dunedin marathon returns

The organisers of Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon are always on the lookout for ways to make the event more efficient and fun for participants.

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Dunedin is abuzz with arts energy this month, with the Dunedin Fringe Festival in full swing, and visits from touring groups keeping arts fans busy and happy.

Putting a playful spin on city landmarks

A young visitor enjoys "You Spy, Eye Spy Ōtepoti", an exhibition of works by the late Dunedin...

Putting a playful spin on city landmarks

A vision of Dunedin in the colourful works of iconic Dunedin artist Annie Baird is inspiring young visitors to Dunedin Public Art Gallery to explore the city in their own way.

Board increases youth grant funding

Board increases youth grant funding

Saddle Hill Community Board members were so impressed by the calibre of the applicants for the board’s youth ambassador awards they increased the funding pool to be able to support all seven young...

Dedication to swimming rewarded

Saddle Hill Community Board Youth Ambassador Award recipient Keira Hughes will head to Rotorua’s...

Dedication to swimming rewarded

Open water swimming is the passion of high achieving young competitor Keira Hughes (15), who will travel to Rotorua this weekend for the New Zealand Secondary Schools and South Island Open Water...

School reunion to celebrate 150 years

Purakaunui School pupils and teachers assembled in Victorian clothing late last year, in the...

School reunion to celebrate 150 years

Celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Purakaunui School will continue with a reunion for past and present pupils and those connected with the school during its long history.

Dunedin marathon returns

The organisers of Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon are always on the lookout for ways to make the event more efficient and fun for participants.

Event celebrates saint’s arrival in Port Chalmers

Saint Mary MacKillop, who arrived with her Sisters of St Joseph in Port Chalmers in 1898, founded...

Event celebrates saint’s arrival in Port Chalmers

The 125th anniversary of the arrival of Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, and her Sisters of Joseph in Port Chalmers will be celebrated this Sunday, St Joseph’s Day.

Co-housing residents open doors

Residents of the Toiora Cohousing community (from left) Jessica Ross, Janet Yiakmis, Kennedy Hope...

Co-housing residents open doors

Residents of one of Dunedin’s newest neighbourhoods, Toiora Cohousing, will open their space to visitors this Saturday in an open day to celebrate Neighbours Aotearoa month.

Medieval Family Day first for city

Blacksmith Kelly Gragg, pictured heating metal to about 1800degC at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s...

Medieval Family Day first for city

The sights and sounds, but luckily not the smells, of medieval life will be to the fore during a fun-filled Medieval Family Day this Sunday at Tūhura Otago Museum.

Party to celebrate church milestones

First Church senior minister Rev Ed Masters (right) and associate minister Rev Dr Malcolm Gordon...

Party to celebrate church milestones

First Church will roll out the fun and games this weekend to celebrate two important milestones for the church and Dunedin city over Otago Anniversary weekend.

Top-notch team celebrated Beatles with passion, flair

The Beatles, with John Lennon in his Afghan coat, launch Sgt. Pepper’s. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Top-notch team celebrated Beatles with passion, flair

The musical genius of the Fab Four was celebrated and enhanced in a fabulous performance by Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and a top-notch team of musicians and singers in Saturday’s "All You Need is Love" show.

New space to Knockabout in

Comedian James Mustapic brings his Into the Multi-Media-Verse show to the New Athenaeum Theatre...

New space to Knockabout in

In its fifth year as a Dunedin Fringe Festival venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre (NAT) has opened up a second pop-up space, the downstairs Knockabout Studio, so it can host extra shows.

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Volunteers (from left) Alex Rinaldi, Renee Fleming-White, and Nikki Yap Huber have fun picking...

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Dozens of keen volunteers are ready and waiting to help harvest fruit from Dunedin backyards, to help keep it from going to waste while supporting people in need with extra food.

Marae welcomes community

At Arai Te Uru Marae, manager Tania Williams(left) and Red Cross Otago-Southland area co...

Marae welcomes community

Arai Te Uru Marae will fling open its doors and welcome the wider community into Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) once again, with the return of its pātaka ora community meals and manaakitanga pōwhiri...

Show time for fringe festival

Dunedin actor Sara Georgie rehearses a scene from fringe comedy 'Lessons I Learned from Hannibal...

Show time for fringe festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is back, with more than 20 venues across the city set to host 11 days of creative fun from March 16-23.

A vocal showcase to love

Christchurch-based musician, conductor and arranger Tom Rainey will lead Saturday’s performance...

A vocal showcase to love

The All You Need Is Love concert will be a golden opportunity to showcase some of the city’s exciting young vocal talent, School of Performing Arts professional practice fellow Arlie McCormick says.

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Dozens of keen volunteers are ready and waiting to help harvest fruit from Dunedin backyards, to help keep it from going to waste while supporting people in need with extra food.

Classical music competition begins

Performers, judges and organisers of the Dunedin Concerto Competition gather at the end of the...

Classical music competition begins

Twenty of the Otago-Southland region’s most talented young classical musicians will gather in Dunedin this weekend for the preliminary rounds of the second Dunedin Concerto Competition.

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