Brenda Harwood

Warm weather unofficially extends freedom camping season

Dunedin's warm autumn and the resulting sustained numbers of travellers, meant an unofficial extension to the 2018-19 freedom camping season.

Inner city site has 'proved its worth'

The success of the Thomas Burns St car park freedom camping experiment has helped relieve the pressure on the city's other main sites - Warrington, Ocean View and Brighton.

Family benefits 'seriously inadequate'

To lift New Zealand children out of poverty, increased income is urgently required for families, and something must be done about "seriously inadequate'' benefits.

Planning needed to train workers

Naylor Love apprentice builder James ``Mouse'' Riach, of Dunedin, hammers in a peg on a building...

Planning needed to train workers

Training workers and jobseekers to meet the challenges of the Dunedin Hospital rebuild, centre city development and regional projects will require careful planning, experts say.

Work at Port Chalmers begins soon

Port Otago will start a six-month major earthworks project at Flagstaff Hill, Port Chalmers, on...

Work at Port Chalmers begins soon

Port Otago will embark on a major six-month project to remove 45,000cu m of excess dirt and rock from Flagstaff Hill, Port Chalmers, from Monday.

Southern choirs ready for next Big Sing

About 600 young singers will step into the limelight on stage at the Dunedin Town Hall in next week's secondary school choirs event, The Big Sing.

‘A lot of work to do’ says climate guru

Prof Susan Krumdieck, Global Association for Transition Engineering co-leader and Advanced Energy...

‘A lot of work to do’ says climate guru

There are no green solutions, there are only tough choices and big change projects.

Club winding up after 34 years as lease not renewed

St Kilda Community Hall Club president Sandra Dingwall and club stalwart Les Jackson are among...

Club winding up after 34 years as lease not renewed

After 34 years’ stewardship over its local community hall, the St Kilda Community Hall Club is winding up.

Grants for warmer homes available

Northeast Valley from Palmers Quarry Garden.

Grants for warmer homes available

The expansion of the Government’s Warmer Kiwi Homes insulation subsidies means a further 1200 Dunedin homeowners will be covered by the scheme.

Memory lane reopened after upgrade

Otago Community Hospice chief executive Ginny Green and Mitre 10 Mega chief executive Neil Finn...

Memory lane reopened after upgrade

A walk down memory lane has become even more special for visitors, families, staff and volunteers at the Otago Community Hospice.

‘Epic challenge’ to raise funds for mental health

Dunedin mum and Otago Polytechnic social work student Michele Venables is part of a New Zealand...

‘Epic challenge’ to raise funds for mental health

Studies in social work have been a real eye-opener on the issues of mental health and youth suicide for Dunedin woman Michele Venables.

Addressing the city’s ‘Fortune Theatre-sized gap’

Addressing the city’s ‘Fortune Theatre-sized gap’

A year ago this month, the Fortune Theatre closed its doors, sending shock waves through Dunedin’s arts community. Now, while there remains a ‘‘Fortune Theatresized hole in the city’’ and a...

Council still mindful of need for theatre support

Council still mindful of need for theatre support

Supporting the continuation and development of local theatre has been top of mind for Dunedin City Council arts adviser Cara Paterson since the closure of the Fortune Theatre in May last year.

Project aims to highlight textile waste crisis

An innovative project to repurpose textiles to make cuddly soft toys is aimed at highlighting "the elephant in the room'' - the growing crisis of textile waste.

Board investigates container ship 'silencers'

Local walkways, the crumbling Sims building, and work to mitigate the noise from Rio-class ships at Port Chalmers were among the topics discussed at last week's West Harbour Community Board meeting.

West Harbour cycleway tendering process delay

The tendering process for the extension of the West Harbour cycleway-walkway has been delayed slightly, but tenders should go out midyear, NZTA says.

Senior flatting 'a good solution'

The Abbeyfield model of "flatting for seniors'' is growing in popularity around New Zealand, and now is the time for a second facility for Dunedin.

Work and Income service centre finds new premises

Moving the Dunedin central Work and Income service centre to John Wickliffe House in the Exchange will create a more pleasant and flexible environment for clients, officials say.

24 Hour Book Sale collectors out

Operating on the principle that one person's unloved book is another person's literary treasure, the Regent Theatre's book sale team will be out and about for collection day today.

Bowel screening progress 'tangible'

A year into the Southern DHB roll-out of the National Bowel Screening programme and "tangible effects'' can already be seen.

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