Telling a story through design and colour
Telling a story through design and colour
Weaving together the threads of experience in Thailand and Aotearoa New Zealand is University of Otago student Atis (Shane) Suksingha.
Sam Henderson
Bowled over by food truck goodness
Bowled over by food truck goodness
The Dunedin Bowling Club is serving up a big bowl of caring.
Climate challenges for harbour
Climate challenges for harbour
A rising tide of climate change challenges is bubbling up in Karitane Harbour.
Flurry of last-minute nominations expected
Flurry of last-minute nominations expected
Things are coming down to the wire for the 2022 triennial elections.
Pupils don historical garb to mark anniversary
Pupils don historical garb to mark anniversary
Fairfield School teachers and pupils gather yesterday to celebrate the school’s 150th anniversary with some Victorian charm.
End of an era for old Mosgiel pool
End of an era for old Mosgiel pool
It was a good day for an afternoon swim when the new Taieri Baths at Mosgiel were officially opened on Saturday December 4, 1937.
Hiroshima Day a timely reminder of lost lives
Hiroshima Day a timely reminder of lost lives
It was August 6, 1945, at 8.15am when US B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board
Simon Henderson looks at highlights from the final Waikouaiti Coast Community Board meeting for this triennium.
Keeping Dunedin beautiful
Keeping Dunedin beautiful
Since its beginnings as part of the Anti-Litter Council in the 1960s, Keep Dunedin Beautiful has worked selflessly, says Dunedin’s mayor.
Health hub aims to save lives
Health hub aims to save lives
Steering people away from the path of self-harm is the aim of the Otepoti Peer Support Lounge.
Where mud, fun and families come together
Where mud, fun and families come together
A series of cross-country events for biking has been a fun way to get people out and about, says organisers Cycle World and Mountain Bike Otago.
Weighing up the pros and cons of DNA tests
Weighing up the pros and cons of DNA tests
From discovering family ancestry to identifying life-threatening diseases, DNA testing has utterly transformed the level of detail that can be found from individuals.
Persistent rain causes mayhem across city
Persistent rain causes mayhem across city
Steady rain had some Dunedin residents busy packing while others tried to negotiate crumbling hillsides, bursting riverbanks and closed roads.
Honouring of Māori midwives planned
Honouring of Māori midwives planned
A new subdivision in Karitane could honour the legacy of Māori midwives by naming a street Whānau Āwhina Ave, in recognition of the small town being the birthplace of Whānau Āwhina Plunket.
Medieval manuscripts enter the digital age
Medieval manuscripts enter the digital age
A cache of medieval manuscripts once owned by former publisher AH Reed has been transferred to the digital age, writes Simon Henderson.
Honouring of Maori midwives planned
Honouring of Maori midwives planned
A new subdivision in Karitane could honour the legacy of Maori midwives by naming a street Whanau Awhina Ave, in recognition of the small town being the birthplace of Whanau Awhina Plunket.
Medieval manuscripts enter 21st century
Medieval manuscripts enter 21st century
A cache of medieval manuscripts, once owned by former publisher AH Reed, have been transferred to the digital age, writes Simon Henderson.
Images of past getting new digital life
Images of past getting new digital life
Women at work at Hallensteins’ factory, Chinese children lined in a solemn row, a settler family at rest by a felled tree, prospectors carrying their lives on their backs.
$690,000 grant helps youngsters
$690,000 grant helps youngsters
North Dunedin youth will benefit from a $690,000 grant from the Otago Community Trust.
‘Match made in heaven’
‘Match made in heaven’
Startup Dunedin’s Audacious programme celebrates Otago and Otago Polytechnic students who are busy thinking about the next big business idea.