Eight hours to build a dream home
After eight gruelling hours of building on Saturday, one Dunedin apprentice has shown they hit the nail on the head in a challenge to spot the best skills of this year’s cohort.
Cas Saunders
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Dreams come true for first-time model
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Dreams come true for first-time model
The train rolled into Dunedin Railway Station at the weekend — but the trip did not take riders out of the city.
Performers get the party started at South Dunedin Street Festival
Performers get the party started at South Dunedin Street Festival
The sky may have been dreary early on Saturday but the St Clair School Jump Jam Nationals team raised the temperature when it took to the stage at the South Dunedin Street Festival.
A great day to be a kid in Dunedin
A great day to be a kid in Dunedin
Youngsters were treated to a day of fun at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday.
Dissonance rendered hauntingly beautiful
Dissonance rendered hauntingly beautiful
Strork and Dance — The Birth of Ork, Te Whare o Rukutia, Saturday, March 25
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Creativity of rainbow community celebrated
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Creativity of rainbow community celebrated
They have it in the bag — Dunedin Pride’s Fringe Festival Art Day wrapped up yesterday a collaborative venture between the two organisations with a display of creativity.
Woodshed blaze being treated as suspicious
Woodshed blaze being treated as suspicious
A South Dunedin firewood shed found ablaze in the early hours of yesterday morning has sparked a callout of the fire investigator.
Birthday marked with Long Lunch
Birthday marked with Long Lunch
Carolyn Gray, of Dunedin, enjoyed a special 50th birthday lunch at the Dunedin Railway Station with the inaugural Otago Farmers’ Market Long Lunch yesterday.
Suspicious blaze in South Dunedin shed
Suspicious blaze in South Dunedin shed
A fire investigator has been called to look into a suspicious blaze in a firewood shed in South Dunedin early today.
First Church celebrates anniversaries
First Church celebrates anniversaries
Festivities were in full swing at First Church on Saturday for the celebration of 175 years of ministry at the church, and the 150th anniversary of the Moray Pl building.
Food for thought
Food for thought
University of Otago medical students twins Victoria (left) and Anastasia Ivashkova (right) took a deep dive into the science behind the brain at Otago Museum on Saturday as they were shown a model...
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Project looks at how environment affects us
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Project looks at how environment affects us
A Fringe Festival performative research project ended with two adults sitting in a bush near a busy Dunedin intersection and inspired a different way to view our city streets.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow
Taking part in rainbow-themed activities for the Dunedin Fringe Festival, Otago Arts Society Committee volunteer Sarah Ellis, of Dunedin, and her daughters, Riley (9, left) and Neva (7) McPherson,...
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Flying Femmes bringing back circus act
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Flying Femmes bringing back circus act
From flips to throws, hoola-hooping to walking on Champagne glasses, The Flying Femmes circus show is returning to Dunedin Fringe Festival.
Fire forces students to evacuate
Fire forces students to evacuate
An oven is believed to be the source of a small room fire which caused the evacuation of Otago Polytechnic students yesterday afternoon.
Oven fire sparks student evacuation
Oven fire sparks student evacuation
A small fire which prompted the evacuation of Otago Polytechnic students this afternoon was caused by a chopping board that was left on an oven.
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Adapted Roald Dahl story delivers twists and turns
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Adapted Roald Dahl story delivers twists and turns
If you come expecting bubblegum and honey in a Roald Dahl story you will be out of luck because this Fringe Festival play is showing the dark side of the author.
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Wartime radio and ‘spooky spooks’
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Wartime radio and ‘spooky spooks’
Dunedin Fringe festival’s Dark Radio is set to immerse the audience in the waves of wartime radio - aiming to make them question who they can trust during times of conflict.
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Vandervis accused of talking Dunedin down
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Vandervis’ growth comparisons draw criticism
Outspoken councillor Lee Vandervis was accused of talking Dunedin down as a discussion on economic growth turned testy.
International pupils welcomed back to city
International pupils welcomed back to city
International pupils from Otago secondary schools were invited on to Puketeraki Marae yesterday in the first ever pōwhiri welcome for their group to the city.