The sound of sirens will be heard across the city next Thursday evening, December 11, as Dunedin's emergency services, community organisations and volunteers tour the streets in the annual Community Can Appeal.
The stars were out last night, as about 150 people gathered to celebrate Dunedin's unsung heroes in an awards ceremony hosted by The Star at the Dunedin Railway Station.
The important environmental contribution of the Honda TreeFund in supporting the planting of 10,000 native trees in Otago during the past four years has been highlighted in Dunedin this week.
New Dunedin plays will appear on the professional stage for the first time this Sunday, in the Playmarket ‘‘Write Out Loud'' event at the Fortune Theatre studio.
Bluestone from Blackhead Quarry is a fitting material to be used in building a memorial to the 30 Dunedin and district men who were killed in the sinking of Royal Navy vessel HMS Neptune during World War 2, stonemason Ron Turner of Southern Landscapes says.
Opportunity is knocking for AliMcD model Stella Maxwell (18), who will leave next week to visit family and take up modelling opportunities in Europe.
Dunedin people are being urged to jump aboard and join the call to restore commuter train travel in the south.
All eyes will be on Dunedin in November as the city pulls out all the stops for a Remembrance 2008 celebration that will be ‘‘bigger than Ben Hur''.
For self-confessed obsessive sneaker collector Kevin Downie, retailing high-end retro sneakers to Dunedin punters through his Identity store has been an extension of his hobby.
The conductor for Saturday night's Southern Sinfonia concert, Werner Andreas Albert, is no stranger to the rigours of Carl Orff's dramatic choral work Carmina Burana.
Friday will be an exciting day for Dunedin boy Cameron Bradley (pictured), as he celebrates his 8th birthday on the 8th day of the 8th month of 2008.
Friday will be an exciting day for Dunedin boy Cameron Bradley (pictured), as he celebrates his 8th birthday on the 8th day of the 8th month of 2008.
It's sleek, lightweight, and will hopefully race past the opposition in the Otago/Southland Grass Kart Challenge final.
The South African national anthem has been running around in my head for weeks.
The ladies were on the barbecue as more than 60 people, predominantly blokes, gathered for the official opening of the Taieri Blokes' Shed on Saturday.
South Dunedin Community Patrol stalwarts Tubby Hopkins and Claire Metcalfe flew the flag for Dunedin in style recently at the Community Patrols of New Zealand national training seminar.
The Carisbrook Stadium Trust faces the task of raising $52 million in funding from the private sector, not the original $45 million, if predictions only 53 per cent of the money will be received before 2011 are accurate.
Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders Association chairman Syd Adie has called for city ratepayers who oppose the Awatea St stadium project to join in a rally at Otago Regional Council next Wednesday, June 11.
In the hills around Waitati, near Dunedin, a desperate struggle is going on to save South Island horses from the ravages of drought and neglect.
