Nothing like a bit of college rivalry (+ video)
Nothing like a bit of college rivalry (+ video)
There was a moment in a netball game at Logan Park yesterday that perhaps epitomised what College Sports Day is all about.
David Loughrey
Well-tied toga Roman style height of fashion (+ video)
Well-tied toga Roman style height of fashion (+ video)
Thousands of first-year students will gather this evening at Forsyth Barr Stadium for the annual toga party, having done their best to clean out the toga material supplies of Dunedin.
Wanted: varroa mites for research
Wanted: varroa mites for research
A shortage of varroa mites is not stopping a Dunedin researcher studying some remarkable behaviour in bees that might one day mean a natural resistance to the mite.
Students get bonding en masse (+ video)
Students get bonding en masse (+ video)
They're back.
Anchovy fails as key to open sea’s mystery
Anchovy fails as key to open sea’s mystery
In a harbour city the people fish. It is a waiting game. David Loughrey went to the Steamer Basin to have a go and found an introspective pastime that allowed plenty of time for the mind to wander - too much time, perhaps.
Fresh look at iD Fashion Week
Fresh look at iD Fashion Week
The new event manager for the iD Dunedin Fashion Week plans to freshen up the event, and work to attract major sponsors.
Staley 'ready to go' from iD Fashion
Staley 'ready to go' from iD Fashion
The woman who has steered the iD Dunedin Fashion show from a single night at the Dunedin Railway Station to a week-long extravaganza is calling time on her involvement.
iD manager wants more spectacle
iD manager wants more spectacle
Laura Heselwood has run an event florist with clientele including Buckingham Palace and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts - and now she is turning her attention to Dunedin.
Students to show at Fashion Week (+ video)
Students to show at Fashion Week (+ video)
Six student fashion designers are set to get an early career boost, after being picked to have their garments shown at the iD Dunedin Fashion Week show at the railway station next year.
Emerging designer gets big chance
Emerging designer gets big chance
An Otago Polytechnic graduate will join a cast of fashion designers from around the world when she shows her creations at the iD International Emerging Designer Awards in March.
Changing attitudes motivation for entering contest
Changing attitudes motivation for entering contest
A desire to be more active to change attitudes towards gay people in small towns is one motivation for Balclutha journalist Samuel White's shot at the Mr Gay New Zealand crown.
Taiaroa Head land 'sensitive'
Taiaroa Head land 'sensitive'
The 172ha Taiaroa Head property put on the market on Tuesday is ‘‘sensitive land'' under the Overseas Investment Act, meaning any overseas buyer would have to prove their worth before purchasing.
Regrets over firearm incident
Regrets over firearm incident
The New Zealand Defence Force says it regrets concern caused to the public by one of its members training with a gun at the Oval, in Dunedin.
'Right' buyers sought for tourism site (+ video)
'Right' buyers sought for tourism site (+ video)
The 172ha Natures Wonders property at Taiaroa Head may be for sale on the international market, but owner Perry Reid says he will sell only to the "right people''.
Motorists warned as southern highways melt
Motorists warned as southern highways melt
The New Zealand Transport Agency is warning motorists to take care as highways begin to wilt under a sustained assault from the sun.
Dunedin finances improve
Dunedin finances improve
Years of austerity for Dunedin may not be completely in the past, but Mayor Dave Cull says the city is in "a very agreeable position'' as it considers its budget for the next financial year.
Folk club musician mourned
Folk club musician mourned
Dunedin lost a prominent folk musician known nationally and internationally with the death late last week of Marcus Turner.
Tiny trees big help for bonsai buff
Tiny trees big help for bonsai buff
An art form that allows her to transcend time and approach a Zen-like state is how a Dunedin proponent describes bonsai.
A garden’s calm calls after life’s hurly-burly
A garden’s calm calls after life’s hurly-burly
Those once young took to the fields and stadiums of Dunedin this week to compete in the Masters Games. David Loughrey attended two events, and found them ripe with important lessons about life.
Stationery scramble end to free days
Stationery scramble end to free days
Dunedin was thankful for cruise ship passengers this week. They took over the role of hanging around town and walking about slowly while residents went stationery shopping and taught their young about the dangers of flamboyance. David Loughrey investigates.