Community board has funds left to distribute
Community board has funds left to distribute
The Saddle Hill Community Board has unallocated funding to allocate to small local organisations.
Ellie Constantine
Programme for young jobless is working
Programme for young jobless is working
A government initiative to engage young unemployed people in their community and help them find work is proving a blooming success in Dunedin.
Actor talent scout to visit
Actor talent scout to visit
New Zealand's longest-running soap opera could soon feature a new Dunedin face, if McDaniel and Power Acting and Profile Management has its way. Shortland Street casting director Andrea Kelland...
Personalities behind the labels
Personalities behind the labels
A new book on New Zealand fashion is to be released next month, featuring two Dunedin designers. During her visit to iD Dunedin Fashion Week, author Angela Lassig sat down with Ellie Constantine to flick through the pages.
Joeli starts own relief mission
Joeli starts own relief mission
Distraught over the destruction Cyclone Tomas is bringing to his homeland, Joeli Vakalala could not concentrate at work, so instead began organising relief supplies.
Tense wait as storm pounds Fiji
Tense wait as storm pounds Fiji
As Cyclone Tomas hit Fiji yesterday, all Dunedin Fijians could do was wait and pray for the safety of family and friends.
Rational thinker clicks with camera
Rational thinker clicks with camera
It may seem challenging to capture self management in a photo, but Rotary Park School pupil Katie Gotlieb mastered it.
Power cut affects 11,000
Power cut affects 11,000
About 11,000 customers in the Wakatipu Basin were left without power this morning when a fault occurred in a 110,000 volt overhead power line between Cromwell and Queenstown.
Designer praises iD Fashion to the heavens
Designer praises iD Fashion to the heavens
While the Dunedin fashion scene recovers from a week packed with 16 events, including two sold-out shows, organisers of iD Dunedin Fashion Week are already thinking of next year.
Lipstick, hairspray and then to the runway
Lipstick, hairspray and then to the runway
A near-capacity crowd watched a fine display of design talent paraded down the catwalk at the iD Dunedin Fashion Show last night.
Eco-course especially for students
Eco-course especially for students
Faced with a transient lifestyle and tight budget, students often struggle to make permanent sustainable changes to their homes.
Menswear steals the fashion show
Menswear steals the fashion show
Proving women are not the only followers of fashion, contemporary tailoring for style-conscious men blew the judges away at the iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards last night, where menswear collections won four of the seven major prizes.
Following fashion into public library
Following fashion into public library
While some may have written off the Dunedin Public Library as a bit beige and musty, the city's top fashion designers know it is a haven of inspiration and intrigue.
Gem of idea now a reality
Gem of idea now a reality
A new category in the iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards has opened the event to a new range of talent.
Doors open at more than 50 outlets
Doors open at more than 50 outlets
Shopping for the latest fashion trends was on the cards for the hundreds of people who made the most of stores opening late for the iD Dunedin Fashion Week starlight shopping event last night.
Measures to curb truancy
Measures to curb truancy
As the Government plans to crack down on the 30,000 pupils wagging school nationwide each day, a proactive approach and strong relationships have been credited with keeping truancy levels low in Otago.
Cyclical fashions explored
Cyclical fashions explored
With today's fashion working off past trends, the Back to the Future Fashion Show took a look back before stepping forward last night.
Hot choice
Hot choice
Model Victoria Cooper (25, left) and Nellie Jenkins (17) display the colour of the evening at the official opening of iD Dunedin Fashion Week, in Wall Street mall, last night. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
A shot of colour was injected into the wardrobes of sponsors and special guests as they took up the call to wear the event's official colour - red.
iD Dunedin Fashion Committee chairwoman Susie Staley launched the week of events by encouraging them all to enjoy the frivolity of fashion and be inspired by the creativity on display.
Young athletes have day in sun
Young athletes have day in sun
With more than 1000 children taking part, the next Bevan Docherty or Jo Lawn could have been among the crowd at the Weet-Bix Tryathlon in Mosgiel yesterday.
Dunedin support for 'Flyer' campaign
Dunedin support for 'Flyer' campaign
An Invercargill-based campaign to save a piece of New Zealand history gained support in Dunedin this week.