The day-to-day running of the Otago Community Hospice is helped along by business partners and sponsors who assist the organisation with donations of goods and services as well as volunteer help.
While the release of her books usually creates chaos, J. K Rowling's latest effort has failed to gain a fraction of the usual attention.
St Patricks School received the big tick for healthy eating yesterday, the first school in the Otago region to receive a gold Heartbeat award from the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand.
About 80 floats, numerous musicians, smiling faces, stunning costumes and, of course, Santa Claus will brighten George St on Sunday as the annual Dunedin Santa Parade takes place.
Attending school inside a traditional Mongolian yurt may seem totally foreign, but pupils at the Maia Rudolf Steiner School have been doing just that for the past four months.
Crystal Diong's goal of becoming fluent in French will be helped along this month by a trip to New Caledonia, followed by one to France.
The winner of the Weet-bix Stat Attack 2 competition has had his dream of meeting the All Blacks dashed because of scheduling issues.
A former Contact Energy customer is warning other departing customers to check their final meter readings for over-estimations.
"You do it for the kids, don't you?"So said Peter Lungley, of Dunedin, after joining a handful of people queuing at the doors of the Regent Theatre yesterday to secure tickets to the Wiggles.
The compassion, care and experience of the team at the Otago Community Hospice are imprinted on Neville Dippie's memory.
"Open the door for the victims of domestic violence."
Visiting cruise ship passengers would have had no idea what hit them yesterday morning as police escorted more than 600 school pupils down George St.
Few people can say they have worked in the same job for 50 years, let alone at the same place for 49 of those years.
Parents, lock up your children.
The long-extinct Haast Eagle is set to make a return to Macraes in December.
A classic tale will take a twist this weekend as the Wizard of Oz glides on to the ice.
A bride arrived in a traditional manner to a wedding venue which was anything but on Saturday.
For Rosy Harray, finding a chapel to get married in was not a problem. She had already built her own.
A surprised Dunedin couple were the top bidders at Otago Polytechnic's charity house auction on Saturday.
A Dunedin principal was honoured for the second time yesterday for his contribution to primary education.
