Pony club gets $1000 for rabbit-proof fencing
Pony club gets $1000 for rabbit-proof fencing
Rabbit-proof fencing is needed to help improve safety at the Waikouaiti District Pony Club.
Sam Henderson
Volunteers creating sea lion forest
Volunteers creating sea lion forest
Securing a safer space for sea lions to nest is one of the aims of the Aramoana Conservation Charitable Trust.
Chance to help locate nests
Chance to help locate nests
Red-billed gulls in Otago are bucking the national trend with a gradual increase in numbers but questions remain about where they gather to breed and nest.
Hub for Brockville long-term vision
Hub for Brockville long-term vision
Place-based community funding provided by the Dunedin City Council is helping communities across the city develop a wide range of projects. The Star continues its series on the city’s place-based organisations, this week highlighting the work of the Brockville Improvement and Amenities Society. Simon Henderson reports.
Waste concern sparks banana ice cream idea
Waste concern sparks banana ice cream idea
Startup Dunedin’s Audacious programme highlights University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students who are creating innovative business ideas. This week in the series, reporter Simon Henderson...
Making cleaning up cleaner is the goal for entrepreneur
Making cleaning up cleaner is the goal for entrepreneur
Building better business ideas is the mission for University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students who have taken part in Startup Dunedin’s Audacious programme. This week in a series for...
Covid-19 limits refugee intake
Covid-19 limits refugee intake
The challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic have put paid to the Government’s aims to increase refugee settlement.
Scaled-down Diwali delights
Scaled-down Diwali delights
A recent celebration of the Diwali festival of light at the Otago Museum was a reminder of the increasing diversity of Dunedin.
Study to look at youth concussions
Study to look at youth concussions
A community-driven project will address the challenge of concussion for young people.
Disharmony at Hawksbury Village
Disharmony at Hawksbury Village
‘‘Don’t buy land here.’’ The huge sign on the side of a shipping container at the entrance to Hawksbury Village displaying this message was short-lived, but the story behind the sign is a saga of tears, tantrums and turf wars.
Group aims to cut waste with shop
Group aims to cut waste with shop
Picnic tables and gardens are probably not the first things that come to mind when thinking of the Waikouaiti transfer station.
Herbalist writing book of remedies
Herbalist writing book of remedies
If your garden is covered with unwanted weeds, before you get out the line trimmer spare a moment to consider the alternative properties of plants.
Photography, poetry meet
Photography, poetry meet
When Carlos Biggemann was given a camera as a Christmas gift in 2009, he never looked back.
Country artists to take to the stage at awards
Country artists to take to the stage at awards
It will be a weekend of sound as the 2021 Country Music Dunedin Awards start tomorrow at the Wingatui Function Centre.
Reimagining colourful classic
Reimagining colourful classic
Celebrating the talents of University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students who have innovative business ideas is Startup Dunedin’s Audacious programme. In a series for The Star, reporter Simon...
Science learning a big factor at education centre
Science learning a big factor at education centre
Science starts early for children at the University of Otago Early Childhood Education centre in Castle St.
Donation welcomed
Donation welcomed
A $10,000 donation by local business The Framing Factory is helping support the Orokonui Ecosanctuary as it continues the fight to preserve rare and endangered indigenous species.
Hands-on science
Hands-on science
Green Island School pupils (from left) Carlos Gose (9), Trowa Murray (8), Cooper Smith (9), Phoebe Telfer (8), Kairi Vehikite (9, obscured) and Stella Johnson (9) enjoy an...
Uncle’s medals take the long way home
Uncle’s medals take the long way home
When Genevieve Hanning (nee Newman), of Green Island, held her uncle Herb’s medals in her hands, it was a moving and tearful moment.
Group aims to help more refugees settle in city
Group aims to help more refugees settle in city
‘‘Everyone matters’’ members of The Starfish Collective, a newly formed Dunedin charity, says.