About 100 belly dance and drumming practitioners from
throughout New Zealand and Australia will descend on the city
from April 13 to 16 for the annual national event, being held
in Dunedin for the first time.
Knox Dental surgery in Dunedin is celebrating the
achievements of two of its dentists, who have both received
the prestigious New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA)
Outstanding Young Dentist Award.
The failure of gas-monitoring equipment after just one day
inside the Caversham tunnel last month means the month-long
testing programme must be repeated.
Dunedin's unsung heroes stepped into the limelight last night
as The Star hosted its seventh annual Dunedin Stars awards
event celebrating the achievements of the city's volunteers.
Question from the floor: Dunedin man Ronald Dick,
a life member of the Otago Deaf Society, put Dunedin's
election candidates on their mettle at Monday night's forum
with a pertinent question about the age of retirement.
The contentious issue of New Zealand's welfare system sparked
lively debate during Monday night's forum, with candidates
expressing strongly opposing viewpoints.
New Zealand will need to nearly double the number of building
industry tradespeople it has to meet a predicted $24 billion
spike in residential and commercial building work across New
Zealand in the next 10 years.
Redevelopment at the Regent Theatre has reached fever-pitch
with just 10 weeks remaining before the doors reopen for the
first public event in 10 months - the International Film
Festival.
