Brenda Harwood

The successful partnership between the Malcam Trust and Dunedin Botanic Garden has been enhanced by the establishment of a new pilot project - Project Green Jobs.

Unprecedented demand for financial help through the Dunedin City Council-funded Electricity Consumers Fund has drained the coffers dry after less than six months.

The $167,000 fund, administered by Anglican Family Care and distributed by Dunedin welfare organisations, is not due to be replenished until after the new financial year on July 1.

The Queen's High School health committee has pledged its support for a Cancer Society campaign to lobby Members of Parliament and Health Minister Tony Ryall on the issue of tobacco displays in shops.

A strong public response to a good idea and a great cause meant December's annual trailer raffle run by the Rotary Club of Dunedin North raised a record amount for the Otago Community Hospice.

The care and concern shown to a dying man and his wife was amply rewarded this week when Otago Community Hospice received an extraordinary bequest of almost $360,000.

December has been a very good month for Dunedin's ‘‘pen man'' John Griffiths.

The stars were out last night, as about 150 people gathered to celebrate Dunedin's unsung heroes in an awards ceremony hosted by The Star at the Dunedin Railway Station.

The sound of sirens will be heard across the city next Thursday evening, December 11, as Dunedin's emergency services, community organisations and volunteers tour the streets in the annual Community Can Appeal.

The important environmental contribution of the Honda TreeFund in supporting the planting of 10,000 native trees in Otago during the past four years has been highlighted in Dunedin this week.

New Dunedin plays will appear on the professional stage for the first time this Sunday, in the Playmarket ‘‘Write Out Loud'' event at the Fortune Theatre studio.