Kim Dungey

Tomorrow, as Otago people mark International Workers Memorial Day, white crosses will be placed in the ground, each bearing the name of a person who has died at work. Kim Dungey talks to families whose loved ones did not arrive home from work and looks at what is being done to reduce New Zealand's shocking toll of workplace injuries.

Rhett Brown used to go running, hunting and fishing. Now he spends his days in a wheelchair campaigning for safer work sites.

A project to restore Chinese graves in Dunedin's Southern Cemetery is complete, Kim Dungey reports.

A prizewinning novel has kicked down some doors for its first-time author. Which is also a theme of the story, Kim Dungey reports.

As a school principal, David Horne hated paperwork. Now retired, he is the secretary of no fewer than 15 organisations.

As the call goes out for coaches and committee members, Kim Dungey finds there are still people willing to help, but the face of volunteering is changing.

Five years ago the Otago Corrections Facility opened near Milton. Kim Dungey looks at what goes on behind the wall and what impact the prison has had on its nearest neighbours.

Selwyn Wilkinson was in full flight, telling tourists about his time inside the Otago Corrections Facility at Milburn when staff tapped on his van window.

A man who helped lead the student volunteer army after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake says the city will always be home, but it's time to move on.

They're the generation who demand cutting-edge technology, greater work-life balance and fast-track promotions. So how are some of our high-school highest achievers getting on in the world? Kim Dungey tracks down the Otago Daily Times Class Act recipients from 2005 and finds out what they are up to.