Brenda Harwood

School reunion to celebrate 150 years

Purakaunui School pupils and teachers assembled in Victorian clothing late last year, in the...

School reunion to celebrate 150 years

Celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Purakaunui School will continue with a reunion for past and present pupils and those connected with the school during its long history.

Dunedin marathon returns

The organisers of Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon are always on the lookout for ways to make the event more efficient and fun for participants.

Event celebrates saint’s arrival in Port Chalmers

Saint Mary MacKillop, who arrived with her Sisters of St Joseph in Port Chalmers in 1898, founded...

Event celebrates saint’s arrival in Port Chalmers

The 125th anniversary of the arrival of Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, and her Sisters of Joseph in Port Chalmers will be celebrated this Sunday, St Joseph’s Day.

Co-housing residents open doors

Residents of the Toiora Cohousing community (from left) Jessica Ross, Janet Yiakmis, Kennedy Hope...

Co-housing residents open doors

Residents of one of Dunedin’s newest neighbourhoods, Toiora Cohousing, will open their space to visitors this Saturday in an open day to celebrate Neighbours Aotearoa month.

Medieval Family Day first for city

Blacksmith Kelly Gragg, pictured heating metal to about 1800degC at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s...

Medieval Family Day first for city

The sights and sounds, but luckily not the smells, of medieval life will be to the fore during a fun-filled Medieval Family Day this Sunday at Tūhura Otago Museum.

Party to celebrate church milestones

First Church senior minister Rev Ed Masters (right) and associate minister Rev Dr Malcolm Gordon...

Party to celebrate church milestones

First Church will roll out the fun and games this weekend to celebrate two important milestones for the church and Dunedin city over Otago Anniversary weekend.

Top-notch team celebrated Beatles with passion, flair

The Beatles, with John Lennon in his Afghan coat, launch Sgt. Pepper’s. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Top-notch team celebrated Beatles with passion, flair

The musical genius of the Fab Four was celebrated and enhanced in a fabulous performance by Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and a top-notch team of musicians and singers in Saturday’s "All You Need is Love" show.

New space to Knockabout in

Comedian James Mustapic brings his Into the Multi-Media-Verse show to the New Athenaeum Theatre...

New space to Knockabout in

In its fifth year as a Dunedin Fringe Festival venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre (NAT) has opened up a second pop-up space, the downstairs Knockabout Studio, so it can host extra shows.

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Volunteers (from left) Alex Rinaldi, Renee Fleming-White, and Nikki Yap Huber have fun picking...

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Dozens of keen volunteers are ready and waiting to help harvest fruit from Dunedin backyards, to help keep it from going to waste while supporting people in need with extra food.

Marae welcomes community

At Arai Te Uru Marae, manager Tania Williams(left) and Red Cross Otago-Southland area co...

Marae welcomes community

Arai Te Uru Marae will fling open its doors and welcome the wider community into Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) once again, with the return of its pātaka ora community meals and manaakitanga pōwhiri...

Show time for fringe festival

Dunedin actor Sara Georgie rehearses a scene from fringe comedy 'Lessons I Learned from Hannibal...

Show time for fringe festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is back, with more than 20 venues across the city set to host 11 days of creative fun from March 16-23.

A vocal showcase to love

Christchurch-based musician, conductor and arranger Tom Rainey will lead Saturday’s performance...

A vocal showcase to love

The All You Need Is Love concert will be a golden opportunity to showcase some of the city’s exciting young vocal talent, School of Performing Arts professional practice fellow Arlie McCormick says.

Harvesters ready for pick of the crop

Dozens of keen volunteers are ready and waiting to help harvest fruit from Dunedin backyards, to help keep it from going to waste while supporting people in need with extra food.

Classical music competition begins

Performers, judges and organisers of the Dunedin Concerto Competition gather at the end of the...

Classical music competition begins

Twenty of the Otago-Southland region’s most talented young classical musicians will gather in Dunedin this weekend for the preliminary rounds of the second Dunedin Concerto Competition.

Coastal projects pitched

Waikouaiti Coast Community Board chairman Alasdair Morrison at Karitane. PHOTO: STAR FILES

Coastal projects pitched

Waikouaiti Coast Community Board members were intrigued to learn of a local group dedicated to growing, using and teaching people about the use of willow in basket weaving during the public forum...

Restoration offers chance to remember

Descendants of Major Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson gather with dignitaries and members of...

Restoration offers chance to remember

The remarkable life and achievements of Major Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson (1810-75) were remembered at the unveiling of his refurbished grave in the Northern Cemetery.

Friends organise fundraiser

Taking a rest after six hours sorting donated items for this Sunday’s Fashion Fundraiser -...

Friends organise fundraiser

Images of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle across the North Island has spurred a group of Dunedin friends to do their bit to help by creating a fundraising fashion sale.

New chapter for book sale

Regent Theatre 24 Hour Book Sale volunteers Erica Atkins and Robert Larkin work on setting up a...

New chapter for book sale

Teams of volunteers have been hard at work this week, setting up tens of thousands of books for the Regent Theatre 24 Hour Book Sale, in the spacious new venue of the More FM Arena at the Edgar...

Fears for children on full buses

Parents in Dunedin’s north coast settlements fear for the safety of their children, forced to stand in the aisle of crowded buses on the long morning commute into the city for school.

REVIEW: Dunedin Summer Shakespeare

Rogues and mischief ...Phil Grieve in the role of the wicked Falstaff in The Merry Wives of...

REVIEW: Dunedin Summer Shakespeare

Dunedin Summer Shakespeare presents Excerpts From Three PlaysSunday February 19, Chingford ParkReview by BRENDA HARWOOD

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