Brenda Harwood

Since Alert Level 4 lockdown was announced, Jacob Rajan has been scrambling to reschedule South Island performances of his Indian Ink Theatre Company’s latest show Paradise or the Impermanence of...

The Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown has changed the pace of life for many —  neighbourhood walks are a popular pastime, while others wrestle with working from home. In Dunedin’s outer suburbs,...

The Southern DHB’s vaccine rollout continues to ramp up, more than a week into Alert Level 4 lockdown.

It was deja vu as Dunedin, along with the rest of the country, once again got to grips with the challenges of a Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown. Dunedin’s social sector organisations have swung...

Motorists and pedestrians in Port Chalmers are being urged to take extra care at the risky Wickliffe Tce rail crossing, where there are frequent near misses.

Frustration with a lack of progress on local road safety was evident at last week’s Saddle Hill Community Board meeting.

The popular Port Chalmers art parade for school children received the thumbs-up, and some financial support, from the West Harbour Community Board at its meeting last week.

New rules around mask wearing and a resumption of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout were announced at yesterday’s 1pm briefing by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health Dr Ashley...

GP clinics and pharmacies have joined the large-scale vaccination centre at the Meridian mall in giving vaccine jabs, as the Southern DHB’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout continues to ramp up.

The very freshest water flows freely for visitors to Orokonui Ecosanctuary, thanks to two community-funded water fountains.

Paintings and two-dimensional artworks created by South Island artists fill the walls of the Otago Art Society galleries in the Edinburgh Premier Art Awards exhibition.

An exciting musical journey is gathering pace for young local musician Keira Wallace (14), who is celebrating the release of her second single Celestial Lovers.

The sterling support given to breast-feeding mums by Dunedin organisation The Breast Room was highlighted at its 10th anniversary celebration this week.

Finding innovative ways to encourage people to try organic and plant-based foods has inspired the creation of a new range of meal boxes by Dunedin store Taste Nature.

The delicate spiral shape found in many shells was the inspiration for an award-winning fashion design created by Bayfield High School year 12 pupil Bella O’Connor.

Whanau Awhina Plunket has committed itself to an equitable future and will work differently to help improve health outcomes for Maori mothers and babies.

A free lifestyle course aimed at helping people at risk from diabetes to take control of their health was so popular a second group had to be added.