Celtic, Gypsy, rockabilly and jazz music, along with the joyous sights and sounds of Brazilian samba, will come together in an eclectic mix at this year's Whare Flat Folk Festival.
A patch of unused ground at Bathgate Park School is to be transformed into a large community garden for the people of South Dunedin.
An unusual approach to Christmas has allowed southern accountancy firm WHK to donate $16,500 to southern food banks this year.
After 15 years of doing battle with dodgy door-to-door sales people and fighting for the rights of Dunedin consumers, Dunedin Citizens Advice Bureau stalwart Noel Angus (83) is putting his feet up.
Dunedin man Derek Morrison's love affair with the city's vast coastline has given rise to an extraordinary photographic project during the past year.
Light, space and neatly arranged artefacts greet visitors to Port Chalmers Maritime Museum now that stage one of the museum's redevelopment is complete.
It may be hard to get to and in need of repair, but Pilot's Wharf at the Aramoana spit could be a boon for tourism, supporters say.
A Dunedin falls prevention programme run by Age Concern Otago is to lose vital ACC funding.
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.
Christmas parcels containing food, treats and gifts have been delivered to 300 Dunedin families by the Dunedin Combined Christmas Foodbank.
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.
A Dunedin couple are feeling left out in the cold after receiving a letter from Contact Energy with their power bill this week.
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.
February is shaping up as an exciting month at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum, where trustees and volunteers are putting the finishing touches to the restored fitting shop.
Dunedin great-grandmother Dawn Ibbotson (95) was 13 years old when the magnificent Regent Theatre auditorium was built in 1928.