Brenda Harwood

The Highlanders lent their strength to an exciting construction project at the Dunedin Botanic Garden this week.

A new campaign is supporting more older people to return to living in their own homes after recovering from an accident or illness.

A slow and painful recovery from two serious spinal injuries last year has left a Dunedin woman reluctantly living in residential care.

The inspirational story of Dunedin dog Meg, who is recovering well after being lost and injured for five weeks, has benefited the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital.

A $20,000 grant from the Otago Community Trust will help the Friends of the Globe Theatre tackle urgent repair work at the theatre.

A five-year community project to improve the West Harbour cycleway-walkway has come to an end.

The most popular lanterns from Dunedin's Midwinter Carnival will have another chance to shine over Easter in the annual Autumn Lights festival.

High levels of community support have boosted the confidence of the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group in its efforts to eradicate possums from the peninsula.

The new partnership between Sinclair Wetlands/Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau and Pan Pac Forest Products' Milburn sawmill will be highlighted for World Wetlands Day early next month.

''Wonky Donkey Man'' Craig Smith, and his faithful sidekick Kaha, will be on hand to entertain children at this weekend's Otago Taieri A&P Show.

The sun pours in the windows of Daffodil House, warming the comfortable, open plan kitchen and living area.

Creating a tukutuku panel was the ultimate group project for Artsenta artists, resulting in a ‘‘visual representation of diversity’’.

A group of West Harbour business owners and commercial boat operators are calling for action on the heavily silted Carey’s Bay pontoon.

Dunedin is being urged to tidy up its act, after local Rotarians filled a trailer with rubbish during a community clean-up project in North Dunedin.

The call has gone out for parents, whanau and the wider community to step up in support of the city's youth as part of a "grassroots'' movement.

The high ratio of ‘‘pokies’’ to the population of Mosgiel has made the area the focus of 2016 Problem Gambling Awareness Week, which runs from September 5 to 11.

The Dunedin City Council is about to unveil plans for a proposed South Dunedin community hub and wants residents to provide feedback.

Pop-up cafes, traffic, plans and discussion on walkways and cycleways are all on the cards in the wake of preliminary results of the Greater Green Island Community Network survey of households.