Recycling scheme hits 10-tonne mark
The operators of a scheme to recycle food and beverage containers are celebrating a significant milestone — the collection and recycling of more than 10 tonnes of packaging products.
Brenda Harwood
Return season set ahead of festival trip
Return season set ahead of festival trip
Ōtepoti Dunedin actor, playwright, writer and musician Nick Tipa (Kāi Tahu) will present a return season of his award-winning solo show Babyface.
Bags of Hope on show
Bags of Hope on show
The mighty efforts of local school children in decorating hundreds of "Bags of Hope" for the Cancer Society will be displayed in a special exhibition at the Golden Centre this weekend.
Marking 90 years’ healthcare, service
Marking 90 years’ healthcare, service
The extraordinary 90-year journey of Mercy Hospital, from cottage hospital to modern medical facility, is being celebrated this week.
Dance event channels Kate Bush
Dance event channels Kate Bush
A sea of red-clad dancers will channel their "inner Kate" in the fun and flamboyant midwinter community dance event, the "Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever".
Colour, innovation in 150th annual exhibition
Colour, innovation in 150th annual exhibition
The Otago Art Society is celebrating the success of its 150th Annual Art Exhibition Awards, which received a record 215 entries this year.
Vienna quartet to visit
Vienna quartet to visit
A quartet of musicians from one of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic, are touring New Zealand this month with Chamber Music New Zealand.
Rock choir to celebrate birthday in song
Rock choir to celebrate birthday in song
The joy of belting out a good tune keeps the Dunedin Rock Choir thriving after a decade of song.
Centenarian’s artistic life celebrated
Centenarian’s artistic life celebrated
The long and wonderfully creative life of Dunedin artist Joan Hardey, who turned 100 last month, was celebrated with a special gathering of the art group she co-founded.
Screening to highlight plight of West Papua
Screening to highlight plight of West Papua
The West Papua Action Ōtepoti group will host a documentary film screening next week in a bid to highlight the plight of indigenous West Papuans and their fight for independence.
Festival to celebrate South’s seasons
Festival to celebrate South’s seasons
Springtime will mark the arrival of Dunedin’s first official year-round garden festival, "Garden Ōtepoti Dunedin — Four Seasons of the South".
Jazz club welcomes transtasman quartet
Jazz club welcomes transtasman quartet
For its July concert this Saturday night, Dunedin Jazz Club welcomes this year’s first international musicians to the Hanover Hall stage — the Andy Sugg Group.
Bumper harvest season celebrated
Bumper harvest season celebrated
Local volunteers harvested about 3 tonnes of fruit from properties across the wider Dunedin area in another bumper Community Fruit Harvest Ōtepoti season.
Musings on life and punk in hilarious, heartfelt show
Musings on life and punk in hilarious, heartfelt show
A large opening night audience laughed, nodded in recognition, and groaned in sympathy at the antics and daily challenges faced by a feisty middle-aged woman in Nicola Cheeseman is Back!
Volunteers brave cold to continue planting
Volunteers brave cold to continue planting
Local Rotarians braved the cold on Saturday to plant hundreds of native trees and shrubs at Rotary Park.
‘Aspiring’ youth leader attends forum
‘Aspiring’ youth leader attends forum
Staff and young volunteers with the Greater Green Island Community Network are feeling extra proud of youth worker Brianna Le.
Maps highlight local food sources
Maps highlight local food sources
After months of work researching and updating information on local food resilience resources, Our Food Network Ōtepoti Dunedin will launch its Ōtepoti Community Kai maps this weekend.
Panels explore West Harbour history
Panels explore West Harbour history
A series of historic information panels, installed last week at popular sites around the Port Chalmers area, are bringing local history to life.
Bags of Hope bring joy to patients
Bags of Hope bring joy to patients
Hundreds of brightly decorated bags, lovingly decorated by children in Dunedin and across the Otago region, are bringing joy to people undergoing cancer treatment.
Nature of time explored in exhibition
Nature of time explored in exhibition
The concept that "time waits for no one", whether it be fleeting, dragging, or accumulating, is at the heart of the 2026 Art+Science exhibition.