Brenda Harwood

The extraordinary sacrifice of those who fought in World War 1 and in many conflicts since were front of mind for about 300 people who gathered for the Anzac Day service at Montecillo Veterans’...

A musical "monodrama" created by Dunedin composer Prof Anthony Ritchie, in collaboration with author Fiona Farrell, will be performed next week for NZ Music Month.

A weekly bus ride to go shopping is a chance to chat, swap recipes and enjoy the sights of the city for clients of the Plus Bus shopping service.

Thousands of Dunedin people will gather at the cenotaph at dawn on Anzac Day to commemorate 110 years since the Anzac landings at Gallipoli in 1915.

Jazz fans and keen singers staying in Dunedin over Easter will have the chance to experience two intimate musical offerings, courtesy of local jazz duo Reid+Wolken.

Dunedin’s Golden Centre mall is flying the flag for veterans in the lead-up to Anzac Day, with a poppy-themed display in its main atrium.

Dunedin’s popular Town Belt Kaitiaki (TBK) education and conservation programme has had a last-minute reprieve, thanks to a one-off funding boost from the Otago Regional Council (ORC).

Otago Community Hospice fundraising for the year has been boosted with a donation from the organisers of a popular community trailer raffle.

For many people in Otago and Southland, the Otago Community Hospice has been a vital pillar of support in their final days, as well as for their friends and whanau.

University of Otago students turned out in their hundreds to walk and run through the night in the Otago Students’ Relay for Life late last month.

As the Dunedin Arts Festival drew to a close on Sunday, The Star reporters Brenda Harwood and Sam Henderson enjoyed an extraordinary range of events that spanned music, theatre and dance.

The return of the annual "Almost an Island" exhibition, which has showcased Otago Peninsula and its artists for the past 20 years, has been greeted with enthusiasm by the local arts community.

Experienced market gardener John McCafferty, of Pleasant River Produce, near Waikouaiti, hopes to inspire others in the field through a weekend hui for market gardeners later this year.

The Otago Peninsula Community Board heard a submission from one of its own at its meeting last Thursday, at Portobello Bowling Club.

The absence of several West Harbour Community Board members meant a quiet meeting for the board last Wednesday, at Port Chalmers Town Hall.