Spotlight on unsung heroes
Spotlight on unsung heroes
The Otago Community Hospice is shining the spotlight on the vital importance of palliative care in the community during Hospice Awareness Week.
Brenda Harwood
Foodbanks facing spike in demand
Foodbanks facing spike in demand
Reports nationally that families are struggling with the cost of living and are cutting back on essentials are being mirrored in Dunedin.
Cost of living driving working families to seek help
Cost of living driving working families to seek help
The cost of living crisis had made it very difficult for many in the community to make ends meet, Mosgiel foodbank staff say.
Calling all green thumbs to annual plant sale
Calling all green thumbs to annual plant sale
Dunedin gardeners will be out in force this Saturday, eager to snap up the bargains at the popular annual Friends of the Dunedin Botanic Garden May Plant Sale.
Valley Project moves ahead, fully staffed
Valley Project moves ahead, fully staffed
Visitors to the Valley Project rooms in North East Valley will see a lot of friendly, new faces, as the organisation moves into a new phase of its work supporting the north Dunedin community.
Call made to return items
Call made to return items
The organisers of The Star Regent 24 Hour Book Sale are putting out the call for equipment to be returned, after it went missing during the sale.
Hundreds turn out for Montecillo service
Hundreds turn out for Montecillo service
A warm, sunny, but windy, morning greeted about 400 people who attended the popular Anzac Day service at Montecillo Veterans Home & Hospital.
Dedicated advocate for elderly retires
Dedicated advocate for elderly retires
Marie Bennett has seen attitudes to older people shift — from focusing on the poor, needy and frail to positive ageing, health and connection — in a career with Age Concern Otago spanning more than...
Supporting a great cause
Supporting a great cause
The Otago Daily Times’ own Mr Monopoly hands over a giant cheque for $4000, raised through sales of the paper’s local edition of the Monopoly board game, to Cancer Society community...
Lessons share Chinese history in NZ
Lessons share Chinese history in NZ
The remarkable history of Otago’s Chinese community are revealed in new history lesson plans.
Celebrating a community harvest
Celebrating a community harvest
Community Fruit Harvest Otepoti will celebrate a very successful picking season by hosting a Dunedin Harvest Festival this weekend.
Audience enthralled by stirring performance
Audience enthralled by stirring performance
"BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS AND STRAUSS" Dunedin Symphony OrchestraDunedin Town HallSaturday, April 20 The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra responded beautifully to the steady hand of distinguished...
Track to host inaugural walk
Track to host inaugural walk
The Hereweka Harbour Cone Trust will lead an inaugural walk on the newly formed Portobello-Hereweka marked loop track this Sunday.
Hoopers Inlet waste options
Hoopers Inlet waste options
A lively discussion of refuse and recycling services on the peninsula dominated the public forum of last Thursday’s Otago Peninsula Community Board meeting at Portobello.
More than $175K raised during relay
More than $175K raised during relay
The Dunedin Relay for Life was a triumph for all involved, smashing its $150,00 fundraising target by lunchtime on Saturday.
RSA’s vision for the future of veterans
RSA’s vision for the future of veterans
Protecting the legacy of the Returned & Services Association in New Zealand is at the heart of a top-level national review of the organisation, entitled "RSA 2030".
Response thrills event organisers
Response thrills event organisers
The Golden Centre’s eye-catching Anzac Day-themed display is a tribute to community efforts, organisers say.
Final festival for stalwart organisers
Final festival for stalwart organisers
Inspiring people to love and care for wildlife and wild spaces, and to learn about the impact of weather and climate, is at the heart of the ninth Wild Dunedin Ōtepoti Mohoao — NZ Festival of...
Family team up across globe for relay
Family team up across globe for relay
The 12-strong "Melrose Place" team will be hard to miss at the Dunedin Relay for Life this Saturday at Forsyth Barr Stadium, sporting vibrant purple outfits and with sassy attitude to burn.
Team ‘passionate’ about event
Team ‘passionate’ about event
Stalwart Dunedin Relay for Life participants, the Mercy Hospital team are raring to go ahead of Saturday’s event at Forsyth Barr Stadium.