Brenda Harwood

New Zealand’s world-leading approach to reaching its Smokefree 2025 goal, and the importance of support and encouragement for those trying to quit, are being highlighted during Smokefree May.

As The Star reaches a milestone of 160 years this month, reporters Brenda Harwood and Simon Henderson delve into the archives.

The Great Kiwi Poster Competition returns with an invitation for creative people across New Zealand to use art to highlight a range of environmental issues.

Four members of Dunedin Toastmasters Club will travel to Wellington this weekend to represent Otago and Southland in the finals of four public-speaking contests.

Cargill’s Castle Trust has taken a major step forward in its efforts to preserve the historic castle ruin, high on the cliffs above St Clair, lodging a building consent with Dunedin City Council...

Dunedin audiences will enjoy the music of international musical phenomenon Jersey Boys when Musical Theatre Dunedin’s production of the award-winning show opens tonight at the Regent...

Excitement is high at the Otago Art Society galleries in Dunedin Railway Station, where 179 artworks are displayed ahead of the opening of the Cleveland National Art Awards exhibition.

Sunny summer gatherings in Canterbury and at Berwick have given southern members of BB New Zealand youth groups (formerly Boys Brigade) a chance to enjoy the outdoors while celebrating 140 years of...

Supporting families with newborns to access the basic necessities for their babies’ first year of life is the focus of the newly formed Dunedin branch of The Nest Collective NZ.

The constant battle to save and care for hundreds of stray and feral cats and kittens is taking its toll on the staff, volunteers and stretched resources of Cat Rescue Dunedin.

The Community Fruit Harvest Ōtepoti network has rescued more than a tonne of fruit from rotting on the ground in Dunedin backyards this season, thanks to the efforts of dozens of local volunteers.

A solemn rededication of the North East Valley War Memorial Archway on Friday was a stark reminder of the losses suffered by Dunedin families in war.

The sun shone down on about 300 people, veterans, families, dignitaries and members of the public, who gathered at Montecillo War Veterans Home on Anzac Day.

A beautiful, clear morning greeted more than 400 people who turned out to pay their respects at the Andersons Bay Cemetery posy laying ceremony on Anzac Day.

Dunedin’s dance community will come together to celebrate International Dance Day this Saturday, April 29, with a busy programme of events co-ordinated by Dance Ōteotpi.

Two Dunedin health professionals are using their own personal experiences of anxiety, as well as long experience of helping patients deal with stress and anxiety as the basis of a new five-week...

Memories of the young returned soldiers she cared for during World War 2 will be top-of-mind for former nurse Elsie Herriott (nee Nicholl) this Anzac Day.