Brenda Harwood

Dunedin Returned and Services Association president Jenepher Glover has become one of the first two women to be voted on to the national executive of the Royal New Zealand RSA.

Riding for the Disabled Dunedin has some big plans for the future, which could include recreational riding trails built around its Fairfield base.

The heroic fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Globe Theatre during the past year have brought them tantalisingly close to the $500,000 target for the theatre's redevelopment.

An in-depth study of 1000 Dunedin teenagers and their means of transport to and from school has looked into their activity levels, nutrition levels and screen time and produced some worrying early results. BRENDA HARWOOD reports on the Beats study eight months on.

Queen's High School pupils Ella Cameron and Louise Nicolson, who are participating in the Beats Study, have just a short walk to get to school, but both are active sportswomen.

An initiative to establish a Zone of Peace in Castle St, North Dunedin, has given people food for thought. Brenda Harwood takes a look at the concept.

Dunedin's Meals on Wheels service is in a tough spot, with volunteer driver numbers down and demand rising, causing Age Concern Otago to issue an urgent call for help. Brenda Harwood reports.

Dunedin playwright Sarah McDougall is putting out a call for bodgies, widgies and milk bar cowboys - teenagers of the 1950s, to share their stories.

Thousands of Dunedin people will march in the footsteps of their forefathers, as the city gears up for the first major World War 1 centenary event in September.

Mosgiel residents are receiving a warm and friendly welcome at the ''Healing Place'', a gathering space at St Luke's on the Taieri.

Having the chance to ''give back'' to the community has inspired Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora social workers Soraya McGartland and Nick Callaghan to step up and volunteer to become Maori wardens.

New Zealand's new alcohol legislation will be put under close scrutiny in a four-year research project by University of Otago researchers.

Dunedin woman Enid Ford (94) is determined to remain in her own home and receiving Meals on Wheels helps her to do it.

In the past year, 785 Dunedin families and individuals have been able to get on top of their power bills with support from the Dunedin City Council Consumer Electricity Fund.

Sawyers Bay School principal Gareth Swete is frustrated by a lack of progress on solving safety concerns at the school gate.

Dunedin community organisations must find ways to shift to a more professional footing to ensure future sustainability and secure ongoing government contracts.

''Walking the journey'' with people as they become debt-free is the focus of a Dunedin debt-counselling service.