Brenda Harwood

Regulars at the popular Otago Farmers Market will notice a changing of the guard at the Havoc Pork stand.

February's sale of the United Services and Community Club building means the Dunedin Returned and Services' Association can ''really move forward'', after a year of consolidation and rebuilding.

Dunedin Police and Neighbourhood Support Otago are going door to door in the student quarter to highlight the importance of security.

It is about to get more expensive to use an ambulance.

The extended spell of warm, dry weather has been a boon to Dunedin construction company Cook Brothers, as work proceeds apace on the new Blueskin Bay Library and Community Complex.

Dunedin-based NHNZ executive producer Judith Curran will step out in a locally designed dress at the Los Angeles premiere of new fashion-centred NHNZ show L.A. Frock Stars on March 7.

The planned amalgamation of Dunedin general medical practices Aurora Health Centre and South City Medical Centre is part of a growing national trend.

A major community project will transform Dunedin's harbourside cycleway corridor into a community recreation and exercise zone during the next three years.

Celtic, Gypsy, rockabilly and jazz music, along with the joyous sights and sounds of Brazilian samba, will come together in an eclectic mix at this year's Whare Flat Folk Festival.

A patch of unused ground at Bathgate Park School is to be transformed into a large community garden for the people of South Dunedin.

An unusual approach to Christmas has allowed southern accountancy firm WHK to donate $16,500 to southern food banks this year.

After 15 years of doing battle with dodgy door-to-door sales people and fighting for the rights of Dunedin consumers, Dunedin Citizens Advice Bureau stalwart Noel Angus (83) is putting his feet up.

Dunedin man Derek Morrison's love affair with the city's vast coastline has given rise to an extraordinary photographic project during the past year.

Light, space and neatly arranged artefacts greet visitors to Port Chalmers Maritime Museum now that stage one of the museum's redevelopment is complete.

It may be hard to get to and in need of repair, but Pilot's Wharf at the Aramoana spit could be a boon for tourism, supporters say.

A Dunedin falls prevention programme run by Age Concern Otago is to lose vital ACC funding.

About 100 belly dance and drumming practitioners from throughout New Zealand and Australia will descend on the city from April 13 to 16 for the annual national event, being held in Dunedin for the first time.

Christmas parcels containing food, treats and gifts have been delivered to 300 Dunedin families by the Dunedin Combined Christmas Foodbank.

Knox Dental surgery in Dunedin is celebrating the achievements of two of its dentists, who have both received the prestigious New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) Outstanding Young Dentist Award.

The failure of gas-monitoring equipment after just one day inside the Caversham tunnel last month means the month-long testing programme must be repeated.