Brenda Harwood

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.

Dunedin's unsung heroes stepped into the limelight last night as The Star hosted its seventh annual Dunedin Stars awards event celebrating the achievements of the city's volunteers.

Question from the floor: Dunedin man Ronald Dick, a life member of the Otago Deaf Society, put Dunedin's election candidates on their mettle at Monday night's forum with a pertinent question about the age of retirement.

New Zealand will need to nearly double the number of building industry tradespeople it has to meet a predicted $24 billion spike in residential and commercial building work across New Zealand in the next 10 years.

A Dunedin couple are feeling left out in the cold after receiving a letter from Contact Energy with their power bill this week.

Redevelopment at the Regent Theatre has reached fever-pitch with just 10 weeks remaining before the doors reopen for the first public event in 10 months - the International Film Festival.

February is shaping up as an exciting month at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum, where trustees and volunteers are putting the finishing touches to the restored fitting shop.

Dunedin great-grandmother Dawn Ibbotson (95) was 13 years old when the magnificent Regent Theatre auditorium was built in 1928.

The hard work and commitment of Dunedin screen printer Cory Pollard during several years of training has earned him the accolade of screen printing apprentice of the year for 2009.

The decision by the Dunedin City Council (DCC) to delay the Dunedin Town Hall redevelopment by a year has once again caught regular users by surprise, with the City of Dunedin Choir calling it a "staggering" move.

ive young Dunedin designers are among 31 finalists from 10 countries to be named as finalists for the 2010 iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards.

Partnership between the Malcam Trust and Pact is providing paid work and valuable trade skills for a group of young Dunedin people.

A delicate operation to begin the careful process of straightening a building went without a hitch at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum on Monday.

Filming a documentary about human dissection was a challenging, but ultimately life-affirming, experience for those involved.

Literacy Aotearoa Dunedin is encouraging local employers to support its new "Train to Gain" workplace literacy strategy for 2010, to be launched next week.

A congregation of more than 150 parishioners and friends gathered at Dunedin South Presbyterian Church on Saturday to launch the centennial celebrations for Musselburgh Presbyterian Church.