Gillian Vine

Plans are almost finalised for a programme to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dunedin’s annual Rhododendron Day.

Thousands of pairs of used glasses that would otherwise be dumped are helping improve the sight of people in Pacific countries and Dunedin people are playing their part.

The annual bird survey has ended and once again Dunedin "twitchers" enthusiastically supported the project.

Plans to replace a South Dunedin church are on hold.

A Wanaka gardener has set up a company to help people grow edible plants. Gillian Vine reports.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be watched avidly by Dunedin couple Graeme and Shirley Bond.

Fifty past and present members of the Fairfield Garden Club gathered at Nellie’s Restaurant, in Mosgiel, on Sunday to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary.

Presbyterian Support Otago has taken over a Mosgiel programme for older people, launching it as Club Enliven Taieri.

Mercy Hospital will celebrate its 85th anniversary tomorrow morning with the opening of Callaghan Ward, which offers 22 beds for inpatient and day-stay care.

A Mosgiel-Taieri community board member believes a "deliberate" decision was made  to withhold information on changing the entrance to the new Mosgiel swimming pool.

About $1500 has been raised to support a hospital in Gaza.

With a resurgence in vegetable growing, Gillian Vine has some tips for getting started in the garden.

Concern that the Mosgiel Memorial Gardens are becoming run down has led to the formation of a new group, Friends of the Mosgiel Memorial Gardens.

A new road in Mosgiel is to be named after a man with no connections to Otago.

Grey is in fashion outside, as well as indoors. Gillian Vine reports.

Delays and site confusion over where a memorial wall will be built at the East Taieri Cemetery have disappointed a Mosgiel woman.

To survive the chill of winter, deciduous trees drop their leaves, some flaunting splendid colour before they fall.