Kim Dungey

Fancy playing detective and tracing the history of your home? Kim Dungey tells you where to look for clues.

Travelling the world, having a family and building his own house were always on Warren Cullen's bucket list. As Kim Dungey reports, he's now ticked off all three.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a former warehouse and ballet school that was badly damaged by fire six years ago is getting a new lease on life, writes Kim Dungey.

In her new book, award-winning Dunedin author Rachel Stedman plays with the idea of where technology might take us. Kim Dungey reports.

A Canterbury couple displaced by earthquakes have created a vintage vibe in a former church. Kim Dungey reports.

Collecting art can be confusing, even intimidating, so where do you start? Kim Dungey reports.

After her daughter, Sophie, was murdered by a former boyfriend, Lesley Elliott made it her mission to help others avoid abusive relationships.

All eyes were on the catwalk recently as seven Otago Polytechnic fashion students showed their finest garments at Shanghai Fashion Week.

Former recipients of the Otago Daily Times Class Act awards are making names for themselves in the arts. We talk to six of the best.

A former hairdresser and meat packer has just won the country's top kitchen design award for the second time in four years. Kim Dungey reports.

Traditionally, New Zealanders have done their own home improvements rather than spend money on tradesmen. But are we still a nation of do-it-yourselfers? Kim Dungey looks at the changing face of DIY. 

When Steven Loughrey wanted to tile his bathroom, he turned to YouTube.

It looks like a typical row of student flats but behind the front doors, not everything is as it seems. Kim Dungey reports on a new development on the University of Otago campus.

When a Dunedin couple wanted someone to design their retirement home, they knew exactly who to turn to. Kim Dungey reports.

No longer just a collection of books, the public library is using new technologies to deliver content anywhere, any time. Kim Dungey visits the Dunedin city library and talks to those who use its services.

A hard-working Dunedin couple have given this old home a new lease of life and a new location. Kim Dungey reports.

The teenage years can be a tough time. Kim Dungey meets some locals who are making a difference.

The Otago Youth Wellness Trust is a homegrown initiative that started 18 years ago and now works with about 300 young people annually.

An avocado-green kitchen, geometric wallpaper and pink bathroom animate this Dunedin state house. It gracefully handles the overlaid tastes of its past two owners and teaches us a few things about the way we once were. It is one of 14 state houses in almost original condition explored in the new book, Beyond the State: New Zealand State Houses from Modest to Modern, by Bill McKay and Andrea Stevens, with photography by Simon Devitt. Kim Dungey reports.

It wasn't for the faint-hearted but a Dunedin couple have reaped the rewards from building on a steep inner-city section, Kim Dungey reports.