All eligible local schools sign up to HPV programme
All eligible local schools sign up to HPV programme
All but one Otago school has opted to take part in the cervical cancer immunisation programme for year 8 and 9 girls.
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Lions club house tour takes on new theme
Lions club house tour takes on new theme
A firehouse, a courthouse and a slaughterhouse - all long since retired from their original purpose - will feature in the Cromwell Lake Dunstan Lions Club's Past to Present House and Building Tour later this month.
SBS team full of fundraising ideas
SBS team full of fundraising ideas
It will be easy to spot the members of Team SBS at next month's Relay for Life event in Central Otago - just look for the costumes.
Local groups support community house proposal
Local groups support community house proposal
The proposed community house in Alexandra is ‘‘moving forward'', concept group chairwoman Bernice Lepper says.
Holiday Park sold; business as usual
Holiday Park sold; business as usual
After nearly 40 years in the Cotter family, the Lake Hawea Holiday Park is now under new ownership.
Careers festival shapes up
Careers festival shapes up
A planned annual event aimed at raising awareness of career opportunities and skill needs in Otago continues to move forward.
Boost for new Plunket service as grant arrives from Australia
Boost for new Plunket service as grant arrives from Australia
A Plunket Society service supporting women in Dunedin suffering from postnatal depression has been given a financial boost courtesy of the Australian exchange rate.
Coastal native coming under threat
Coastal native coming under threat
Do you ever feel as if you should do more for conservation but don't have the time? Why not find a spot for Euphorbia glauca in your garden?
Answering stadium critics
Answering stadium critics
Debt (read borrowings) has become something of a touchstone for those who oppose a particular capital works project.
NZ firefighters to Aust soon - Key
NZ firefighters to Aust soon - Key
New Zealand firefighters could be battling the devastating Australian bushfires by the end of the week, Prime Minister John Key says.
Young rowers heading for national trials
Young rowers heading for national trials
Young North End Rowing Club members Michael Nisbet (21) and Lucy Strack (19) have been training hard all season for the opportunity to trial for the New Zealand U23 Team.
Athletics: Middle distance resurgence for Caversham
Athletics: Middle distance resurgence for Caversham
The Caversham Club continued its resurgence in middle distance when it dominated the interclub track and field meeting in Mosgiel on Saturday.
Theft of trees shocks kindergarten
Theft of trees shocks kindergarten
Staff and children of St Kilda Kindergarten have, unfortunately, come to realise that at least some of Dunedin's green thumbs have sticky fingers.
Two sides of the coin and both found lacking
Two sides of the coin and both found lacking
Laura Hewson reviews Wanting and As It Is On Telly.
Come on Dunedin, get on your bikes!
Come on Dunedin, get on your bikes!
February is Bike Wise Month, and Dunedin's cyclists are being called upon to demonstrate just how cycle-mad they really are.
Youth councillors help CDC take note of issues
Youth councillors help CDC take note of issues
Two Blue Mountain College pupils have been selected to sit on the Clutha District's Youth Council.
Dunedin Chinese Garden
Dunedin Chinese Garden
Photo by: Nurul Ishak By Nurul Haji-Ishak from DUNEDIN 9016, NEW ZEALAND.
Govt funding sought for installing fluoride system
Govt funding sought for installing fluoride system
The West Otago Community Board is to recommend to Clutha District Council (CDC) an application be made to the Ministry of Health for a 100 per cent subsidy to pay for installing a system to add fluoride to the Tapanui water supply.
Athletics: Hall's sights on bigger things after win
Athletics: Hall's sights on bigger things after win
Marshall Hall (Taieri) showed why he is the No 1-ranked discus thrower in the country at the interclub meeting in Mosgiel on Saturday.
Memorial drive idea finds support
Memorial drive idea finds support
A Port Chalmers man is leading the drive to have a section of SH88 renamed to honour the town's longestserving civic leader.