Post office suits beauty salon
Post office suits beauty salon
In a series, The Star reporters are interviewing owners of Dunedin buildings which were built for one purpose but now serve another. This week, Shawn McAvinue talks to ...
Shawn McAvinue
Tensions laid bare in nude feud
Tensions laid bare in nude feud
The gloves are off for two feuding naturist clubs in Dunedin.
Pandemic hitting club in the (figurative) pocket
Pandemic hitting club in the (figurative) pocket
A Dunedin naturist club is feeling the pinch after a pandemic closed New Zealand borders to tourists.
Uplifting experience
Uplifting experience
Emirates Team New Zealand flight controller Blair Tuke (left) and grinder Guy Endean show Callum Scorringe (6), of Abbotsford, the America’s Cup in South Dunedin on Monday.
Market day arises from cancellation
Market day arises from cancellation
An Outram market set to debut next week was created after a flower show with an 87-year history in the village started to wilt.
Gift of oats for breakfast nourishing young family
Gift of oats for breakfast nourishing young family
An Abbotsford family is pleased a new partnership will result in more servings of porridge to nourish them in the morning.
Armistice Day 2020
Armistice Day 2020
About 200 people attended an Armistice Day remembrance service at the Dunedin Cenotaph in Queens Gardens yesterday.
Canine’s canines cleaner
Canine’s canines cleaner
For Startup Dunedin's Audacious latestnine-week programme, University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students take an idea to solve a problem and make it a business. In a series...
Community Carnival
Community Carnival
Hundreds of people enjoyed the Community Carnival at The Hub in East Taieri on Friday.
Music tempo app good for runners
Music tempo app good for runners
Shawn McAvinue talks to Jordan Frost (20), of Shiel Hill, about the app he designed which allows runners to create a playlist of songs which share the same number of beats per minute.
Spike in child mental health referrals
Spike in child mental health referrals
A growing trend of children aged younger than 10 being referred for mental health services is emerging in Dunedin, a mental health services director says.
Growing concern over ‘massive’ unpruned trees
Growing concern over ‘massive’ unpruned trees
A South Dunedin man is calling for contractors to remove the mature trees lining the street outside his home.
Hard-pruned trees like ‘stumps’
Hard-pruned trees like ‘stumps’
A Maryhill woman fears a Dunedin City Council "cost-cutting exercise" could be the "beginning of the end" for the trees lining her street.
Mosgiel woman calls for return of bus stop
Mosgiel woman calls for return of bus stop
A Mosgiel woman is slamming the Dunedin City Council for removing a bus stop.
Fundraising spring fling ahead for Mosgiel
Fundraising spring fling ahead for Mosgiel
Get set to sing at a spring fling in Mosgiel.
New citizens finally get their day
New citizens finally get their day
Scores of new Dunedin citizens are being given the chance to celebrate after a pandemic robbed them of an opportunity to swear allegiance to the Queen.
Blind businesswoman sidesteps statistics
Blind businesswoman sidesteps statistics
Blind Dunedin businesswoman Megan Turnbull is bucking a trend.
‘True’ off-road experience ahead
‘True’ off-road experience ahead
A call has been made for a 4WD fleet to explore a tussock-covered mountain folds of the Lammermoor Range.
Dearth of overseas pupils hits schools in the pocket
Dearth of overseas pupils hits schools in the pocket
Dunedin principals are calculating the cost of plummeting rolls in their international pupil programmes.
Woodworker’s projects right outside the box
Woodworker’s projects right outside the box
A retired Dunedin carpenter has been thinking outside the box for his latest project.