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The Southern Trust, which has been involved in the two-yearly heritage festival since 2007, is delighted to highlight the connections between the Dunedin community and the university in this year’s...

The Baby & Child Show will feature a range of interactive and informative seminars and workshops. Best-selling author and one of New Zealand's leading sleep consultants Dorothy Waide will be on...

Seeking a second term on the Otago Regional Council - for Molyneux is Carmen HopeI have been visible, attending as many community led engagements as well as Council led meetings in the greater...

One of the companies making a huge impact on reducing waste in Dunedin are the Hall Brothers Recycling and Transport group of companies. In the last financial year, the company saved 35,000...

A new $1.5 million study hub at Southland Hospital was officially opened last month. The hub is a partnership between Southern DHB and the University of Otago and is on the ground floor of the...

Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) between 23 and 29 September is an opportunity to explore the experiences, actions, relationships and surroundings that uplift our mental wellbeing. Mental...

Pupils at Invercargill’s New River Primary School learned about the digestive system, bowel health and the importance of healthy eating habits last month, in partnership with the Southern DHB’s...

The expertise, dedication, professionalism and hard work of Heather Casey, Southern DHB Director of Nursing, Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability has been recognised at the 2019...

The recent measles outbreaks across New Zealand have created lots of questions in the community and on social media. Most Kiwis born before 1969 have already been exposed to measles as it was...

Spring has arrived, in all its glorious colour and wild weather. This Spring has begun with an unwelcome visitor to our district however – measles. At the time of writing, 21 cases had been...

 Q+A with Full Dome Producer OANA JONES What do you love about your job?My job lets me combine making films, sharing astronomy with the public, and coming up with new events to put on. It...

Keep active every dayWhile it can be hard to fit exercise in to our busy schedules, little changes can go a long way. Those who work all day could look to cycle or walk part or all of the way to...

CATARACT - AN EASILY TREATED EYE CONDITIONSOUTHERN CATARACT SURGEONS’ Dr Brett Rogers is one of New Zealand’s most experiencedCataract Surgeons. Brett has performed about ten thousand cataract...

Proportionate ownership (or syndication) makes investing in commercial property more achievable. By pooling together with other investors you can get access to potentially higher value, higher...

 Extreme Science II in Stewart IslandHow do we really know that the moon landings happened? How long would it take to get to Mars? And the ever popular, how to you go to the toilet in space?...

There is a lot happening at Dunedin Venues this month, with something on almost every day at either Forsyth Barr Stadium or the Dunedin Centre, including an exciting range of community events...

A collaboration between Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust and the community will see everyone join together at 6 pm on September the 10th in the 6th annual World Suicide Prevention Day being...

Winning gold in the 10,000m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games made Dick Tayler a kiwi hero and put him on top of the world. But life always throws up new challenges. Cardiac arrest two years ago,...