Free Saturday in city filled with delights
I had no idea it was free bus day. It came as a nice surprise at the end of a lovely Saturday afternoon doing touristy things around Dunedin.
Opinion
Those magnificent men in...their Sunday best
Those magnificent men in...their Sunday best
Welcome back yet again, and welcome to what could be the coldest week of the year, if the forecasts coming out late last week and over the weekend come true.
Thinking about a thinker-in- residence - any thoughts?
Thinking about a thinker-in- residence - any thoughts?
Do you think Dunedin, and Otago, needs a ''thinker-in-residence''?
Open your mind to the possibilities in Dunedin
Open your mind to the possibilities in Dunedin
Making decisions is not always the easiest task in life. Yet our lives are basically the sum of our decisions.
Farewell to a former colleague
Farewell to a former colleague
Now that winter has arrived in the South, we can at least sit back and smile at some happy memories of an extended and early spring.
Ferry boon for cruise passengers, cyclists
Ferry boon for cruise passengers, cyclists
Isn't it great there’s going to be a ferry running across Otago Harbour again?
'Reach out': reader singing from same songbook
'Reach out': reader singing from same songbook
First a word about the ridiculous language we are forced to put up with each day.
Blow away anything bubbling up in your email
Blow away anything bubbling up in your email
I'm not planning on delving into politics again today, but thanks for the calls and emails expressing similar sentiments about the lynch-mob approach to Dunedin South MP Clare Curran's departure...
No place for destroying minister in NZ
No place for destroying minister in NZ
The daily rough-and-tumble of politics is not a natural fit for this column — there are plenty of other opinion pieces, analyses and blogs out there already dealing with that.
The roof was anchored by two rocks hanging from a wire...
The roof was anchored by two rocks hanging from a wire...
Before we delve more deeply into things for today, let's deal with a couple of smaller, but no less important, matters.
Memories of first-quake chaos still vivid
Memories of first-quake chaos still vivid
I woke up suddenly just after 4.30am yesterday and remained wide awake for several minutes.
Swiss system for resort rating worth a look
Swiss system for resort rating worth a look
Well, that's the opinion of former Otago Regional councillor Louise Croot, who passed on to me a paper she wrote after a visit to the Swiss village of Grindelwald in the Bernese Alps in 2005.
Cooktown’s bugler much dodgier than a burglar
Cooktown’s bugler much dodgier than a burglar
Welcometo another week and to spring. What are the chances it’s turned cold?
At least we know you're paying attention
At least we know you're paying attention
A newspaper is a daily miracle - and I was told once never to question a miracle.
Oh, some days it would be better to stay in a warm bed
Oh, some days it would be better to stay in a warm bed
Things come in threes, they say.
Tour of beauty
Tour of beauty
Thirteen hours in Te Anau.
Warm winter means more bugs
Warm winter means more bugs
If you set store by one of the old, rough-and-ready, measures of the seasons, we haven’t quite crawled into spring yet.
Mild but with a good flurry of memories
Mild but with a good flurry of memories
While our winter continues to bring not a lot of winter across the region, we can afford to get all nostalgic about snow — without the hassles of having to cope with it.
Our city's heritage is more than buildings
Our city's heritage is more than buildings
We tend to think of heritage as mostly to do with old buildings.
Snow white Dunedin imagery and aromas of sand-casting
Snow white Dunedin imagery and aromas of sand-casting
Lots to cover today so let's get into it without further ado.