Rest-home residents enjoy trip
Glendale Retirement Home is proving that life does not stop when you live in a rest-home.
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Night shelter to hold appeal
Night shelter to hold appeal
Dunedin Night Shelter Trust chairman Dr Rob Thomson is sad the city needs a shelter for homeless people, but is "really glad that we do have one''.
Life, landscapes explored in ‘View from the South’
Life, landscapes explored in ‘View from the South’
Southern life and landscapes are explored in a new book of poetry and photographs by poet and novelist Owen Marshall and artistphotographer Grahame Sydney.
City’s worst spot for mobile speed camera tickets
City’s worst spot for mobile speed camera tickets
A section of a Dunedin road is on track to retain its record of producing the most mobile speed camera tickets. And it is not a record police are pleased about. Shawn McAvinue reports.
New tables at St Clair salt pool
New tables at St Clair salt pool
Sitting poolside at St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool will be a more comfortable experience with the installation of six sturdy new wooden tables.
Call for unwanted hearing aids
Call for unwanted hearing aids
Without hearing aids, hearing impaired people living in poverty are unable to go to school or work.
Fines for leaving dogs in hot cars
Fines for leaving dogs in hot cars
New legislation gives animal welfare inspectors the power to fine people for leaving a dog in a hot vehicle.
Burial plots continue to thicken
Burial plots continue to thicken
A Dunedin City Council review of cemetery space has caused ‘‘warning bells’’ to sound, Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board chairwoman Sarah Davie-Nitis says.
Silent reminders quietly removed from Gardens
Silent reminders quietly removed from Gardens
Thousands of white crosses, which have stood in Queens Gardens as a silent reminder of the Otago-Southland men who died in World War 1, have been removed.
Christmas lights a labour of love
Christmas lights a labour of love
A Kenmure woman is helping to light up Barr St and wants to see more people doing the same.
It's a wild week for book bus
Wild week for book bus
While the regular book buses may be having their Christmas holidays, one special bus is heading back to work early for a "tiki tour'' of the city's summer hotspots.
First-year students volunteer in droves
First-year students volunteer in droves
Volunteering may not be the "welcome party'' first-year University of Otago students initially had in mind, but 1300 of them have signed to help Dunedin's community groups.
Supergrans happy in new home
Supergrans happy in new home
A light and bright, comfortable space in South Dunedin mall has become the new home of Supergrans Dunedin.
Volunteers vital for Red Cross
Volunteers vital for Red Cross
For the past four years, Dunedin woman Sandra Stevenson has provided support and vital transport to health appointments for people in the community.
Interpreter service being set up
Interpreter service being set up
The need for face-to-face interpreter support for former refugees and other new migrants is behind the establishment of a new interpreter service in the city.
Camp Rd limit may be reviewed
Camp Rd limit may be reviewed
The give way sign at the corner of Highcliff and Camp Rds is set to remain, but the speed limit may be reviewed.
Bus user says timetable 'not fit'
Bus user says timetable 'not fit'
The Otago Regional Council bus timetable and map is not fit for purpose, a bus user says.
‘Night Circus’ extravaganza to raise funds for hospice
‘Night Circus’ extravaganza to raise funds for hospice
The Otago Community Hospice will wrap up Hospice Awareness Week with a ‘‘Night Circus’’ extravaganza — complete with fire dancing, magic, music, and show girls.
Inaugural food truck market a hit
Inaugural food truck market a hit
The first food truck market to hit Dunedin is being heralded a success.
Toy collectors no longer laughing stock
Toy collectors no longer laughing stock
Collecting children’s toys could get a man ridiculed, but times have changed, says a Dunedin model vehicle enthusiast.