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Super Saturday-Racing to reach 90% vaccination

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has put out the call to ‘‘roll up your sleeve for New Zealand’’, as the country gears up for the Super Saturday mass vaccination event. The Star is getting behind...

By Brenda Harwood

Word about town

Hernanie Lazara, of Dunedin, was vaccinated earlier this week. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON

Word about town

Many people are continuing to take advantage of free Covid-19 vaccination clinics across the city.

People urged to get jab for mental wellbeing

Mental health services are encouraging people to reach out if they need support or information about Covid-19 vaccination. Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand chief executive Shaun...

South plans for an outbreak

Well South primary health medical director Dr Carol Atmore. PHOTO: ALLIED PRESS FILES

South plans for an outbreak

‘‘Get vaccinated to protect what you love.’’ That is the message from Well South primary health medical director Dr Carol Atmore, who is part of a group working on a safe and...

Home visits help protect vulnerable

Te Runanga o Otakou manager Nadia Wesley-Smith. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Home visits help protect vulnerable

Organising nurses to give kaumatua their Covid-19 vaccinations at home was a fantastic way to ensure Otakou’s vulnerable were protected, Te Runanga o Otakou manager Nadia Wesley-Smith said. ...

Cyclists to wear retro threads for ride event

Sartorial style . . . Ready to ride are Dunedin Tweed Ride coorganisers Peter Petchey and Ruth...

Cyclists to wear retro threads for ride event

Pull on your plus-fours and Norfolk jackets, dust off your flat caps and knickerbockers — it is time to enjoy a spring sojourn at the annual Dunedin Tweed Ride,...

Covid era challenges channelled for song

Spirited . . . Dunedin musician Lani Alo sings about overcoming struggles in his latest single...

Covid era challenges channelled for song

‘‘Light up the hurricane lantern’’(Tutu maia le moli matagi) sings Lani Alo on his latest single Tua i Manu. The Dunedin musician channelled the challenges and anxieties of the...

Moving Otago Polyfest online 'a good decision'

All together now . . . Children from Punavai Ole Atamai Preschool perform during the last day of...

Moving Otago Polyfest online 'a good decision'

Otago Polyfest is back for another year, albeit in a different way. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the festival will move online and all performances will be livestreamed on...

Jazz returns after Covid hiatus

Series resumes . . . Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra features alto saxophonist Jayden Jesudhass...

Jazz returns after Covid hiatus

The Dunedin Jazz Club will resume its monthly concert series this Saturday at Hanover Hall with a double bill featuring the Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra (DYJO) and the Djangocalypse Trio....

Dunedin Marathon cancelled

Dunedin Marathon Committee chairwoman Maria Sleeman. PHOTO: ALLIED PRESS FILES

Dunedin Marathon cancelled

The Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon has been cancelled. The event was meant to be held in September but was pushed back to November 7 amid Covid-19 restrictions, in the hopes the city...

‘She has no choice, but you do’

Do it for Ayla . . . Yvonne Bohn and daughter Ayla Bohn Bitcheno (6), who has leukaemia, meet...

‘She has no choice, but you do’

Yvonne Bohn has one message for people mulling over whether to get vaccinated: please think of children like her young daughter Ayla and just do it.

Vaccine fears overcome

Vaccine fears overcome

Getting the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is an easy choice for many, but for others doubts need to be overcome. Dunedin disabilities advocate and Enabling...

Super Saturday-Racing to reach 90% vaccination

Protecting the country . . . Siblings Sophia Body (14, left) and Christopher Body (12) get their...

Super Saturday-Racing to reach 90% vaccination

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has put out the call to ‘‘roll up your sleeve for New Zealand’’, as the country gears up for the Super Saturday mass vaccination event. The Star is getting behind...

Acklin tacklin’ Araroa

Dunedin man Blake Acklin walks regularly at St Clair Beach as part of his preparations to walk...

Acklin tacklin’ Araroa

Blake Acklin has a bucket-list adventure in his sights — walking the 3000km Te Araroa Trail the length of New Zealand.

Pikao planting stabilises dunes

Okahau dune project organiser Angelina Young helps Warrington School pupil Skyla Bussell (14)...

Pikao planting stabilises dunes

Prison-grown pikao has helped a local conservation project at Warrington Beach.

Mosgiel office for Labour MP open

Taieri MP Ingrid Leary is looking forward to welcoming constituents to the new Mosgiel office, at...

Mosgiel office for Labour MP open

Mosgiel residents wanting support from their MP will no longer have to drive into Dunedin for face-to-face meetings.

Over half of city fully vaccinated

Australia's immunisation drive got a boost on Thursday with the arrival of Moderna doses in about...

Over half of city fully vaccinated

Covid-19 vaccination rates continue to climb steadily in Dunedin; 58.3% of eligible people are now fully vaccinated.

‘Poet Lorikeet’ and teddy host poetry workshop

Poet Jenny Powell shows Tainui School pupils photographs of her first day at the school as a...

‘Poet Lorikeet’ and teddy host poetry workshop

What happened to the teddy bear’s fur?

An attic full of curiosities

Otago Museum natural science curator Emma Burns says there are thousands of fascinating creatures...

An attic full of curiosities

Up among the rafters at the Otago Museum is an amazing collection of creatures called the Animal Attic. The museum plans to run a Wild Dunedin-inspired family tour this weekend for the school...

Parenting course expands

Members of the Game On! team at Catholic Social Services (from left) whanau support worker Allan...

Parenting course expands

A Dunedin-founded parenting course that has helped hundreds of men to be better dads is expanding to other New Zealand centres.

Learning software a labour of love

Kevin Geddes enjoys daily learning sessions using software developed by his parents Trevor and...

Learning software a labour of love

A series of software programmes developed by Helen and Trevor Geddes, of Bellknowes, has been a labour of love.

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