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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

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

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

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

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

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.

Temporary step back for Step Up

Temporary step back for Step Up

An event encouraging people to step up has been postponed.

Pupils get frying for fundraiser

Balmacewen Intermediate pupil Lyla (13) takes a bite of the pancakes her class made to raise...

Pupils get frying for fundraiser

A class of year 8 pupils put their cooking skills to the test to help others.

Rhododendron Day faces setbacks but still going ahead

Rhododendron ‘Chrysomanicum’ can be grown in all but the coldest climates. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

Rhododendron Day faces setbacks but still going ahead

The celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rhododendron Day, from October 14 to 17, has had two setbacks.

Cryptocurrency stands by itself

If cryptocurrency raises more questions than answers, you're not alone. Reporter Simon Henderson meets Otago Cryptocurrency Club president Campbell Miller and Otago University's director of the bachelor of entrepreneurship Dr John Williams to understand the issues.

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