The Star (Dunedin)
Funding drive for better building
The Dunedin Gymnastic Academy is hunting for a venue of up to 2000sq m so its athletes have enough room to grow. It wants to leave behind two cramped industrial warehouses that cost the organisation about $130,000 a year to rent. The academy operates...
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Lord Krishna's birthday marked
Celebrating in style are (from left) Priyanka Majumdar, Raven Singh, Divya Sivadas and Deepshikha Rathore. Song and dance came together as many gathered to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna at the recent Shri Krishna Janmashtami festival last...
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Prehistoric predators fly south for exhibition
Another display at the museum will showcase a fossil vertebra discovered by pioneering New Zealand palaeontologist Joan Wiffen. For decades, scientists believed dinosaurs had never lived in New Zealand. Then in 1975, while still an amateur fossil...
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College marks milestone
Three longstanding Dunedin educators are defending their profession against government attacks as their college marks a major milestone. The University of Otago College of Education Te Kura Ākau Taitoka is celebrating 150 years of teacher training...
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Technology tracks hungry hoiho
Only one yellow-eyed penguin chick from the past season is expected to survive to join the mainland The breeding population. Star reporter Sam Henderson speaks to a researcher trialling live satellite tracking to rescue the dying birds before the...
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Boost for sycamore battle
A team of passionate volunteers battling the scourge of sycamores in North East Valley have had their efforts boosted with an injection of Otago Regional Council funding. The ongoing, multiyear campaign, led by The Valley Project’s Open Valley Urban...
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A fresh face for Lorne St
South Dunedin’s Lorne St is getting a green makeover. Dream South D is looking forward to welcoming the community to a spruced up space where people can stop, meet and connect. A $300,000 grant from the Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal...
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Trio break the ice
Three Dunedin ice swimmers have conquered freezing conditions to break records and maintain international selection. Emilia Finer, Sophie Winter and Francois Lambrechts recently competed at the IISA Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania Pool Championships...
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Echoes of past haunt 40th
Next month marks four decades since the Homosexual Law Reform Act came into effect, decriminalising sex between men aged 16 and over. As the anniversary approaches, a Dunedin historian warns the era of steady advancement that followed appears to be...
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Bags of Hope bring joy to patients
Hundreds of brightly decorated bags, lovingly decorated by children in Dunedin and across the Otago region, are bringing joy to people undergoing cancer treatment. The ‘‘Bags of Hope’’ programme, a joint project for the Cancer Society Southern and...
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Volunteers keep community safe
During National Volunteer Week, Fire and Emergency New Zealand celebrated the outstanding efforts of more than 11,800 volunteer firefighters in 590 brigades throughout New Zealand. The Star chief reporter Brenda Harwood took the opportunity to speak to...
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