Dunedin Press Releases

Information is being sent to dunedin city retailers from the Dunedin City Council and Otago Chamber of Commerce to help them make the most of the arrival of Rugby World Cup fans.

Confirmation that the Otago Stadium will be the venue for Dunedin’s Rugby World Cup 2011 games means planning for the Tournament can now be finalised by the Dunedin City Council and all other agencies and stakeholders involved in the event.

Dunedin’s Mayor, Dave Cull is rallying to fight against street violence, by considering changes to laws around public drunkenness and banning repeat offenders.

With innovative show homes and a range of flexible designs on offer, one of New Zealand’s most successful and long established housing companies continues to captivate consumer interest 48 years on…

The Dunedin Public Libraries are getting into full swing for the Scottish Festival. The Library festivities start at midnight on Saturday 20 November, when the online entry form for the 2011 Robert Burns Poetry Competition goes live for the first time.

The first 4340 of 45,000 yellow-lidded DCC wheelie bins, to be used in the city’s new recycling service, were unpacked yesterday.

McRaeway Home’s new show home is now open! Be sure to visit www.mcraewayhomes.co.nz for photo’s and further information on the Baxter model. To view, Baxter is open Thursday – Sunday, 11am – 4pm at 2 Silver Springs Boulevard, off Wingatui Road in Mosgiel.

Fifty people, representing 25 of Dunedin’s ethnic communities in Dunedin, attended the first meeting of ‘Settling In’ facilitators, an unprecedented level of interest in the programme from migrant communities nationally.

Wriggle and Rhyme is an exciting new partnership project between Sport Otago and Dunedin Public Libraries. It is an active learning session for children less than one year old that will guide parents through different movement activities that they can use at home.

The Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival has won the NZ Association of Event Professionals Event Industry Award.

Recyclia, a children’s art competition using recycled materials is being hosted by Keep Dunedin Beautiful, Dunedin City Council, and the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.

Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Energy and Resources, is recommending that consumers in Dunedin shop around and find the best power company for their needs, as well as increasing house insulation and using clean-heat devices.

Dunedin Midwinter Carnival on 26 June 2010 will transform Dunedin into the ‘city of lights’ with a procession of more than 250 hand-made lanterns.

The 10th Cadbury Chocolate Carnival 2010 will be held in Dunedin with chocolate classes, competitions, storytelling, food tours, games, arts and craft, and the Cadbury Jaffa Race.

With only 500 days until the beginning of Rugby World Cup 2011, Dunedin City Council’s planning is well underway.

A Shanghai delegation is visiting Dunedin to discuss the city’s Chinese Garden with the Dunedin City Council on 25 March 2010.

The South Island’s main Earth Hour event is being hosted in the Octagon, Dunedin on Saturday 27 March 2010.

Otago Forward have produced an economic analysis of Otago in a new report.

Igor Gallas, a young Croatian fashion designer, has won the iD Emerging Designer Award in Dunedin as part of 2010 iD Fashion Week.

Staff at Otago Corrections Facility caught a drug smuggler; a new prisoner smuggling drugs internally.