The NZ city with the lowest job-seeker benefit numbers
13 Feb, 2021 08:30 PM
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By: Brenda Harwood
Dunedin s diverse economy gives the city a buffer against the turbulence of the Covid-19 world.
That s the message from Ministry of Social Development southern regional commissioner Jason Tibble, who is feeling cautiously optimistic about the city s future.
Read More That is significantly less than the rest of the country, which is a positive sign, Tibble said.
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Also, in the past seven months, 1500 MSD clients in Dunedin had come off benefits and into work more than in the whole of the previous year, he said.
The surprising history behind Dunedin s public toilets
16 Jan, 2021 08:46 PM
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RNZ
The design of public toilets in New Zealand has changed radically over the past 100 years, says Dunedin s Loo Lady Alison Breese.
A Dunedin City Council archivist, Breese completed her master of arts thesis on 19th and early 20th century public conveniences and changing attitudes to loos.
Her interest in lavatories was sparked about 10 years ago when a member of the public asked the council archivists for information about underground public toilets in the Octagon in Dunedin s city centre.
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She started researching the subterranean public loos, which were the first public conveniences built for women in Dunedin in 1910.
Tragic sight : Hundreds of dead eels and trout in Dunedin stream
15 Jan, 2021 03:00 AM
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Low oxygen and high temperatures appear to have caused the deaths of hundreds of eels and trout in a Dunedin stream. Photo / File
Low oxygen and high temperatures appear to have caused the deaths of hundreds of eels and trout in a Dunedin stream. Photo / File
Otago Daily Times
Low oxygen and high temperatures appear to have caused the deaths of hundreds of eels and trout in Dunedin s Silverstream.
Mosgiel angler Bevan Campbell, who alerted Fish & Game Otago and the Otago Regional Council, said he had never seen anything like it.
Ganged up on : Neighbours plot to cut berm in wealthy suburb
13 Jan, 2021 05:38 PM
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Dunedin resident Stephanie Haworth sits on a grass verge outside her Maori Hill home, which was mown against her wishes. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Dunedin resident Stephanie Haworth sits on a grass verge outside her Maori Hill home, which was mown against her wishes. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Otago Daily Times
A woman living in one of Dunedin s wealthiest suburbs is receiving backlash from nearby residents over a decision not to mow the grass berm in front of her home.
Maori Hill resident Stephanie Haworth stopped mowing the berm in front of her Claremont St property after learning about the positive effect on the environment of allowing the grass to grow.