I arrived in Dunedin a few days before embarking on my cruise to the Ross Sea and Antarctica; I didn't want to risk delayed flights. I spent the days exploring—visiting the train station, eating in local cafes and pizza places. I stayed in a pleasant hotel near the Octagon. It would be my last few nights sleeping on dry land for three weeks.
www.kuovad.is/blog/2025-01-24-a-few-days-in-dunedin
Dunedin Council has been sprung using AI generated images in social media posts. How very tacky.
I'm a bit disappointed to hear local pro photographer Paul Le Comte saying it doesn't offend him. I'll bet the giant plagiarism machines have already ingested several of his landscape images and will have no problem copying his style.
New Zealand had some of the finest indie sounds of the 80's.
A Dunedin man maintains name suppression while facing charges of rape & sexual violation. The only published facts are that he's "a prominent Dunedin man" who's "aged in his 30s".
That word "prominent" is always intriguing.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/prominent-dunedin-man-sex-charges-keeps-identity-hidden
The Dunedin hospital rebuild has been sitting idle for the last year while National figure out a way to turn it into a PPP and burden future generations with expensive debt.
However a small worm which has invaded the inpatient building site may bring plans to a screeching halt. The ngāokeoke, or New Zealand velvet worm is now widespread throughout the site and there's talk of DOC turning the area into a sanctuary.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/worms-invade-inpatient-building-site-threaten-upend-project
That time Lee VANDERVIS voted to flog off Dunedin's power company Aurora Energy. --Remember that when you vote #Dunedin
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/aurora-energy-not-sale
As soon as you see the ODT headline, "Cr criticises mural, organiser ‘lost for words’", you know exactly who it'll be.
Yep. Dunedin's saddest snowflake, anti-vax Councillor Lee Vandervis, spouts nonsense again.
The mural was designed by school pupils who won a design competition. Cr. Angry says rainbows & native birds are "woke", "activist-designed" & represent "a crass ideology".
Poor Lee. It must suck to be a complete arsehole.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/cr-criticises-mural-organiser-%E2%80%98lost-words%E2%80%99
Lots of great songs, but one major hit:
"The seasons fall and leaves have turned to gold
And the wind blows cold from the south
Not sure what I wanted from you, girl
But I think it’s time that we found out"
Sneaky Feelings - Husband House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okYMUMEYQVo
#JukeboxFridayNight
#HitAndMiss #Aotearoa #Dunedin #Ōtepoti #FlyingNun
Hey, Chills fans. Martin Phillipps' Dunedin house is for sale for around $500k. However it seems to have been given an AirBnB decor since Martin departed.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/otago/dunedin/tainui/listing/5223452931
Anyone interested in an early morning coffee in Ōtepoti on Friday?
Details here:
https://spokes.nz/t/coffee-outside-again-0730-21-march-2025-at-the-harbour-molars/722
I live on a beach and this is quite big.
Minimum floor levels are being raised in low-lying coastal parts of Dunedin, effective today.
When my neighbour built about ten years ago, the minimum was 0.5m. The new minimum floor level is 3.05m - 3.17m above sea level "in certain areas".
Three metres! While I approve the forward thinking, we'll have a lot of houses on poles.
Thanks to @paw for his @dccnews bot.
https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/news-and-events/news/march-2025/changes-to-minimum-floor-levels
"And then the wheels fell off."
If you're together enough to rotate your tyres, how can you forget to replace all the wheel nuts?
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/car-crashes-after-all-four-wheels-fly
Another from the favorites basket. Ones that I always liked even though they may not have appealed to many others. Dunedin General Store. Square format for a change and part of a commission #watercolor #watercolorpainting #dunedin #floridapainting #art
A newly rebuilt drystone walled section of road; Portobello Rd, Dunedin .At a guess 10 km, but a local may correct me. Well done to the stonemasons who dedicated their craft to lay stone ( instead of modern concrete shoring technique that has little character in comparison)
Sections of this harbour drive were widened as well for a cycle/ walkway. Can do a full circle by crossing the harbour on a small ferry and riding the trail to the city and back.
#dunedin
#drystonewall
#cycleway
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