Insiders Dunedin
The city through the eyes of the people who live it.
The city through the eyes of the people who live it.
Seven ways in. Pick the one that catches your eye.
What we've been looking at lately.
Otago graduates planned to leave Dunedin after their degree. Many never did. What kept them -- affordability, pace, careers, and a city worth choosing.
11 August 2026
Ceramicists, woodworkers, and printmakers work behind unmarked doors across Dunedin's warehouse district. What draws them here and why they stay.
Ride or walk the harbour trail from Dunedin to Port Chalmers and along the Otago Peninsula. Practical tips, route details, and what you will actually see.
From Emerson's first brews to the new wave of small-batch brewers and tap rooms, here's how Dunedin became one of NZ's best craft beer cities.
Started as a side project between a handful of Dunedin locals who kept running into the same problem: they'd discover something brilliant - a new bar in a converted warehouse, a walking track they'd somehow never done, a ceramicist working out of a garage in Port Chalmers - and have nowhere to put the story except a Facebook post that would vanish in a day.
A shared blog became a proper site when they realised other people were having the same experience. Dunedin has always been full of things worth knowing about; it was just missing a place to collect them.
The stories, people, and places that make Dunedin worth paying attention to. In your inbox when we have something worth sharing.
