The Midwinter Carnival – Dunedin’s Longest Night, Lit Up
Months of willow, tissue paper and cold workshop nights go into the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival. Here is how the city makes its own light in June.
Signal Hill – The Lookout, the Memorial and the Trails Below
Signal Hill does three things at once: the view over the harbour basin, the 1940 centennial memorial, and the mountain bike trails cut in below.
Orokonui – What Dunedin Sounded Like Before Us
The 9km fence, the birds that came back and the tracks worth walking at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, half an hour north of the Octagon. From Dunedin locals.
The University Book Shop – Still Standing on Great King Street
The University Book Shop has traded on Great King Street since 1945. Inside Dunedin's independent bookshop: textbooks, story-time and staff picks.
Ocho – The Chocolate Factory Dunedin Crowdfunded
When Cadbury left Dunedin, thousands of locals bought shares in OCHO instead. Inside the Roberts Street factory, its Pacific beans and its bars.
The Gallery in the Octagon That Never Charges
New Zealand's oldest public gallery sits on the Octagon, charges nothing and holds the country's only Monet. Here is how Dunedin actually uses it.
The Dunedin Sound – What’s Left of It, and Where It Lives Now
Flying Nun, cold flats and a label plenty of locals find awkward. Where the Dunedin Sound really came from, and which rooms in town still carry it.
Lan Yuan – The Garden Built in Suzhou and Shipped to Dunedin
Dunedin's Chinese Garden was built in Shanghai, shipped here in 40 containers and reassembled on Rattray Street. The story behind Lan Yuan's wall.
Baldwin Street – Living on the World’s Steepest Street
The world's steepest street is also 350 metres of North East Valley where people actually live. Here is Baldwin Street from the residents' side.
Cold Water, No Apologies – Swimming the Dunedin Coast
From St Clair pool to harbour edges and rock pools only locals know, Dunedin wild swimming is cold, unbranded, and done year-round without complaint.