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Voter packs for this year’s local elections will be mailed to enrolled electors from September 9.

Athletes from Leith Harrier & Athletic Club as well as supporters and volunteers gather at the Barnes Cross Country in Dunedin last weekend. Photo: Gisela Sole A cool and crisp day greeted about 100 athletes who took part in the Barnes Cross Country race last Sunday.

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is encouraging people to start thinking now about standing in this year’s local government election or consider nominating someone else.

Applications to the Otago Peninsula Community Board’s youth scholarship fund have prompted suggested changes to the grant criteria.

Work to improve a building steeped in shipbuilding history has begun.

Olly the horse is heading to Dunedin to help riders at Dunedin Riding for the Disabled. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Dunedin Riding for the Disabled is hoping that a new horse will soon be added to the team thanks to generous giving.

The popular Teddy Bear Hospital is returning next month, giving children a chance to build confidence before real medical visits.

Dunedin disability social service Enabling Love and Friendship is organising a Friday Social Night expected to be the first of several before Christmas.

Whether it be tertiary, secondary, or primary education, Dunedin is well-known for its high achieving and established schools, as well as our university and polytechnic.

Everything I touch now has AI embedded in it.

Otago Regional Council (ORC) is launching a new public transport service operated by Go Bus (a subsidiary of Kinetic) for Mosgiel on Monday, June 30.

Working to help others are WellSouth health improvement practitioners Rohana Weaver (left) and Sarah Redfearn. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A workshop has been helping people experiencing challenging emotions by encouraging them to put pen to paper.

Writer and performer Chelsea McRae sings her heart out about saying the wrong thing out loud and letting go of past hurt in Therapy: A Musical Comedy. PHOTO: RIVER QUINN Funding the arts is a full-time gig, say the team behind Dunedin-created show Therapy: A Musical Comedy.

Heath Franklin’s Chopper was in Dunedin on Saturday night. PHOTO: SUPPLIED HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER The Last Hard B*stard on Earth Saturday, June 14 Regent Theatre Storming in with a chip on his shoulder, Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims he has travelled back from a future where humanity has slithered into "giant pink slugs".

Otago Community Hospice head chef Rose Tamplin (left) and dedicated kitchen volunteer Aimee Taylor take a break during a shift. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED To celebrate National Volunteer Week, The Star highlights one of Dunedin’s unsung heroes — Otago Community Hospice and Christmas can collection stalwart Aimee Taylor.

Dr Michelle Thaller stands by a Saturn V F-1 rocket engine, the type that took people to the moon. Photos: supplied Stargazing dreams first kindled in childhood will soon be shared in Dunedin.

Events manager Rachel MacJeff holds a baby constellation mobile, one of many items people can create during a Puaka Matariki Community Fun Day at Tūhura Otago Museum tomorrow. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON The chill of midwinter will not dim the warmth of a dawn gathering welcoming the new year sky.

Rebecca Swindells. Photo: supplied As communities across Aotearoa prepare to celebrate Matariki tomorrow, Te Kura Matatini ki Otago — Otago Polytechnic tumuaki whakaruruhau — director Māori learner success Rebecca Swindells reflects on how the celestial new year grounds her teaching and her whānau.

A 4-year-old girl has reportedly been taken to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition after a moped hit a pram.

Photo: RNZ Police say a body has been found in a car park in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton.