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'Dunedin' (''ÅŒtepoti'' in Maori) is the second-largest city in the
South Island of
New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of
Otago. It is New Zealand's fifth largest city in terms of population, it is the hub of the fifth-largest urban area and the largest in size of council boundary areas. For historical and cultural reasons, Dunedin is considered one of the country's four main centres.
The city stands on the hills and valleys surrounding the head of
Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills are the remnants of an extinct volcano. It is the home of the
University of Otago.
History
Main articles: History of Dunedin
Modern archaeology favours a date round 1100 AD for the first human (
MÄori) occupation of New Zealand with population concentrated along the south east coast. A camp site at Kaikai's Beach, near
Otago Heads, has been dated from about that time. There are numerous Archaic (moa hunter) sites in what is now Dunedin, several of them large and permanently occupied, particularly in the fourteenth century. Population contracted but expanded again with the evolution of the Classic culture which saw the building of several
pa, fortified settlements, notably Pukekura at (
Taiaroa Head), about 1650. There was a settlement in what is now central Dunedin (ÅŒtepoti) occupied as late as about 1785 but abandoned by 1826.
Maori tradition tells first of people called Kahui Tipua living in the area, then Te Rapuwai, semi-legendary but considered to be historical. The next arrivals were
Waitaha followed by
Kati Mamoe late in the sixteenth century and then
Kai Tahu (''Ngai Tahu'' in modern standard
MÄori) who arrived in the mid seventeenth century. These migration waves have often been represented as 'invasions' in European accounts but modern scholarship has cast doubt on that. They were probably migrations like those of the European which incidentally resulted in bloodshed.
The sealer John Boultbee recorded in the 1820s that the 'Kaika Otargo' (settlements around and near
Otago Harbour) were the oldest and largest in the south.
Captain
James Cook stood off what is now the coast of Dunedin between
February 25 and
March 5 1770, naming
Cape Saunders on the
Otago Peninsula and Saddle Hill. He reported penguins and seals in the vicinity, which led sealers to visit from the beginning of the 19th century. The early years of sealing saw a feud between sealers and local Maori, from 1810-1823, sparked by an incident on Otago Harbour, but
William Tucker became the first European to settle in the area in 1815. Permanent European occupation dates from 1831 when the
Weller brothers founded their whaling station at Otago, modern
Otakou on the Otago Harbour. Epidemics reduced the Maori population. By the late 1830s the harbour was an international whaling port.
Johnny Jones established a farming settlement and a mission station, the South Island's first, at
Waikouaiti in 1840.
The Lay Association of the
Free Church of Scotland founded Dunedin at the head of Otago Harbour in 1848 as the principal town of its
Scottish settlement. The name comes from ''Dùn Èideann'', the
Scottish Gaelic name for
Edinburgh, the Scottish capital.
Charles Kettle the city's surveyor, instructed to emulate the characteristics of Edinburgh, produced a striking, 'Romantic' design. The result was both grand and quirky streets as the builders struggled and sometimes failed to construct his bold vision across the challenging landscape. Captain
William Cargill, a veteran of the war against Napoleon, was the secular leader. The Reverend
Thomas Burns, a nephew of the poet
Robert Burns, was the spiritual guide.
In 1852, Dunedin became the capital of the Otago Province, the whole of New Zealand from the
Waitaki south. In 1861 the discovery of gold at
Gabriel's Gully, to the southwest, led to a rapid influx of population and saw Dunedin become New Zealand's first city by growth of population in 1865. The new arrivals included many Irish, but also Italians, French, Germans, Jews and Chinese.
Dunedin Railway Station, built in 1906.
360° Panorama: Railway Station from inside.
Dunedin and the region industrialised and consolidated, and the
Main South Line connected the city with
Christchurch in 1878 and Invercargill in 1879. The
University of Otago, the oldest university in New Zealand, was founded in Dunedin in
1869.
Otago Girls' High School (1871) is said to be the oldest state secondary school for girls in the Southern Hemisphere. Between 1881 and
1957, Dunedin was home to
cable trams, being both one of the first and last such systems in the world. Early in the 1880s the inauguration of the frozen meat industry, with the first shipment leaving from
Port Chalmers, saw the beginning of a later great national industry.
After ten years of gold rushes the economy slowed but
Julius Vogel's immigration and development scheme brought thousands more especially to Dunedin and Otago before recession set in again in the 1880s. In these first times of prosperity many institutions and businesses were established, New Zealand's first daily newspaper, art school, medical school and public art gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery among them. There was also a remarkable architectural flowering producing many substantial and ornamental buildings.
R.A. Lawson's
First Church of Otago and Knox Church are notable examples, as are buildings by
Maxwell Bury and
F.W. Petre. The other visual arts also flourished under the leadership of
W.M. Hodgkins. The city's landscape and burgeoning townscape were vividly portrayed by
George O'Brien 1821-1888. From the mid 1890s the economy revived. Institutions such as the
Otago Settlers Museum and the
Hocken Collections – the first of their kind in New Zealand – were founded. More notable buildings such as the
Railway Station and
Olveston were erected. New energy in the visual arts represented by
G.P. Nerli culminated in the career of
Frances Hodgkins.
By 1900, Dunedin was no longer the country's biggest city. Influence and activity moved north to the other centres ("the drift north"), a trend which continued for much of the following century. Despite this, the university continued to expand, and a student quarter became established. At the same time people started to notice Dunedin's mellowing, the ageing of its grand old buildings, with writers like E.H. McCormick pointing out its atmospheric charm. In the 1930s and early 1940s a new generation of artists such as
M.T. (Toss) Woollaston,
Doris Lusk, Anne Hamblett,
Colin McCahon and
Patrick Hayman once again represented the best of the country's talent. The Second World War saw the dispersal of these painters, but not before McCahon had met a very youthful poet,
James K. Baxter, in a central city studio.
Modern Dunedin
The Dunedin Botanic Garden
After
World War II, prosperity and population growth revived, although Dunedin trailed as the fourth 'main centre'. A generation reacting against Victorianism started demolishing its buildings, and many were lost, notably the Stock Exchange in 1969. Although the university continued to expand, the city's population growth slowed and then contracted, notably from 1976 to 1981. This was, however, a culturally vibrant time with the university's new privately endowed arts fellowships, bringing such luminaries as James K Baxter,
Ralph Hotere,
Janet Frame, and
Hone Tuwhare to the city.
During the 1980s the city's popular music scene blossomed, with many acts, such as
The Chills,
The Clean,
The Verlaines, and
Straitjacket Fits, gaining national and international recognition. The term "The
Dunedin Sound" was coined to describe the 1960s-influenced guitar-led music which came out of the city at this time. These bands were at the forefront of a much larger and diverse music scene which was the envy of far larger cities in New Zealand. The music scene continues today, ranging from rock bands to reggae, with a
CD released annually to allow people to "sample the sounds". Popular venues for Dunedin music are those such as Bath St Nightclub, Refuel (Found on the
University of Otago campus), The Arc Cafe, Sammy's Nightclub, and so on.
By 1990, population decline had steadied and Dunedin had re-invented itself as a 'heritage city' with its main streets refurbished in Victorian style, and R.A. Lawson's Municipal Chambers in
the Octagon handsomely restored. It was also recognised as a centre of excellence in tertiary education and research. The university and polytechnic's growth accelerated. North Dunedin became New Zealand's largest and most exuberant residential campus. The city has continued to refurbish itself, embarking on major developments and redevelopments of the art gallery, railway station, and Otago Settlers Museum.
Dunedin has flourishing niche industries including engineering, software engineering, bio-technology and fashion.
Port Chalmers on
Otago Harbour provides Dunedin with deep-water port facilities. The port is served by the
Port Chalmers Branch, a
branch line railway that diverges from the
Main South Line that runs from
Christchurch via Dunedin to
Invercargill.
The cityscape glitters with gems of Victorian and Edwardian architecture - the legacy of the city's gold-rush affluence - many including First Church and
Larnach Castle designed by one of New Zealand's most eminent architects
R A Lawson. Other prominent buildings include Olveston and the magnificent
Dunedin Railway Station. Other not-to-be missed attractions include
Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street; the famous Captain Cook Tavern; and the local
Speight's brewery. Tourists and students alike appreciate tours of the
Cadbury chocolate factory.
Dunedin is also notable now as centre for
ecotourism. Uniquely, the world's only mainland
Royal Albatross colony and several
penguin and
seal colonies lie within the city boundaries on
Otago Peninsula. To the south, on the western side of
Lake Waihola, lie the
Sinclair Wetlands.
The thriving tertiary student population has led to a vibrant youth culture (so named 'Scarfies'), consisting of the before mentioned music scene, and more recently a burgeoning boutique fashion industry. A very strong visual arts community also lives in Dunedin and its environs, notably in
Port Chalmers and the other settlements which dot the coast of the
Otago Harbour, and also in communities such as
Waitati.
St Clair Beach, Dunedin.
Sport is catered for in Dunedin by the floodlit
rugby and
cricket venue of
Carisbrook, the New Caledonian Ground
soccer and
athletics stadium near the University at
Logan Park, the large
Edgar Centre indoor sports centre, and numerous
golf courses and parks. There are also
Forbury Park horseracing circuit in the south of the city and several others within a few kilometres. St Clair Beach is a well-known
surfing venue. Dunedin has four public swimming pools:
Moana Pool, Port Chalmers Pool, Mosgiel and St Clair Pool.
Transport in Dunedin
Dunedin features the world's most southern
motorway, the ten-kilometre section of
State Highway One (SH1) from the centre of the city towards the southern suburb of
Mosgiel. Dunedin is the northeastern terminus of the
Southern Scenic Route tourist highway to
The Catlins,
Invercargill and
Fiordland.
Although Dunedin's
railway station, once the nation's busiest, is no longer served by regular commercial passenger trains, it is used by local tourist services. The most prominent of these is the Taieri Gorge Limited, a popular and famous train operated daily by the
Taieri Gorge Railway along the former
Otago Central Railway through the scenic
Taieri Gorge. Taieri Gorge Railway also operates to
Palmerston once weekly. The station is also sometimes visited by excursions organised by other heritage railway societies, and by trains chartered by cruise ships docking at Port Chalmers.
Dunedin International Airport
Dunedin International Airport is located southwest of the city on the
Taieri Plains at
Momona. It is primarily a domestic terminal, with regular flights to and from
Auckland,
Christchurch,
Wellington,
Rotorua,
Palmerston North, and seasonal flights to and from
Queenstown,
Wanaka, and
Fiordland, but it also has regular international flights arriving from and departing to
Sydney,
Brisbane,
Melbourne, and
Coolangatta.
Media in Dunedin
Local media in Dunedin include the daily
newspaper The ''
Otago Daily Times'', several local weekly and bi-weekly
community newspapers, local radio stations (including the University's station,
Radio One), and
Channel 9 a local television station.
Geography
Dunedin City has a land area of
3314.8 km², slightly larger than the
American state of
Rhode Island or the
English county of
Cambridgeshire, and a little smaller than
Cornwall.
It is the largest city in land area in
New Zealand. The Dunedin City Council boundaries since 1989 have extended to
Middlemarch in the west,
Waikouaiti in the north, the
Pacific Ocean in the east and south-east, and the Waipori/Taieri River and the township of
Henley in the south-west. It is now the fourth-largest city in the world by land area.
Dunedin is also home to
Baldwin Street, which, according to the ''
Guinness Book of Records'', is the steepest street in the world. Its gradient is 1 in 2.9. The long since abandoned Maryhill
Cablecar route had a similar gradient close to its Mornington depot. The Dunedin skyline is dominated by a ring of (traditionally seven) hills which form the remnants of a volcanic crater. Notable among them are
Mount Cargill (700 m),
Flagstaff (680 m), Saddle Hill (480 m), Signal Hill (390 m), and Harbour Cone (320 m).
The heart of the city lies on the relatively flat land to the west of the head of the
Otago Harbour. Here is
The Octagon - once a swamp, it was drained in the late nineteenth century to create a city centre. The initial settlement of the city took place to the north of this swamp and further south on the other side of Bell Hill, a large outcrop which had to be excavated in order to provide easy access between the two parts of the settlement. The central city stretches away from this point in a largely northeast-southwest direction, with the main streets of
George Street and Princes Street meeting at The Octagon. Here they are joined by
Stuart Street, which runs orthogonal to them, from the
Dunedin Railway Station in the southeast, and steeply up to the suburb of Roslyn in the northwest. Many of the older, more established buildings in the city are located towards the northern end of this central area on the floodplains of the
Water of Leith, and on the inner ring of lower hills which surround the central city (most of these hills, such as Maori Hill, Pine Hill, and Maryhill, rise to some 200 metres above the plain).
Beyond the inner range of hills lie Dunedin's outer suburbs, notably to the northwest, beyond Roslyn. This direction contains Taieri Road and Three Mile Hill, which between them formed the original road route to the
Taieri Plains. The modern
State Highway 1 follows a different route, passing through Caversham in the west and out past Saddle Hill. Lying between Saddle Hill and Caversham are the outer suburbs of
Green Island and Abbotsford. Between Green Island and Roslyn lies the steep-sided valley of the
Kaikorai Stream, which is today a residential and light industrial area. Suburban settlements – mostly regarded as separate townships – also lie along both edges of the Otago Harbour. Notable among these are
Portobello and
Macandrew Bay, on the
Otago Peninsula coast, and
Port Chalmers on the opposite side of the harbour. Port Chalmers provides Dunedin's main deep-water port, including the city's
container port.
The hinterland within Dunedin city encompasses a variety of different landforms. To the southwest lie the
Taieri Plains, the broad, fertile lowland floodplains of the
Taieri River and its major tributary the
Waipori. These are moderately heavily settled, and contain the towns of
Mosgiel,
East Taieri, and
Allanton. They are separated from the coast by a range of low hills rising to some 300 m. Inland from the Taieri Plain is rough hill country. Close to the plain, much of this is forested, notably around
Berwick and
Lake Mahinerangi, and also around the
Silverpeaks Range which lies northwest of the Dunedin urban area. Beyond this, the land becomes drier and opens out into grass and
tussock-covered land. A high, broad valley, the
Strath-Taieri lies in Dunedin's far northwest, containing the town of
Middlemarch, one of the area's few concentrations of population.
To the north of the city's urban area is undulating hill country containing several small, mainly coastal, settlements, including
Waitati,
Warrington,
Seacliff and
Waikouaiti.
State Highway 1 winds steeply through a series of hills here, notably the
Kilmog. These hills can be considered a coastal extension of the Silverpeaks Range.
To the east, Dunedin City includes the entirety of the
Otago Peninsula, a long finger of land that formed the southeastern rim of the Dunedin Volcano. The peninsula is lightly settled, almost entirely along the harbour coast, and much of it is maintained as a natural habitat by the
Otago Peninsula Trust. The peninsula contains several fine beaches, and is home to a considerable number of rare species, such as
penguins,
seals, and
shags. Most importantly, it contains the world's only mainland breeding colony of
Royal Albatross, at
Taiaroa Head on the peninsula's northeastern point.
Climate
The climate of Dunedin in general is temperate, however the city is recognised as having a large number of microclimates and the weather conditions often vary between suburbs mostly due to the city's topographical layout. It is also greatly modified by its proximity to the ocean. This leads to warm summers and cool winters. Winter can be frosty, but significant snowfall is uncommon (perhaps every two or three years), except in the inland hill suburbs such as Halfway Bush and Wakari, which tend to receive a few days of snowfall each year. Spring can feature "four seasons in a day" weather, but from November to April it is generally settled and mild. Temperatures during summer can top 30°
C, but temperatures in the high 30s are rare.
Dunedin has relatively low rainfall in comparison to many of New Zealand's cities, with only some 750 mm recorded per year. It has a somewhat unwarranted reputation for damp weather, probably due to its rainfall occurring in drizzle over a larger number of days, whereas northern centres such as Auckland and Wellington receive more rain overall through heavy downpours on relatively fewer days. Dunedin is one of the cloudiest centres in the country, however recording approximately 1700 hours of bright sunshine per annum. Prevailing winds are from the south (cool, damp), and from the northwest (hot and dry in summer, cold and dry in winter). The circle of hills surrounding the inner city shelters the inner city from much of Otago's prevailing weather, often resulting in the main urban area having completely different weather conditions to the rest of Otago.
Inland, beyond the heart of the city, the climate is continental: winters are cold and dry, summers hot and dry. Thick freezing ground fogs are common in winter in the upper reaches of the
Taieri River's course around
Middlemarch, and in summer the temperature frequently reaches into the high 30s celsius.
List of Dunedin suburbs
Inner suburbs
''(clockwise from the city centre, starting at due north)''
Woodhaugh; Glenleith; Ross Creek; Dalmore; Pine Hill; Mt Cargill; Normanby; Mt Mera; North East Valley; Opoho; Dunedin North; Ravensbourne; Highcliff; Shiel Hill; Waverley; Vauxhall; Ocean Grove (Tomahawk); Tainui; Andersons Bay; Musselburgh; South Dunedin; St Kilda; St Clair; Corstorphine; Kew; Forbury; Caversham; Concord; Maryhill; Mornington; Kaikorai Valley; Belleknowes; Roslyn; Kaikorai; Wakari; Maori Hill; Anderson's Bay; Halfway Bush; Fernhill; Kenmure.
Outer suburbs
''(clockwise from the city centre, starting at due north)''
Burkes; St. Leonards; Broad Bay; Company Bay;
Macandrew Bay; Burnside;
Green Island; Waldronville; Saddle Hill; Sunny Vale; Fairfield;
Abbotsford; Bradford; Glenross; Brockville; Halfway Bush; Helensburgh.
Towns within Dunedin City limits
''(clockwise from the city centre, starting at due north)''
Waitati;
Waikouaiti;
Karitane;
Seacliff;
Warrington;
Purakanui;
Long Beach;
Aramoana;
Deborah Bay;
Carey's Bay;
Port Chalmers;
Sawyers Bay;
Roseneath;
Otakou;
Portobello;
Brighton;
Taieri Mouth;
Henley;
Allanton;
East Taieri;
Momona;
Outram;
Mosgiel;
West Taieri;
Waipori;
Middlemarch;
Hyde.
Technically, since local council reorganisation in the late 1980s, these are suburbs, but it is rare for Dunedinites to describe these places as suburbs. They are usually regarded locally as towns or townships, and none has the usual qualities associated with suburbs. All are separated by a considerable distance of open countryside from the central Dunedin urban area.
Panoramas
Noted inhabitants
The arts
★
Thomas Bracken (
21 December 1843 –
16 February 1898), the noted late-
nineteenth century poet who wrote the
New Zealand National Anthem ''
God Defend New Zealand'' and who was the first person to publish the phrase "
God's Own Country".
★ Illustrator and engraver
John Buckland Wright.
★
MÄori sculptor
Carissa Proffit (born
1974), who works in
Oamaru stone.
★ Nobel Prize short-listee
Janet Frame, born there in
1924, died there in
2004:
NZ Edge biography
★ Writer
James K. Baxter was born in Dunedin in 1926 and wrote many of his plays there in the 1960s in association with Rosalie and Patric Carey's
Globe Theatre.
★ Cartoonist
David Low lived in Dunedin before making his fame in London.
★ Caricature artist
Murray Webb remains a resident.
★
MÄori painter
Ralph Hotere lives and works in
Port Chalmers.
★ Painters
Grahame Sydney,
Jeffrey Harris and
Claire Beynon all live in Dunedin.
★ Actor
Sam Neill has close associations with Dunedin. He was raised to the west of Dunedin, in
Queenstown,
Central Otago, where he still resides.
★ Playwright
Roger Hall lived and wrote in Dunedin for several years.
★ Prominent architects
Francis Petre and
Robert Lawson both lived and worked in Dunedin.
★ Many of New Zealand’s top bands of the 1980s and early 1990s started out in Dunedin, establishing the
Dunedin Sound. These include
The Chills,
The Clean,
Straitjacket Fits,
Sneaky Feelings,
The 3Ds and
Toy Love, and musicians
Martin Phillipps and
David Kilgour.
★
Malaysian novelist
John Ling is a resident.
★
Frances Hodgkins (1869 – 1947), New Zealand's most celebrated expatriate painter, was born in Dunedin, trained at the Dunedin School of Art and first matured here as an artist.
★
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858-1941, a prominent artist during the early 20th Century
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Colin McCahon (1919 – 1987), New Zealand's best regarded native-born painter, was brought up in Dunedin from infancy, trained at the Dunedin School of Art and first matured there as an artist.
★ Children's book illustrators Robyn Belton and
David Elliot currently live in Dunedin, David in
Port Chalmers.
Politics and business
★ A large proportion of the country's leading companies in and beyond the
twentieth century originated in Dunedin. A selection of relevant company or brand names includes
Arthur Barnett, Donaghy,
Fletchers,
Fulton Hogan,
Hallensteins, Methven, Mosgiel, NZI, Ravensdown, the
Union Company of Sir
James Mills,
Wests,
Whitcoulls, and Wrightson.
★
The Bell Tea Company was founded here in 1898 and still has one of its factories in Hope Street.
★ Postage stamps for New Zealand and many other major Southern Hemisphere countries, such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Western Samoa and Tonga, are printed in Dunedin by Southern Colour Print Ltd.
★ Deputy Prime Minister (since 1999)
Michael Cullen was Member of Parliament for the Dunedin electorate of
St Kilda from 1981 until
1999.
Science
★ Tramway and mining engineer
George Smith Duncan was born in Dunedin in
1852, attended the
University of Otago and was instrumental in building the
Dunedin cable tramway system.
★ Two of the founders of modern
plastic surgery,
Harold Gillies and
Archibald McIndoe were born in Dunedin in 1882 and 1900 respectively.
★ Popular email program
Pegasus Mail was written by
David Harris while he was employed by the University of Otago.
★
Michael Woodruff a pioneer in the science of
organ transplantation lived in Dunedin while teaching at the
University of Otago.
★
Andrew Wilson created the first
Bose-Einstein condensate in the southern hemisphere in 1998 at the
University of Otago.
★
John Carew Eccles became a professor and head of the Department of Physiology at the
University of Otago from 1944 to 1951; before winning the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963 for describing the electric transmission of impulses along nerves. Eccles’ 1944 – 1951 contributions to academic medicine, neuroscience, and the general life sciences which includes a great many people he mentored, were of major importance for the further development of biomedical research in New Zealand.
★ Political scientist
Jim Flynn, discoverer of the
Flynn effect in
IQ, is based at the
University of Otago.
Sport
★ World record-breaking
middle-distance athlete
Jack Lovelock lived in the city, as did
Olympic champions
long jumper
Yvette (nee. Williams) Corlett and
swimmer Danyon Loader.
★
Greg Henderson, former world champion and Olympian in track and road cycling.
★ Other sporting celebrities to have lived in Dunedin include
cricketers
Glenn Turner and
Clarrie Grimmett,
netballer
Lois Muir,
yachtsman Russell Coutts,
rugby and
rugby league player
Marc Ellis and double international (cricket and
rugby)
Jeff Wilson.
Warren Lees represented New Zealand in Cricket and also coached the New Zealand team.
Military
★ Sir
Keith Park,
World War I air ace, later
Air Marshal in the defence of
London during
World War II.
★
Duncan Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1864 in Japan, was buried in Dunedin in 1869.
Events
Annual events
★ January -
Whare Flat Folk Festival ends
★ January -
Southern Festival of Speed classic car road-race
★ February - New Zealand Masters Games (Biennial event)
★ February - University of Otago & Otago Polytechnic Orientation Weeks
★ February - Dunedin Summer Festival
★ March -
Vodafone Id DunedinFashion Show
★ May - Capping Week (University of Otago)
★ May - Dunedin Film Festival
★ May -
Otago Rally
★ May -
Regent Theatre 24-hour book sale (reputedly the southern hemisphere's largest regularly-held second-hand book sale)
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★ July -
New Zealand International Science Festival (every second year)
★ July - Gay Pride Month
★ July - Taste Otago Dunedin Food and Wine Festival
★ July -
Cadbury Chocolate Carnival
★ July -
International Film Festival
★ September - Samstock Music Festival
★ October -
Otago Festival of the Arts (and Fringe Festival) - every second year (even numbered years)
★ October -
Rhododendron Week
★ December -
Santa Parade
★ December -
Whare Flat Folk Festival begins
★ December - New Years Eve Party Octagon
Past events
★
1865 -
New Zealand Exhibition (1865)
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1889 -
New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
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1898 -
Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
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1925 -
New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
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1948 -
Centennial celebrations
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1998 -
150th anniversary celebrations
Prominent Dunedin buildings and landmarks
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Dunedin Railway Station
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Larnach Castle
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Cargill's Castle
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Moana Pool
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Cadbury World
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Olveston
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Speight's Brewery
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Carisbrook
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Otago Boys' High School
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University of Otago Registry Building
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Regent Theatre
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Fortune Theatre
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Municipal Chambers
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Allied Press Building
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Dunedin Public Hospital
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Meridian Mall
Museums, art galleries, and libraries
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Otago Museum
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Otago Settlers Museum
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Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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Dunedin Public Library
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Hocken Library
Churches
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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First Church
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Knox Church
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St. Joseph's Cathedral
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Kaikorai Presbyterian Church
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Hanover Street Baptist Church
Places of education
Tertiary
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University of Otago
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Otago Polytechnic
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Dunedin College of Education
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Dunedin Community College
Secondary
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Otago Boys High School
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Otago Girls High School
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Columba College
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St. Hilda's Collegiate School
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John McGlashan College
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Kavanagh College
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Bayfield High School
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Logan Park High School
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Kaikorai Valley College
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King's High School
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Queen's High School
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Taieri College
Twinning
Dunedin is
twinned with several cities throughout the world. These include:
More information
★ The city was possibly the origin of the first
Anzac biscuits .
★ Dunedin was the city in which
Speights beer was first brewed.
★ Dunedin is the most remote city in the world from
London (19100 km, 90 km more than
Invercargill, and 100 km more than
Christchurch) and from
Berlin (18200 km). Its
antipodes are some 300 kilometres north of the
Spanish city of
La Coruña, in the
Bay of Biscay.
★ Dunedin is one of several settings featured in the
H. P. Lovecraft horror classic ''
The Call of Cthulhu''.
★ Curiously enough, the word "Dunedin" resembles "
Dúnedain" from
J. R. R. Tolkien's classic ''
The Lord of the Rings'',
the film version of which was partly filmed in Otago.
★ Current Mayor is Hon. Peter Chin.
External links
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City of Dunedin official website
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LiveDunedin - Art, Culture and Lifestyle events in Dunedin (weekly listing)
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Profiles of relevant websites categorised geographically
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Tourism Dunedin
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Dunedin Directory and Information website
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Dunedin International Airport
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Dunedin College of Education
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Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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Dunedin City Web Cams
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Photos of Dunedin
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Dunedin Street Map
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City of Dunedin Choir
Further reading
★ Bishop, G. & Hamel, A. (1993). ''From sea to silver peaks''. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-149-0.
★ Dann, C. &
Peat, N. (1989). ''Dunedin, North and South Otago''. Wellington, NZ: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01438-0.
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References
1. http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/C9A86DBD-5B34-402D-8947-7F705104026B/0/RegionalSummaryTablesTerritorialAuthority.xls
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