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College Crews Clean up

Volunteers from Selwyn and Toroa colleges spent time during O-week helping in the community. Groups helped out at the Project, NEV community gardens and at NEVN school. Above: Students install a Pekapeka bird feeder at the rear of the community rooms. Below left: Some serious weeding in the car park. Below right: Eager painters refresh the fence with paint donated by Taskforce Green Dunedin.

Fond farewell to international intern

Marieke Rutgers joined the Valley Project team in the depths of Winter 2019. Having familiarised herself with the different ways kiwis have for coping with the climate (hot water bottles and layering over central heating) she quickly became a dedicated community member and worked extremely hard on a variety of projects, most notably event planning for Creek fest. As Marieke has now completed her internship, it’s time to head home to the Netherlands to complete her degree in international business. “I cannot think of a better community and city to be a part of. All the love and struggles …

ADJO serving up community connections

Exciting things are brewing at ADJØ. Scheduled alongside the University of Otago’s O-week, ADJØ organised their first ever ‘Activities Week’, a week filled with creative workshops, community dinners, live music, and a pop up thrift store, as a taster for what’s to come. Events at ADJØ are designed to encourage community bonding and creativity in a relaxed atmosphere, appealing to those who may normally feel uncomfortable in a conventional gallery space. They recently applied for an on-license with the DCC, which if granted, will allow them to sell alcohol on the premises. They hope to help change the mind …

Share, give or take food

11th February 2020

Mornington resident Nick Rutledge and his 5-year-old daughter Inara have been putting together small food boxes with all the ingredients needed for one complete meal and leaving them in the South Dunedin community food pantry. Now the pair have started to drop what they term ‘kai-ndness’ boxes into the new North East Valley community sharing pantry. A vegan himself, Nick goes shopping with his daughter to put together the ingredients needed to create a complete vegetarian meal for either breakfast, lunch or dinner along with a recipe if needed. “There is such a need in the community,” says Nick …

Peace, love and running!

1st December 2019

Crush the Cargill 24-hour Challenge is back with a Woodstock theme as trail runners get the pleasure of running up and down Mt Cargill as many times as possible in a 24-hour period. Last year over $4000 was raised to help fund CreekFest, and this is our focus again this year. It’s easy to see the connection between Crush the Cargill and the Valley Project –— both are about getting people together and reconnecting with our wider environment. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking Woodstock music festival that symbolized a communal desire for love, peace …

Why plants enhance creek life

6th November 2019

If you find yourself walking along the Lindsay awa, see if you can identify the ‘riparian zone – a strip of vegetation that acts as a buffer between the land and water. In healthy systems, riparian zones are made up of a thick undergrowth of small shrubs and grasses and taller, canopy trees. Riparian zones provide unique habitats for wildlife, such as birds, and protection for water systems. The roots of plants growing in riparian zones provide bank stability and act as a sieve, trapping contaminants, like nutrients and sediments from surface water (runoff) before they reach the waterway …

Wanted: Summer School tutors

22nd October 2019

The Community Classroom has been busy taking an interesting and diverse range of enquiries from people interested in teaching classes for the inaugural Dunedin Summer School at the beginning of next year. Coordinator Melissa Pronk is putting out the final call for people interested in running a session, class or workshop. Registrations need to be in by Tuesday 5 November for the class to be listed in printed marketing materials. Register here. Registrations can still be taken after this date but will only be marketed online on social media. Community education for everyone The idea of the Summer School …

Cut down on plastic with string bags

14th October 2019

Do you want to do your bit to cut down on plastic bags AND support our great little playcentre community? Opoho Playcentre is selling these handy-dandy string bags. Contact us on 473 0819 or at opoho@playcentre.org.nz with the details of which bags you would like, or fill out this handy online order form – bit.ly/opohostringbag – and we’ll get back to you with payment details. You can choose your colours or get a whole happy rainbow set. Bags are available in cream, blue, pink, green and black. String bags are $8 each or three bags for $20. Opoho Playcentre …

Lindsay Creek home to rare isopod

8th October 2019

“Did you know,” Mr Jack asked me a few months ago, “that there is a rare isopod living in Lindsay Creek? It is one of the only places that it is found.” “No! Wow, that’s cool!” I replied. Several seconds’ pause. “Um, what’s an isopod?” Which is a question I’m sure most of you have too. Isopods are a type of crustacean (crustaceans include things like crabs, lobsters, shrimps and krill) and they’ve been kicking around Earth for 300 million years. Their name comes from the Greek for ‘equal foot’, because their 14 tootsies are similar lengths. The tops …

Community action remembered

7th October 2019

Since the Dundas St bridge closure, many valley residents will have done a few more trips up Lovelock Avenue recently. The road curves – with a few hairpins – up through native bush, before levelling off over speed bumps near the stylish propagation building and offering glimpses of daffodils, dog walkers, rugby games and maybe some lawn bowlers. These views would have been different if a 2008 proposal to realign Lovelock Ave to have it run parallel to the cemetery had eventuated. The bowls green was scheduled to be a carpark. This stirred the Opoho community into action, and …

Film screening: Paw and Claw

7th October 2019

Open VUE is hosting a free movie night and will be screening two 25-minute films from local film-makers, including one that has a special connection to North East Valley. What does Charlie the cat get up to when his owner is away? Paw and Claw: Finding the balance between pets and wildlife, by Tegan Good, explores how cats have impacted New Zealand’s native wildlife and looks for a future where the two can live in harmony. The second film, The Silent Invader – Can it be stopped? by Berenice Matthieu, takes the viewer to the coast to discover if …

Chambers Street 115 years on

6th October 2019

This month we explore how much has changed over 115 years on Chambers St in North East Valley. The picture from 1904 shows a horse-drawn carriage coming down the street, while the shot from the same perspective today shows cars coming up and down the street. While the cars aren't particularly interesting to look at now, in 100 years time they might be the most interesting part of the photo! This photo was published in the Otago Witness on 8 June 1904 and shows a horse-drawn wagon coming down Chambers St. The caption on the photo reads: This new …