/r/dunedin

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Welcome to Ōtepoti/Dunedin, New Zealand's most important city! This is the hub for Dunediners and visitors. Whether you're here for a good time or for a long time, you're welcome to post relevant news articles or tap into our local knowledge: suggestions for places to go and things to do, even people to meet!

Welcome to Reddit Dunedin! A place for all us Dunedinites to post about very specific Dunedinish things and post links to stuff.co.nz.

Related Subreddits:

  • r/newzealand - For all things related to New Zealand and a more exhaustive list of subreddits

  • r/highlanders - For information regarding Otago's Super Rugby team

Rules

  1. Don't be a bigot

  2. No memes, low quality posts, or irrelevant posts

  3. Nothing illegal

  4. Don't be an arsehole

  5. Questions from prospective university students should go in the pinned megathread, if one is in place. (we want to help but they can get repetitive)

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Dog welfare - who to call in Dunedin?

Our neighbour appears to lock their two dogs in a room during the day time. Unfortunately, these two dogs don’t stop barking all day.

It’s becoming quite hard to listen to it, as it doesn’t sound like an annoying bark - more a desperate sound.

Who would be the best to call here/can I call anyone about it e.g the SPCA, animal control/DCC?

6 Comments
2025/01/21
00:48 UTC

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Ortodontist Recommendation

Hello, I am looking for a recommendation for an orthodontist for a 7-year-old who might be difficult to deal with. Thank you for your help!

2 Comments
2025/01/19
22:33 UTC

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How hard is finding a part time job?

Moving down next month to start uni, have extensive experience working in hospo. I want to work in a similar role to my current, in a restaurant with a bar working as a server, bartender and such.

How long would it take before I'm employed again?

28 Comments
2025/01/19
06:57 UTC

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Tesla Self Serve Test Drive

Anyone tried one of these? Are they really free? Do you really not have to speak to an actual person, just show up at your booked time and take a car for a tiki tour?

Running out of ideas for school holiday activities.

4 Comments
2025/01/19
03:13 UTC

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Speech therapy

Hi all, does anyone know of any good speech therapists in town? I have found Parlez Speech Therapy online, does anyone have any experience with them? Thank you

5 Comments
2025/01/18
23:59 UTC

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Power co recommendations for student flat

There’ll be 4 of us contributing to the bill if that helps. Lots of the prices look similar to me so I’m tempted to go with contact, on the good nights or good weekends plan for the convenience of bundling other utilities too.

7 Comments
2025/01/18
23:48 UTC

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Cockles

Hey guys are there any good spots in Dunedin area to find some cockalls? I heard Karitane is a good place?

9 Comments
2025/01/18
23:09 UTC

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Gig. Inchbar. 19.01.25. Kiwi and Kraut

Gig 19.01.25 inchbar. Kiwi and Kraut. Like Can and the Clean

0 Comments
2025/01/18
20:19 UTC

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Driving Lessons

Hi, does anyone know of any reliable self-employed driving teachers for kids learning for their restricted? Don't really want to give money to AA and similar. Must be able to drive manual. Thanks 😊

15 Comments
2025/01/18
03:10 UTC

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Fishing along coastline

Hello everyone, I want to go into fishing and don't want to get a fishing license yet, just want to learn the ropes. I wanted to ask for suggestions and/or recommendations where it would be good to fish in Dunedin and nearby areas. We have been to Aramoana Beach and people fish there as well. Any other sites you'd like to recommend?

Also, we are looking into getting a fishing rod and there's quite a lot of options. Anybody care to explain the basics? Cheers!

18 Comments
2025/01/18
00:45 UTC

11

Local communities

Just moved to Dunedin for work by myself. Hoping to get some ideas of social sports clubs, run/hike/craft/book clubs, or other ways to make friends?

8 Comments
2025/01/17
21:02 UTC

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Longish ethernet cable wanted for a short time

Just looking for a cable 10m+ to test for changing wifi router placement. Preferably Roslyn or nearby area.

12 Comments
2025/01/17
06:19 UTC

1

Martial Arts class recomendations

Not too sure on the differences between the different types so looking for recommendations of a good club for beginner kids (6,7,10)? Thanks!

5 Comments
2025/01/17
06:05 UTC

2

Converting public land into private parking? Doable? Costs?

3 Comments
2025/01/16
08:16 UTC

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Dunedin is awesome.

Dunedin is awesome. I do have a soft spot for it because I studied here and have some close family here. But I've now lived in a few places around the world (and had some kids along the way) but I still really enjoy coming back to Dunedin for holidays. Here are some highlights from our trip (this'll be particularly useful to people with small children!)

- The Botanical Gardens. The playground is awesome. The toddlers loved the train. Feeding the ducks is great. And Beam Me Up bagels is literally across the road and absolutely slaps.
- Waldronville/Ocean View/Brighton beaches. Ocean View we found best for swimming, although Brighton was the only beach with lifeguards. White sand, beautiful surf, lovely.
- The Esplanade. A nice place to have a beer while watching the swimmers/surfers brave the cold water.
- The Farmer's Market. Holy shit this is one of the best markets in NZ. Actual farmers! Incredible produce! We ate stuff we never get in Wellington, like pluots and white cherries, plus went nuts on insanely big blueberries and incredible crepes and it was all just pretty dreamy. Loads of live music for the littles to jive to while you drink your very good coffee too.
- BIG LIZARD. Good lord Dunedin, you are lucky to have this place. The cardamom pull-apart is INSANE, and don't even get me started on the strawberry custard tart.
- The op shopping! Special mention to the big op shop on Vogel Street - cool stuff and some of the loveliest staff ever.
- The kids science-y part of the Otago Museum, and the Butterfly enclosure - had the kids in awe, even if we were sweating our tits off in there.
- MacAndrew Bay playground is worth the drive, and you might as well keep going up to Larnach Castle/the penguins etc if you have the time/means/inclination.

We also spent a tonne of time in the garden and local parks and walking through the university grounds. It helped that the weather was beautiful pretty much the whole time. But yeah, Dunedin is awesome.

60 Comments
2025/01/16
07:23 UTC

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