Last week we held our 2021 AGM (Wednesday 30 June) and Visions talk at the Dunedin Public Library. It was a well attended event with almost 80 people in attendance, no doubt being interested in Sean Brosnahan's (of ToiTu Otago Settlers Museum) impressive talk on 'Looking Back: Making and Remaking Dunedin.' AGM: We were sorry to farewell Merrin Bath as our most able and hard working Chair and welcomed long serving and experienced heritage Trust member Jo Galer to the Chair. Thank you Jo for...

We are pleased to announce our festival dates for this year - the theme for the festival is: Celebrating our built heritage with a focus on adaptive reuse . The Southern Heritage Trustees are looking for assistance with a range of tasks associated with planning and organising activities. Please contact Ann Barsby to find out more Tel: 03 479 0169 or Em: barsby.ann@icloud.com

Please let us know what you think of the Scribes building and what this planning decision means for the city’s character. The council has been very supportive of Heritage - particularly its Heritage Fund. But is more joined-up thinking needed? You can write a letter to the Editor of the ODT email to editor@odt.co.nz or contact us directly on southernheritageotago@gmail.com we would encourage you to advocate for our city's heritage.