 Dunedin, New Zealand
Port Chalmers, Dunedin
Author: Donovan Govan (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Dunedin is the second biggest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the main city of the Otago Region. Dunedin - whose name is in fact a Gaelic form of Edinburgh - was the largest city in New Zealand by land area, until it was superseded by Auckland upon the creation of Auckland Council in November 2010.
Guide to Dunedin Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Dunedin that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.
Dunedin Court House
Author: Benchill (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
More on Dunedin
According to archeological excavations, there is evidence of human habitation in the Dunedin area between AD 1250-1300, suggesting that the Maori people may have settled there during that time. Captain James Cook was the first European to set food on the coast of Dunedin in 1770.
Dunedin was founded by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland in 1848. In 1852 it was made the capital of Otago Province. Dunedin experienced rapid growth in 1861 sparked by a gold rush. It attracted many Irish, Italians, French, Germans, Jews and Chinese. It has the oldest university in New Zealand, the University of Otago, and was one of the most developed cities in the country. It was the most populous city in New Zealand until 1900.
Harvesting clams at Blueskin Bay, Dunedin
Author: Mike McAlevey (public domain)
The growth of Dunedin slowed down at the turn of the 20th century, to be revived after the Second World War, although by then the city was trailing other cities in New Zealand. Between 1976 to 1981, there was a decline in the city's population, as it sought to reinvent itself as a culturally vibrant heritage city.
Today Dunedin retains its reputation as a centre for education, and is making in-roads into different fields from software engineering to bio-technology.
Going to Dunedin
By Plane
The Dunedin International Airport (DUD) is served by Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue. There are international flights connecting it with Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as domestic flights with Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Ross Home, Dunedin
Author: Benchill (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
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Sights in Dunedin
- Cadbury World
- Dunedin Botanical Gardens
- Fortune Theatre
- Hoyts 6 Octagon Cinema
- Larnach Castle
- Orokonui Eco Sanctuary
- Otago Museum
- Otago Peninsula
- Otakou marae
- Robert Burns Statue
- Speights Brewery
- The Organ Pipes
- Tunnel Beach
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