There is a particularly strong tradition of them in southern New Zealand's main city Dunedin, of which Burns ' nephew Thomas Burns was a founding father.

In 1826 Thomas Shepherd, one of a party of intending colonists, explored the site of Dunedin and left the oldest surviving pictures of the harbour and nearby coast, now in the Mitchell Library Sydney ( Mitchell Library ( Australia ).

The company had installed obsolete second hand machinery, leading to the mill being unprofitable and in 1884 it was sold to Dunedin based Coulls Culling and Co. By 1888, under the direction of Thomas Culling, the company had installed new machinery.

Dunedin is the city in New Zealand with the highest proportion of people of Scottish descent, and one of its founding fathers was Burns's nephew Thomas Burns.

in a performance at the Empire Tavern, Dunedin ( the line-up for this performance was David Kilgour, Robert Scott, Robbie Yates, and Thomas Bell ).

* Thomas Burns ( New Zealand ) ( 1796 – 1871 ), founding settler of Dunedin, New Zealand

* 1965: Robert Burns Fellowship, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

* a statue of Robert Burns in Dunedin, New Zealand, 1877.

File: BurnsStatueDunedin. jpg | Statue of Robert Burns in The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand

James Robert Flynn PhD FRSNZ ( born 1934 ), aka Jim Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, researches intelligence and is famous for his discovery of the Flynn effect, the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores in all parts of the world.

Dunedin ( ship ) | Dunedin, the first commercially successful refrigerated ship Meanwhile in Australia, James Harrison began operation of a mechanical ice-making machine in 1851 on the banks of the Barwon River at Rocky Point in Geelong, Victoria.

Douglas and James Sumerville, named the settlement Dunedin, the original name of Edinburgh, their hometown in Scotland.

After a nationwide hunt for 4 southern men to accompany James the MV Lida, Ale House secured on deck departed Dunedin on July 25, 2007.

The Crew consisted of James Livingston of Wellington, Tim Cleaver of New Plymouth, Mark Wilson of Invercargill, Lindsay Gilbert of Southbrige and Jamie Munro of Dunedin.

A visit to the castle by James Macandrew, one of the founders of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, led to him naming his estate " Carisbrook ".

Bust of James Macandrew outside Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin

* James Whyte ( bishop ) ( 1868 – 1957 ), Roman Catholic bishop of Dunedin, 1920 – 1957

Still working in partnership with his brother-in-law, Macandrew immediately became a major figure in the business community of Dunedin.

Macandrew Bay is a suburb of Dunedin, but has the feel of an isolated coastal settlement and is often regarded as a separate township, even though the heart of the city is visible 10 kilometres away at the head of the harbour.

More recently, Little penguin viewing facilities have been put in place at Pilots Beach, Otago Peninsula and Dunedin in New Zealand.

* Flagstaff, Otago, a hill above Dunedin

* Fairfield, Otago, a suburb of Dunedin

Rangitata and Selwyn are held by National MPs Jo Goodhew and Amy Adams while Waitaki is represented by Jacqui Dean who also represents much of the Otago region with the exception of the Dunedin North and Dunedin South electorates.

The title is used in New Zealand for the Headmaster of some independent schools, such as Lindisfarne College, and a number of state schools for boys, including Otago Boys ' High School, King's High School, Dunedin, Waitaki Boys ' High School, Timaru Boys ' High School, Palmerston North Boys ' High School and Southland Boys ' High School showing the Scots ' involvement in the foundation of those schools.

In a speech to the East Otago Federation of Women ’ s Institutes, Professor Helen Leach, of the Archaeology Department of the University of Otago in New Zealand, stated that the first published use of the name Anzac in a recipe was in an advertisement in the 7th edition of St Andrew's Cookery Book ( Dunedin, 1915 ).

* Otago Daily Times, Dunedin

On 1 March 1886, at the Rechabite Hall, Wellington, 30 delegates – representing Auckland, Nelson, Hawke's Bay, Woodville, Canterbury, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Wellington, Alexandra ( Otago ), Invercargill, Greymouth, Masterton, the Blue Ribbon Union, the Good Templars Lodge, the Rechabite Lodge, and the Wellington Alliance met, to establish a union of the temperance alliances in New Zealand.

The University of Otago () in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university.

Major centres of what is now the Otago Region of the old province include Dunedin ( the principal city of the region ), Oamaru ( made famous by Janet Frame ), Balclutha, Alexandra, and the major tourist centres Queenstown and Wanaka.

New Zealand's first university, The University of Otago, was founded in 1869 as the provincial university in Dunedin.

Unlike other southern centres, Dunedin ’ s population has not declined since the 1970s due to the presence of the University of Otago especially its medical school which attracts students from all over New Zealand and overseas.

Otago is divided into four parliamentary electorates with the city of Dunedin comprising two of these.

The seat of the Otago Regional Council is in Dunedin.

Oamaru's historic status as the second centre in the Otago Region ( after Dunedin ) appears under threat from the growth of Queenstown in Central Otago.

The town is within the coverage area of Radio Dunedin and within the circulation area of the Otago Daily Times, based in Dunedin.

* Westwood, Otago, in the city of Dunedin

* Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand: ( longest in southern hemisphere )

By 1856 the Otago Provincial Council had recognised that if development was to succeed a ferry had to be established at the falls to enable a direct overland transport between Dunedin and Invercargill.

He served on the Otago Provincial Council at various times between 1853 and 1873, representing the Town of Dunedin electorate.

* Dunedin City Council, in New Zealand

For example, the town of Waikouaiti is in the Dunedin City Council jurisdiction, and has phone numbers ( 03 ) 465 7xxx.

Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin City Council area, but was physically separate from the contiguous suburbs until developments in the neighbouring suburb of Fairfield joined it to the city.

She took an active role in school committees and associations, and in 1992, successfully stood for election to the Dunedin City Council.

In Dunedin, Allen was highly successful, serving on the City Council and even playing for the Otago provincial rugby team.

The Taieri Gorge Railway, which is a Local Authority Trading Enterprise of the Dunedin City Council, is 60 km in length, making it the most ambitious project of its type to date.

The railway is a council-controlled trading organisation ( formerly known as a local authority trading enterprise ) operated by a trust owned jointly by the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Excursion Train Trust.

The Trust then stepped in, in partnership with the Dunedin City Council to form the Taieri Gorge Railway Limited, purchasing the line as far as Middlemarch, along with some locomotives.

The announcement was met with disappointment by the Dunedin City Council, which favourably viewed the rail option as it was more environmentally friendly and would have reduced traffic congestion.

On 11 May 2011 the Dunedin City Council decided to sell Carisbrook after the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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( 1998 ) The Welcome of Strangers Dunedin, NZ ; University of Otago Press, with Dunedin City Council ISBN 1-877133-41-8 pb.

Anderson, A ( 1998 ) The Welcome of Strangers, Dunedin, NZ ; University of Otago Press with Dunedin City Council, ISBN 1-877133-41-8 pb.

Since 1991 this has been run by the Taieri Gorge Railway Limited owned by the Dunedin City Council.

( ed ) ( 1998 ) Southern People A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography Dunedin, NZ: Longacre Press with Dunedin City Council.

in Dunedin New Zealand, is the former Chairman of the Canterbury Regional Council and a former New Zealand National Party politician.

The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council.