New life and new opportunities back in Dunedin
More and more ex-Dunedin people are finding they can move forward in their life, career and business by heading back to their hometown.
Backin’ Dunedin is all about reconnecting with the city, either by coming back to use and extend your skills, or by backing a Dunedin-based business that is developing great ideas.
Take a look at the articles about people – mainly with Otago Boys High School connections – who have returned to Dunedin to find it changed. It is no longer the city of their youth but the city of their future. Dunedin has used its smarts and its creativity to spread its business base and find new directions. Find out what they have to say about their city and the great opportunities it now presents.
Follow the links for career opportunities in the city and read the interviews with people involved in great business investment opportunities – Ray Parker, from the Dunedin-based investment house Parker O’Connor Trust Co. Ltd, and Norman Evans, CEO of the Upstart business incubator.
New business or new career we look forward to having you Backin’ Dunedin.
Moving to Dunedin hasn't been a homecoming for industrial design consultant Tim Gluyas, but he is feeling right at home.
His wife Anne Mannion, a senior speech therapist, has a strong connection with the city, having lived here for a number of years after initially emigrating to Invercargill 20 years ago, before moving to Dunedin, which quickly became her spiritual home.
On the outside the building would not look out of place in 1910 Chicago – but as Consultancy House heads for its 100th birthday, one of its key tenants is very much a 21st Century Dunedin business.
Although his work involves a lot of globe trotting from his Côte d'Azur home, Adrian Thompson maintains solid, tangible links with Dunedin by refurbishing a 100 year-old bond warehouse.
Martin van Rooyen has a passion for high quality audio manufacturing and for family life. By relocating his business to Dunedin he has managed to establish a perfect balance between the two.
As managing director of 
It was a flying visit but UK Chambers of Commerce 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year and OBHS old boy Geoff Davies has reinvigorated his links with his former city and school during his short time back in Dunedin in November.
As far as Pricewaterhouse Coopers Director Barry Timmings is concerned, Dunedin is about and not or. You can have a great lifestyle and a great career - or doesn't even come into the equation.
From the heady world of British IT to a Dunedin-based, family-owned pie business may seem a big jump, but for former Otago Boys’ High School pupil Brendan Williams, it has been a welcome homecoming.
These days Rod McMeeken has a whole new outlook on Dunedin - and what an outlook it is!
Rod, his wife Shelley, daughter Ali and son Ciaran returned to Dunedin 5 years ago and set about turning a former Christain Brothers Residence perched above central Dunedin into the 15-room ‘
They say ‘still waters run deep' - and when you talk to Ray Parker from Dunedin-based investment house Parker O'Connor Trust Co. Ltd, you begin to realise just how deep Otago's investment pool flows.