‘London, New York, Paris – Dunedin.’ We’ve all had a giggle over the T-shirt slogan but Dunedin events organiser Victoria Bunton is having the last giggle.

Admittedly her business Sequel Events hasn’t been around as long as the iD Dunedin Fashion Week but she has been intimately involved in a good number of the iconic shows now, even mixing her modeling abilities with her organisational duties.

Victoria, an old girl of St Hilda’s Collegiate, remembers being more inclined towards maths, science and music but couldn’t decide on a career direction.

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.

ADInstruments beginnings go back to the 1980s when a young Michael Macknight finished high school and headed for the University of Otago to tackle the time-honoured science of physics and the new fangled discipline of computer science.

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 Perreaux Industries, he oversees the manufacture of high quality audio amplifiers and other components that are sought after by high end audio aficionados throughout the world.

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.

Anyone who thinks Dunedin’s business future is anything less than bright should talk to Norman Evans, CEO of the business incubator Upstart; he will soon change their mind.