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.

Dunedin has topped a national survey that ranks how residents view living in their city. The ‘happy living' survey, put out by the Auckland-based ASB bank, put Dunedin well ahead of any other city, scoring 650 points out of a possible 800, almost 100 ahead of the Rodney District, north of Auckland, with Wellington coming home in 3^rd. The other main centres Christchurch, Hamilton and Auckland ranked 7^th, 8^th and 11^th respectively.

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.

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 ‘The Brothers Boutique Hotel', which features superb views over the city.

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.