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Taste of Dunedin

It might be the tantalising smell of cocoa beans being made into chocolate or the aroma of a freshly brewed coffee that’s leading you by the nose around the streets of Dunedin. The true experience begins when you stop to sample the wares. Start your Saturday at the Farmer’s market with a bacon buttie and coffee, then venture on to one of the suggested places below. Dunedin has some outstanding restaurants and coffee houses waiting to tempt you.

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Otago Peninsula attractions had a little sweetener added on top yesterday, as hundreds of people attended Cadbury Chocolate Carnival events.

Tourism operators, including Larnach Castle, Monarch Wildlife Cruises, Nature's Wonders and the Royal Albatross Centre, reported a bumper day of trade as people flocked to the peninsula to take advantage of reduced ticket prices.

The carnival got off to a rollicking start on Saturday with about 5000 people enjoying the activities at the gala fun day at the Edgar Centre.

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YOU can tell much about a person by the way they demolish a box of chocolates, a therapist says.

New Zealand therapist, counsellor and author of Chocolate Therapy Murray Langham can help people understand what makes them pick the nut praline over the Caramello; and release the guilt that weighs heavily on their minds for eating it.

He will be giving three workshops on July 14 (noon, 2.30pm and 6pm) at the Dunedin City Library as part of the 2009 Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.

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DUNEDIN team Cadbury Confectionery scooped the pool at the South Island Cure Kids Great Adventure Race in Queenstown on Saturday.

The team took home the race winner’s trophy as well as the champion fundraising trophy in an event which raised $192,000 for research into children’s lifethreatening illnesses.

Cadbury raised $43,000 to win the fundraising title ahead of Christchurch companies Livingstones, which raised $35,000, and Gen-i with $26,000.

By MARK PRICE

By Simon Hartley

Cadbury Confectionery yesterday announced a $20 million manufacturing investment at its Dunedin plant, with strong hints more could be in store.

Access to fresh milk from around the region is a key element of the decision,

which will mean a 200% increase in production of Cadbury’s “chocolate crumb” ingredient.

Crumb production will increase from 5000 tonnes per year to potentially 15,000 tonnes worth $30 million, most of which will be exported. Twenty jobs are expected to be created.