A celebration of Dunedin achieving Fair Trade City status will be held tomorrow afternoon at the University of Otago.

Wellington and Dunedin are the first New Zealand cities to achieve the status.

Chair of the Dunedin Fair Trade Steering Committee, Karla Boluk, hopes the status will motivate other New Zealand cities into action.

A representative from the Fair Trade Association Australia and New Zealand will be presenting an award to the Fair Trade Steering Committee, School of Business, and Dunedin City Council.