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    Balclutha’s historic indoor range. Photo: Nick Brook

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    Under fire in an old chicken coop

    You can always count on Clutha for a creepy shed, so Clutha Leader reporter Nick Brook took a long shot at demystifying an old chicken coop.

    Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim

    Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim

    My first glimpse of Gore Bay was a pretty epic one.

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    Baby blues caught eye, captured heart

    Hannah Mackay-Wright. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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    Baby blues caught eye, captured heart

    Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.

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    Ceramic bulldogs tickle Proctor’s fancy

    Proctor Auctions owner Ronnie Proctor with two of his favourite pieces in his ceramic bulldog...

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    Ceramic bulldogs tickle Proctor’s fancy

    Collecting runs in the family for Proctor Auctions owner Ronnie Proctor, Laine Priestley reports.

    Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella

    Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella

    MasterChef contestants often draw on their heritages when creating their masterpieces for the television show.

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    Celebrating the relief of Mafeking

    A jubilant crowd, estimated at 30,000-40,000, throngs Dunedin's Octagon, on May 18, 1900,...

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    Celebrating the relief of Mafeking

    In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today he looks at how the newspaper reacted to a major event in the Boer War.

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    Fandom started with an amazing catch

    Odell Beckham, of the New York Giants, scores a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys, in New...

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    Fandom started with an amazing catch

    Oamaru reporter Nic Duff explains how he came to follow an underwhelming NFL team.

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    ‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025

    Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and Herdling were among Ben Allan’s video game...

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    ‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025

    The follow-up to the downright nutty Death Stranding stood out, amid an industry in crisis, for video game reviewer Ben Allan in 2025. 

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    Waitangi Day, but not as we know it

    George Ellison (right), a direct descendant of Korako, who signed the copy of the original Treaty...

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    Waitangi Day, but not as we know it

    Mike Houlahan looks back at how the ODT covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today: how the newspaper covered the very first Waitangi Day celebrations.

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    Summer Times

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    Summer Times

    Over the next three weeks, the Otago Daily Times runs its annual Summer Times section.

    Preparing for anything

    Carnage at Tuapeka after October’s big blow, one shed down and another smashed by a fallen tree....

    Preparing for anything

    The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes.

    A voice for peace in any language

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    A voice for peace in any language

    It doesn’t feel tika (appropriate) to not acknowledge those who have passed in the Bondi Beach tragedy.

    Food systems driving twin crises

    Mondelez and Coca-Cola are among those named in a lawsuit that accuses food companies of...

    Food systems driving twin crises

    Healthier lives and a healthier planet rely on us changing what we eat, according to new research.

    Up to their new tricks

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    Up to their new tricks

    Over the past week, the media have been reporting on a new discovery — that 450,000 years ago, Neanderthals were generating fire, far earlier than previously known.

    Marvels captured moment to moment

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    Marvels captured moment to moment

    As this is the final Skywatch column for the year, it feels like the right moment to look back rather than up — though, of course, I’ve done plenty of both.

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    Remodel fosters warmth

    In the kitchen, dove grey cabinets and soft green tiles ensure the scenery outside remains the hero.

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    Remodel fosters warmth

    The aim when remodelling this Queenstown house was not just to modernise, but to create a warm and thermally efficient home, Kim Dungey reports.

    Sir Sam loving life, no plans to retire

    Sir Sam Neill on acting: "I've always felt I've never actually gone to work. I go to play." Photo...

    Sir Sam loving life and no plans to retire

    LISTEN🔉: Sir Sam Neill talks about his long acting career, making fine wine and his love of Central Otago.

    Toitū te whenua: Keeping your enemies close

    Huriawa Peninsula’s sheer cliffs helped protect Te Pā-a-Te-Wera from the long siege laid by Taoka...

    Toitū te whenua - series 2: Keeping your enemies close

    Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

    ‘ODT’ writer recognised

    ‘ODT’ writer recognised

    Long-time Otago Daily Times garden writer Gillian Vine will next year be awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s New Zealand National Award.

    Bountiful berries

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    Bountiful berries

    Don’t get fooled into wanting the biggest of strawberries, writes Nigel Slater, the small ones are often the most flavoursome.
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