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Ceramic bulldogs tickle Proctor’s fancy
Collecting runs in the family for Proctor Auctions owner Ronnie Proctor, Laine Priestley reports.
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Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 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
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
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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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ... and a voucher for tandem paragliding, but it was too windy on the day and you didn’t want to reschedule, so I got a refund and paid the rates instead.
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
The monument is not the city’s only reminder of William Cargill, Sean Brosnahan writes.
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.
Europe lights up Christmas
Europe lights up Christmas
Ever wanted to have a white Christmas?
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Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
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