Mike Houlahan

Barrister Len Andersen KC was a deadly serious advocate when presenting a case to the court, but he was also a larger than life individual who knew how to have fun.

As a child, Ewan Fordyce had an early interest in the natural world, which included a fascination with fossils.

Tourism and Hospitality Minister Matt Doocey recently threw his weight behind efforts to restore international air travel to Dunedin. But as NZ's first ever Minister of Mental Health, he may leave an even larger imprint.

Readers of the Otago Daily Times would have had to have been hiding under a rock not to know who was coming to a town near them during 1910.