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    Farewell with ‘Messiah’

    Having given his family a taste of New Zealand life, singer Paul Whelan is about to head back to a winter Christmas in New York but not without performing the season’s classic Messiah for Dunedin audiences, he tells Rebecca Fox.

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    Hudson logs inspire TV series plans

    A Dunedin story more than 20 years in the making is one small step closer to being told.

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    James Haskell during his days for the Highlanders. Photo: Gerard O'Brien/ODT

    Haskell recounts 'out-of-control' Highlanders party

    Some Highlanders have been sanctioned recently for off-field antics gone awry. But they pale into comparison to what happened when England's James Haskell threw a party at the end of his stint with the Dunedin-based franchise.

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    Scares on the cards

    I’ve always thought horror was strange. Who would willingly play a game designed to frighten them? Well, myself of course. Horror has always been fun to play through and it comes in different forms, whether a jump-scare fest or a slow psychological burn.