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Onboard from behind the camera
When Elliot Chilton Phillips discovered he could not keep up with his friends skating, he decided to pick up a camera and film them instead.
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Life & Style
Summer jobs: Running a massive inflatable water park
Summer jobs: Running a massive inflatable water park
One of the world's largest inflatable water parks is just outside of Cromwell and local Abbey Bisset is spending her second summer working at the unique spot.
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Keeping the city pumping
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Keeping the city pumping
Every day, hundreds of students pass this inconspicuous little building in Union St. John Lewis finds out its function.
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Celtics represent everything great about NBA
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Celtics represent everything great about NBA
Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.
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Giant leap forward with glowing fanfare
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Giant leap forward with glowing fanfare
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 saluted the first New Zealand woman to win an...
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A quiet place for forgiveness
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A quiet place for forgiveness
The Catholic confessional ritual has a few intricacies that are not all that obvious. Mark John spoke to the Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Michael Dooley to learn...
Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita
Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita
No-fuss, comfort and fun food is what New Zealand chef Wendy Morgan is all about, and at this time of year that is all you want from food.
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Moulding hobby into dream job
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Moulding hobby into dream job
No two weeks look the same to Shelley Brigit, a diversity the Dunedin artist enjoys. She talks to Ruby Shaw about the passion project which became a fulltime job. Shelley Brigit’s...
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Taxidermy jungle spot to ‘unwind’
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Taxidermy jungle spot to ‘unwind’
Mike Rodgers can’t stop finding additions for his jungle taxidermy, Ella Scott-Fleming reports.
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Solemn first Anzac Day
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Solemn first Anzac Day
Mike Houlahan looks at how the ODT responded to the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
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Keeping sounds alive
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Keeping sounds alive
Dunedin photographer Fraser Thompson is on a mission to document as much of the city’s music scene as he can.
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Pondering existential questions
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Pondering existential questions
Subeditor and avid reader Samantha Powell shares her book-worm highlights of the year.
Badass double beef and bacon burger
Badass double beef and bacon burger
Olivia Galletly, who lives north of Auckland and is author of food blog "The Hungry Cook", likes to cook food with bold flavours which is comforting, not too fussy and most importantly delicious.
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Hospital boiler room set for a new lease on life
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Hospital boiler room set for a new lease on life
After 30 years empty, there are big plans for the towering old Oamaru Hospital boiler house, Jules Chin reports.
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Photos of the year: Gerard O'Brien
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Photos of the year: Gerard O'Brien
It was a long drive to Tekapo in April to find this 1934 Sentinel steam truck on its way to Wānaka.
Famous for stunning setting, massive eels
Famous for stunning setting, massive eels
Chances are when you hear the words jetty and Lake Rotoiti, an image will come to mind of a jetty jutting out into glacier-fed waters while being dwarfed by soaring snow-capped peaks.
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Still got it, after all these years...
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Still got it, after all these years...
This turntable-ladder fire truck turned heads in 1968, Steve Hepburn reports.
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Variety the spice of police life
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Variety the spice of police life
From chasing a runaway hearse to planning for St Patrick’s Day mayhem, the life of a Dunedin police officer is rarely dull.
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Love of Panthers gift from mum
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Love of Panthers gift from mum
ODT sports editor Hayden Meikle explains why he is not a Warriors fan.
Refreshment stop, mid-60s style
Refreshment stop, mid-60s style
During 2025, staff at Hocken Collections added thousands of images to the Digital Collections website, most of them never previously seen online.
