Skip to main content
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
  • /
  • Register
Home
fineDunedin 17 | 6
Thursday, Thu, 19 MayMay 2022
Subscribe
Send us news & photos

Search form

  • News
    • Dunedin
      • DCC
      • Crime
      • Campus
      • Health
      • The Star
    • The South Today
    • National
    • The Star
    • International
    • Opinion
      • Editorial
      • Opinion
      • 100 years ago
      • Southern Say
    • Australia
    • Politics
    • ODTtv
    • Your News
    • Slideshow Section
  • Sport
    • Rugby
    • Cricket
    • Racing
    • Football
    • Netball
    • League
    • Golf
    • Basketball
    • Motorsport
    • Hockey
    • Other Sport
  • Life & Style
    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Heritage
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
    • Wedding Guide
  • Entertainment
    • Film
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Books
    • Arts
    • Gaming
    • Dance
    • Television
  • Business
  • Regions
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
    • Central Otago
    • North Otago
    • South Otago
    • Southland
    • Canterbury
    • West Coast
  • Features
    • Education Guide
    • Wedding Guide
    • Healthcare Providers
    • Conferences and Venues
    • Free Classifieds
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Sponsored content
      • Design for Living
      • Southern Snow
    • Southern Television
  • Video
  • Rural life

Search form

  • Login/Register
  • Subscribe
  • Send Us Your News
  • Contact Us
  • Email
  • Facebook

Plus

  • Jobs
  • Wedding Guide
  • Death Notices
  • Drive South
  • Weather

    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Heritage
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
    • Wedding Guide
      • News Tips and Trends
    Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki native plant nursery manager Angelina Young. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Our last best chance

    The Government today reveals its Emissions Reduction Plan - NZ's s first serious step to help avert global climate disaster. Bruce Munro asks whether it will be enough to transform our economy and society.

    Growing for the long term

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Growing for the long term

    There is a growing anxiety over the price of food and our supermarket duopoly is at the centre of concern, writes Sean Connelly.

    Someone in your corner

     Lisa Scott (right) and her work-sister-wife Sonia. Photo: supplied

    Someone in your corner

    A feeling of friendship and companionship in the workplace makes a big difference.

    King's gift to city lost or stolen

    King's gift to city lost or stolen

    A royal gift, century-old photographic clues, an international art detective and Dunedin's missing statue. Or is that two statues?

    Lunar eclipse may be challenge to see

    Monday’s lunar eclipse may be challenge to see

    Anyone expecting to see a beautiful bright full moon clearing the southeastern horizon on Monday is in for a bit of a rare surprise.

    Wedding of two cultures

    The bridal couple with their families.

    Wedding of two cultures

    Their great big Chinese wedding helped create new traditions in the South, writes Sean Brosnahan.

    Awakening the tokenism

    File photo: Getty Images

    Awakening the tokenism

    Kia ora and welcome to the latest newsletter from Te Tokenism, writes Liz Breslin.

    All that glitters

    PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    All that glitters

    Ian Griffin loves observing the night sky from the back bays of Otago Peninsula.

    Black gold for the garden

    Two tins full of nuts shells waiting for their turn in the wood burner.

    Black gold for the garden

    It feels counterintuitive, but some charred remains might be the best thing for our gardens, writes Hilary Rowley.

    Waiting for the frost to fall

    Frost on Dunedin’s Oval in 2020.  PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Waiting for the frost to fall

    In Siberia they like it to be a regular feature, Tom McKinlay would settle for an appearance.

    Mystery megafauna and its legacies

    Heavy fruiting of the Miro provides a feast for Kereru. PHOTOS: ALYTH GRANT

    Mystery megafauna and its legacies

    Missing pieces of our ecological puzzle make for mysteries, writes Alyth Grant.

    A compunction to see a conjunction

    A compunction to see a conjunction

    For the past few weeks, four planets, all visible to the unaided eye, have been putting on a mesmerizing show for early rising stargazers. The daily change in their relative positions has been a...

    Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs

    Tayla Mokotupu (8) has been enjoying eating custard with stewed rhubarb she helped grow in the...

    Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs

    Imagine a cash cow, standing on the tip of an iceberg, looking down at a choking canary in a miner’s helmet. That is New Zealand’s supermarkets atop the crumbling national and global food system.

    Positively negative

    ‘‘Sad music can act as a companion when we’re feeling sad, rather than making us feel lower. I do...

    Positively negative

    Leaning into difficult feelings can help you find the way forward, according to a refreshing new wave of books, says Jamie Waters.

    The lucky few who dodged WW1 bullets

    Glenys Gregory holds the bible which saved her grandfather Georgia Sargeant’s life. It is one of...

    The lucky few who dodged WW1 bullets

    Thousands of Kiwis were shot and killed in WW1 but a very lucky few, including three Southerners, had the incredibly good fortune that something in their top pocket stopped the bullet that otherwise had their name on it. Mike Houlahan considers the stories of a favoured trio, and that of a fellow soldier not as blessed.

    Care across the oceans

    Martha Tahumu Spencer, MBE, Kai Tahu, c1873-1939, photographed  c1919. PHOTO: TAHU POTIKI COLLECTION

    Care across the oceans

    Martha Tahumu Spencer, of Kai Tahu, was awarded an MBE in 1919 for her services to the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion during World War 1.

    Coming home to a city that has never left me

    An aerial view of Dunedin.  PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Coming home to a city that has never left me

    After five years away, Lisa Scott's returning to her home town Dunedin.

    In awe at airglow

    Photo: Ian Griffin

    In awe at airglow

    The moon reaches last quarter tonight and will be new on May 1. With moonrise just before midnight, and roughly an hour later with each passing day, the early part of the night will be the best...

    Running on air

    Clockwise from above: Yvette Williams competes at the New Zealand Junior and Women’s Athletic...

    Running on air

    Dunedin’s gold medal-winning athlete Yvette Williams was a true trailblazer who, until now, has not had her story fully told. Bruce Munro talks to gold medal gymnast and author Angela Walker about being given access to Williams’ personal diaries.

    Tying up the threads

    The ‘‘Maritza Boutique | Oamaru-London’’ exhibition in the Forrester Gallery Main Gallery. PHOTOS...

    Tying up the threads

    A town’s creativity is celebrated at the Forrester, writes Imogen Stockwell.
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • next ›
    • last »

    Connect with us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Magazine

    • Our last best chance

    • Growing for the long term

    • Someone in your corner

    • King's gift to city lost or stolen

    • Monday’s lunar eclipse may be challenge to see

    Latest News

    • Hatchet removed from bonnet of car following Mosgiel crash
    • Metal musician sentenced over child porn
    • Global Insight: Status of UN in doubt as war continues
    • Driver unhurt but covered in milkshake during crash
    • Budget 2022: What you need to know
    • Budget 2022: Māori initiatives get over $1 billion

    sport

    • Denny Solomona of the Highlanders. Photo: Getty Images

      Solomona returns to wing for Waratahs game

    • Liam Coltman. Photo: Getty Images

      Liam Coltman joining Lyon

    • Martin calls time on remarkable 21-year career

    • A gold medal in the slopestyle competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was among Zoi Sadowski...

      Top Central Otago honour to Sadowski-Synnott

    Home
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute
    • Facebook

    Subscribe

    • Subscriber Benefits
    • ODT Subscriptions
    • FAQs
    • Stops, Starts & Redirects

    Contact

    • Contact us
    • Site feedback
    • Send us your news
    • About us

    Our Websites

    • Channel 39 - Southern TV
    • Post a Note
    • Extra! Newspapers in Education

    Newspapers

    • ODT E-edition
    • The Star - Christchurch
    • Oamaru Mail
    • The Star - Dunedin
    • The News - Central Otago
    • The Ensign - Gore
    • Ashburton Courier
    • North Canterbury News
    • Southland Express - Invercargill
    • Southern Rural Life
    • Central Rural Life
    • The Courier - Timaru
    • Mountain Scene - Queenstown
    • Property Times South Canterbury
    • Extra! School Publication
    • Clutha Leader
    • Bay Harbour News
    • Selwyn Times

    Classifieds

    • Death notices
    • Drivesouth
    • Jobs
    • Classified Advertising

    Advertise

    • Upload print advertising
    • Advertising Terms
    • Advertise with us

    Services

    • Home & Leisure Show
    • Allied Productions
    • ODT Journeys
    • ODT Store
    • Otago Images
    • Corporate Logos
    • ODT Print

    Magazines

    • Classic Driver
    • Dunedin Guide
    • Drivesouth Best Motor Buys
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Home & Leisure
    • Kiwi Gardener
    • Kiwi Gardener Quarterly
    • Rugby News
    • South
    • Style
    • With this Ring
    © Copyright Allied Press Limited 2022. All rights reserved.