Short story: The Shark Bell - Part 2
Petra's story concludes in Part 2 of The Shark Bell by R.L. Stedman.
Summer Times
Short story: The Shark Bell - Part 1
Short story: The Shark Bell - Part 1
A fortnight after her husband left her for his personal trainer, Petra took up running. She told herself it was nothing to do with Carter or his parting words.
Short story: Paper Butterflies - Part 2
Short story: Paper Butterflies - Part 2
Summer finds her admiration of Fin’s ‘‘water magic’’ may be misplaced in the conclusion of Paper Butterflies by Kura Carpenter.
Short story: Paper Butterflies - Part 1
Short story: Paper Butterflies - Part 1
As the long school holidays draw to an end, Summer is left wondering if Fin even knows she exists in the first part of Paper Butterflies, by Kura Carpenter.
Short story: Invisible Ink - Part 1
Short story: Invisible Ink - Part 1
The stage is set at the Regent Theatre for Merryn's performance - but will she go on? We find out in part one of Lara M. Hewn's short story Invisible Ink.
Short story: Invisible Ink - Part 2
Short story: Invisible Ink - Part 2
An altercation with a drunk couple at the Regent book sale could be the opportunity Merryn needs to deal with the Jackal in the conclusion of Invisible Ink by Lara M. Hewn.
The year in photos
The year in photos
Otago Daily Times staff photographer Linda Robertson selects her favourite images of 2019.
Apricot & sour cream scones from Fleur's Place
Apricot & sour cream scones from Fleur's Place
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
Frodo’s Bad Day - Part 2
Frodo’s Bad Day - Part 2
Frodo Baggins and old chum Gandalf search for a way back to Hobbiton, in this tale by David Loughrey.
An entrepreneurial spirit
Entrepreneurial spirit shows itself in early schemes
As Hurst Holdings Ltd director, a Waitaki DHS limited board member and Observatory Village Trust trustee, former All Back Ian Hurst has done all right for a farmer’s son.
Energy flows in ‘hobbit home’ hewn from nature
Energy flows in ‘hobbit home’ hewn from nature
Bryce Langston has spent the past five years travelling the globe exploring trends of alternative living and small space design. He visits a hobbit-style home.
Olympic sisters still in sync
Olympic sisters still in sync
Whatever happened to synchronised swimmers Nina and Lisa Daniels? Adrian Seconi catches up with the sisters.
Elusive iron gate sent plans awry
Elusive iron gate sent plans awry
In this, the final part of his holiday walking to the Tuapeka goldfields, we join Pakeha about to head home — but not before first visiting the Chinese camp near Lawrence.
Meaning of happiness still eludes
Meaning of happiness still eludes
Dean Burnett, neuroscientist and author of The Idiot Brain, talks to Killian Fox about the difficulty of trying to explain happiness and what he learned from Charlotte Church.
The dream of a home for everyone
The dream of a home for everyone
They are part of everyday life in New Zealand, things of here or invented here which are part of the fabric of our being. Today Mike Houlahan looks at the state house - a true New Zealand icon.
Working with children, former refugees 'amazing'
Working with children, former refugees 'amazing'
Summer Times reporters recently spent time following southeners going about their daily lives. Today Sakhr Munassar shares his day with Jono Edwards.
Frodo's Bad Day - Part 1
Frodo's Bad Day - Part 1
David Loughrey finds Frodo Baggins in straitened circumstances in a Dunedin boarding house, desperate to return to Hobbiton.
Lake swimming invigorating and magical
Lake swimming invigorating and magical
Claire O’Connell, a Lake Wanaka year-round skin swimmer, explains her love of cold water.
The swimming was the easy part
The swimming was the easy part
Arno Marten, director of Packrafting NZ, tells of battling the mountainous seas of the Fiordland coastline in Annette Lees' new book Swim.
Items 'great for women'
Items 'great for women'
One special group of items at the Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre tells a story curator Kay Lang says may be ''not interesting for blokes, but great for women''.
