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Pondering existential questions
Subeditor and avid reader Samantha Powell shares her book-worm highlights of the year.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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.
Prawn skewers with zucchini, lime and chilli
Prawn skewers with zucchini, lime and chilli
Skewers are great entertaining food, easy to prepare in advance so you can cook them at the last minute and enjoy.
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Baby blues caught eye, captured heart
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Baby blues caught eye, captured heart
Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.
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Under fire in an old chicken coop
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Under fire in an old chicken coop
You can always count on Clutha for a creepy shed, so Clutha Leader reporter Nick Brook took a long shot at demystifying an old chicken coop.
Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim
Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim
My first glimpse of Gore Bay was a pretty epic one.
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Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
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Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
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 reacted to a major event in the Boer War.
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Ceramic bulldogs tickle Proctor’s fancy
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Ceramic bulldogs tickle Proctor’s fancy
Collecting runs in the family for Proctor Auctions owner Ronnie Proctor, Laine Priestley reports.
Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella
Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella
MasterChef contestants often draw on their heritages when creating their masterpieces for the television show.
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Fandom started with an amazing catch
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Fandom started with an amazing catch
Oamaru reporter Nic Duff explains how he came to follow an underwhelming NFL team.
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‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025
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‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025
The follow-up to the downright nutty Death Stranding stood out, amid an industry in crisis, for video game reviewer Ben Allan in 2025.
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Waitangi Day, but not as we know it
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Waitangi Day, but not as we know it
Mike Houlahan looks back at how the ODT covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today: how the newspaper covered the very first Waitangi Day celebrations.
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Summer Times
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Summer Times
Over the next three weeks, the Otago Daily Times runs its annual Summer Times section.
Life & Style
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Photos of the year: Gerard O'Brien
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Keeping sounds alive
