Basketball action from the Nuggets v Saints game last weekend. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Speight's sales executive Ben Kerr follows snow-raking volunteers David Hutton and Lochie Rutherford up Mt St Bathans with a box of cold ones during last week's heavy snow. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Otago Polytechnic student Hope Robertson hones her carpentery skills. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Regent Theatre technical manger Nelson Miles, projectionist Russell Campbell and installer Fraser Falconer check out the picture quality of the theatre's new digital projector. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

A colourful scene from the Otago rhythmic gymnastic championships at the Caledonian Gym last weekend. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Highlander Tamati Ellison evades Crusader Ryan Crotty during last Saturday's Super 15 clash. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

St Andrew's Taylor Boyd and John McGlashan Sam Sheard meet at their interschool ice hockey fixture. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Mountain biker Josh McCombie (16) of Kings High School trains for his upcoming visit to South Africa. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Lucy Pollock (12), of Balmacewen Intermediate, tries to answer a question during the Year 7 and 8 Otago Daily Times Spelling Quiz at Tahuna Intermediate on Wednesday night. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

The Speight's chimney will no longer belch black smoke with their old coal boilers being replaced by gas. Engineer Greg Hamburger inspects the inside of a coal boiler which was craned out on Tuesday. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best