Mike Kerr of the Otago Rugby Football Union with pupils of Fairfield Primary School launching the 500 Club. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Adina Raluca Radu of Romania celebrates at a citizenship ceremony in Dunedin. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Otago Boys High School competing in the Stage Challenge at the Regent Theatre in Dunedin. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Installation artist Michael Tuffery launches his pou whenua project assisted by children and adults at the Festival of Colour in Wanaka. Photo by Matthew Haggart. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Seagulls flock above the mole at Aramoana in the twilight as the photographer walks through them. Photo by Jane Dawber. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Gary, an eight year old female lorikeet on her perch at Pet Planet near the Gardens Corner in Dunedin. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Dunedin's Fraser Lau gets past Southern's Ollie Spence in a club rugby match at Bathgate Park. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Admitted to the bar after admission was moved by their fathers are (front, from left) Tommy Rutherford (24), Michael Stocker (23), Andrew More (23), Victoria Brunton (23), Jonathan Mirkin (23) and Catherine Andersen (27) and their fathers (back from... : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Shyane Hogeboom (8) had the ride of her life after winning a ride to school in a 1971 Dennis fire engine. Crewing the engine are her friends Samantha Hayward (9) left and Madison Harwood (7). Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best

Kathy Morrison will leave Quarantine Island in Otago Harbourafter 12 years as caretaker. Photo by Linda Robertson. : Otago Daily Times ten of the best