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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Swifts consistently a class act

Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.
Swifts consistently a class act
Swifts consistently a class act
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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

Sent out of the office on a wintry day in July to look for photos I captured Logan Park High School athlete Miseki Honjo training on an ice-covered Caledonian Ground track.
Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh
Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh
Life & StyleJanuary 2

Station’s history, town’s foundation

Retired volunteer station officer George Lockyer visits Clyde Fire Station for his book Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Station’s history, town’s foundation
Station’s history, town’s foundation
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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Steps into past and present

Dunedin’s Dowling St Steps provide a gateway to personal and city histories, Tony Love writes.
Steps into past and present
Steps into past and present
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Life & StyleDecember 30

Keeping the city pumping

Every day, hundreds of students pass this inconspicuous little building in Union St. John Lewis finds out its function.
Keeping the city pumping
Keeping the city pumping
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Life & StyleDecember 30

Celtics represent everything great about NBA

Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.
Celtics represent everything great about NBA
Celtics represent everything great about NBA
Food & WineDecember 30

Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita

No-fuss, comfort and fun food is what New Zealand chef Wendy Morgan is all about, and at this time of year that is all you want from food.
Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita
Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita
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Life & StyleDecember 26

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.
Hospital boiler room set for a new lease on life
Hospital boiler room set for a new lease on life
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Life & StyleDecember 26

Keeping sounds alive

Dunedin photographer Fraser Thompson is on a mission to document as much of the city’s music scene as he can.
Keeping sounds alive
Keeping sounds alive
Life & StyleDecember 26

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.
Famous for stunning setting, massive eels
Famous for stunning setting, massive eels
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Life & StyleDecember 26

Pondering existential questions

Subeditor and avid reader Samantha Powell shares her book-worm highlights of the year.
Pondering existential questions
Pondering existential questions
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Life & StyleDecember 26

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.
Photos of the year: Gerard O'Brien
Photos of the year: Gerard O'Brien
Food & WineDecember 23

Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella

MasterChef contestants often draw on their heritages when creating their masterpieces for the television show.
Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella
Pizza fritta with sugo, salumi XO and mozzarella
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Life & StyleDecember 23

Baby blues caught eye, captured heart

Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.
Baby blues caught eye, captured heart
Baby blues caught eye, captured heart
Life & StyleDecember 23

Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim

My first glimpse of Gore Bay was a pretty epic one.
Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim
Perfect bay for a diversion, mint swim
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Life & StyleDecember 21

Summer Times

Over the next three weeks, the Otago Daily Times runs its annual Summer Times section.
Summer Times
Summer Times
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Life & StyleDecember 21

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.
Waitangi Day, but not as we know it
Waitangi Day, but not as we know it
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Life & StyleDecember 21

‘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. 
‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025
‘Death Stranding 2’ the pick of the bunch in 2025
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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin

Today we look back at the NZ tour of famed free thinker Annie Besant as part of our series on how the ODT covered the burning issues of yesteryear.
Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin
Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin
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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Riotous reception for the PS2

Ben Allan recalls PlayStation 2’s out-of-this-world arrival in 2000.
Riotous reception for the PS2
Riotous reception for the PS2
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Life & StyleJanuary 2

Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike

Laine Priestley explains a handful of the magical Harry Potter theories circulating around the real-world wizarding community. 
Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike
Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike
Life & StyleDecember 26

Flood put city residents to the test in 1923

In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today we look back at the 1923 Dunedin floods, a weather event much referred to 100 years on.
Flood put city residents to the test in 1923
Flood put city residents to the test in 1923
Life & StyleDecember 26

The best Games? (not for NZ)

With the new century entering its 25th year, Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we’ve fared since. Kayla Hodge recounts the Games across the Ditch.
The best Games? (not for NZ)
The best Games? (not for NZ)
Life & StyleDecember 26

Biscuits of a bygone era

A superette assistant poses with Hudsons biscuits in 1961.
Biscuits of a bygone era
Biscuits of a bygone era
Life & StyleDecember 26

Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician

Heavy metal bands Mastodon, Slayer and Whitechapel are not among the usual clientele for the average Dunedin tradie.
Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician
Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician