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OpinionJuly 10

In living memory

Marsh Tamekehu went to Dunedin Airport in July 1986 to see his aunt off but ended up meeting Prince Edward.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJuly 3

In living memory

A -9°C frost did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of young rugby players taking part in a June 1986 seminar organised by the Cromwell junior coaching clinic.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJune 26

In living memory

It took the best part of a morning in June 1986 and about 15 people to move the Māori canoe from the place in the Otago Museum where it  had rested for the past 32 years.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJune 5

In living memory

A town of tents and motorcycles filled a hillside at the Idaburn Dam, near Oturehua in June, 1986, as the annual Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally got under way.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMay 29

In living memory

Team effort was the key to fixing the slumping floor of the Taieri Mouth Store during an April 1986 weekend, and shown here is a team of locals working together to save their community shop.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMay 22

In living memory

In May 1986, students at Otago University were busy with paint and scrubbing brushes tidying up their flats for a competition to find the best frontage.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionApril 17

In living memory

Miss Kay Thompson (left) and Mrs Joan Cameron, reading resource teachers at Arthur Street School, warm themselves for the last time at the pot belly stove in the school's infant block. The stove was to be removed when the building was upgraded in May 1986.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionApril 10

In living memory

Showing her team-mates how to return a wide ball is Sarah Harrison.
In living memory
In living memory
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OpinionApril 3

In living memory

The left wing of the new Ross Home complex was rapidly taking shape in April 1986. Lifting a prefabricated roof truss were German labourers Hermann Jentsch (left) and Nikolaus d.Erste who, wearing traditional garb, were in New Zealand on a working holiday.PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMarch 27

In living memory

A crowd of about 2000 farmers and rural businessmen gathered at the South Otago A&P Society grounds inn Balclutha in March 1986 to show community unity in protesting government policies.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMarch 20

In living memory

The wet weather did not dampen the spirits of the competitors in the first University College inter-floor tug-of-war, held in March 1986.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMarch 13

In living memory

Only a few kilometres away from ending a two-day mystery tramp in 1986 are Milton scouts Clynt McGregor, Peter Dickinson, Bryan Forde, Craig Wells, Gavin Smith and Jason Altenburg. 
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionMarch 6

In living memory

For many New Zealanders in 1986 a holiday was something which could often be taken for granted.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionFebruary 20

In living memory

Ah young lady, late again! 
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionFebruary 6

In living memory

St Kilda has its first full banking service in the borough’s 110-year history, the mayor, Mr I.J. Lawson, said at the opening of the Trusteebank Otago branch in St Kilda in 1986.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJanuary 30

In living memory

Lying under about 15m of water at the bottom of Butchers Dam near Alexandra is the Butchers Gully Hotel, submerged in 1930.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJanuary 16

In living memory

At nearly $200 a bottle in 1986, Chateau Petrus is a steal — if, like the Dunedin Winelovers Club, you have $2000 to splash around. 
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionJanuary 9

Within living memory

Standing beside State Highway 8 at the bottom of the Fruitlands straight, the Cap Broome Hotel is perhaps the most photographed building in Central Otago.
Within living memory
Within living memory
OpinionJanuary 2

In living memory

Forty-one members of the Hāwea-Wānaka Pony Club were pictured heading along the main highway above Lake Hāwea in January 1986.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionDecember 26

In living memory

The Glen, near Carisbrook, was hard hit by flooding after a deluge in late December 1985.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionDecember 5

In living memory

In the absence of a "real Santa" at the Concord Kindergarten, in December 1985, the children produced their own, complete with "photographer."
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionNovember 14

In living memory

Three tunnels in the bank beside Shore St were expected to be of special interest to a group of Māori from Taranaki who arrived  in Dunedin on Saturday, November 9, 1985.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionOctober 31

In living memory

The modelling and deportment club at Tahuna Intermediate had a treat during a Wednesday club afternoon in 1985 when Miss Otago, Leanne McDonnell, arrived at the school
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionOctober 24

In living memory

Filming of the children’s television drama Moon Jumper began in Dunedin this week in 1985 using a local cast of about 13 actors plus stand-ins.
In living memory
In living memory
OpinionOctober 17

In living memory

It may be powered by the remains of a Vespa scooter but this wee machine can do 55kmh and that is just in third gear.
In living memory
In living memory