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.
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In living memory
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
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...
In living memory
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
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...
In living memory
In living memory
Showing her team-mates how to return a wide ball is Sarah Harrison.
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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...
In living memory
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
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
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
For many New Zealanders in 1986 a holiday was something which could often be taken for granted.
In living memory
In living memory
Ah young lady, late again!
In living memory
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
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
At nearly $200 a bottle in 1986, Chateau Petrus is a steal — if, like the Dunedin Winelovers Club, you have $2000 to splash around.
Within living memory
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.
In living memory
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
The Glen, near Carisbrook, was hard hit by flooding after a deluge in late December 1985.
In living memory
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
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.