Summer Times

Cosby asked, 'Don't I know you? Aren't you Noel?'

Dunedin radio broadcaster Neil Collins and comedian Bill Cosby at Chequers restaurant, Moray Pl,...

Cosby asked, 'Don't I know you? Aren't you Noel?'

Over a 52-year career, Radio Dunedin host Neil Collins has rubbed shoulders with countless singers, sports stars and celebrities. One of his most memorable experiences was meeting comedian Bill Cosby in the mid-1970s. He tells reporter Allison Rudd the story.

In praise of a maverick pansy

In praise of a maverick pansy

What is it? A maverick, nonconformist, rogue pansy, growing away from its designated flowerbed outside the Otago Settlers Museum, and instead at the base of a cabbage tree on the lawn.

The perfect race and I knew he could do it

The perfect race and I knew he could do it

I can't explain it. Was it the cheeky grin, the distinctive wavy blond hair or the springy running style?

Old ways beside new in Zanzibar

Fishing dhows make their way out to the Indian Ocean. Photos by Alistair McMurran.

Old ways beside new in Zanzibar

With 177 countries ticked off, sports reporter Alistair McMurran set off last year to add a few more to his list. Today, he visits Zanzibar.

Five things I'll be doing on holiday: Clark Kirkwood

Five things I'll be doing on holiday: Clark Kirkwood

Clark Kirkwood, GWD Toyota and Holden vehicle consultant.

Leading the way to antipodes

Having come up with the idea of mounting a modern-day expedition, Mark Price needed something to explore. All the good ideas had long been taken.

Sporty, comfy, trendy, dressy and maternity

Sporty, comfy, trendy, dressy and maternity

Chantel Knox, of Cromwell, is the two-day Coast to Coast women's titleholder and managing director of NRG Health and Fitness gym and Stirling Sports in Cromwell.

Five things I'll be doing on holiday: Warren Prescott

LJ Hooker real estate principal, of Oamaru.

Wine match

Summer al fresco dining doesn't have to mean pounds of seared flesh on the barbecue.

Getting lucky in the New Year

Getting lucky in the New Year

Can eating sauerkraut make you richer? Can wearing red undies really improve your love life? Laura Hewson looks at some of the more unusual New Year's Eve traditions from around the world.

Plenty of challenges on Government track

Our final ride for Summer Times 2009/10 is more an adventure than a mere bike ride. It includes the Government Track, a sinuous dray path hewn from the bush-covered hillside above the Waipori Gorge in the 1800s, probably by gold-miners.

Man of media reminisces

He's the easy afternoon voice of national radio, and the keen bloke who turns up to sort out your garden, but as Elspeth McLean discovers, Jim Mora hasn't forgotten his formative years in the South.

When the Arklow Flyer rose to win a 10-mile handicap

The Arklow Flyer, circa 1884. Photo by Richard Stedman Collection. As a young lad growing up during the 1860s and 1870s in the Irish village of Avoca (better known to TV audiences as Ballykissangel), a short distance inland from Arklow in County Wicklow, the Arklow Flyer, became obsessed with mechanical contrivances, particularly the still-evolving bicycle.

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