Summer Times

The Black Caps' poor performance, the junk mail that overflows from the mailbox as Christmas approaches and long queues at the supermarket - they all annoy and frustrate thousands of New Zealanders.

Some people take years to learn how to hitchhike properly. Clearly, they have not made enough mistakes.

Many of us tend to believe European settlement of New Zealand began seriously in the 1840s,

Former Dunedin student Dani Blake writes about her year working for an environmental NGO on islands off the east coast of Africa.

Having heard this year described as the unofficial year of the chick flick, ODT film reviewer Christine Powley steps back and takes a wider view.

Former Otago Rebel netballer and the franchise's most capped player, Debbie White, has signed to play with the Northern Mystics this year. Sarah Harvey blows the whistle on her wardrobe.

Long gone are the days when Hyde boasted several hotels, just about as many churches, plus a butcher, a baker and probably a candlestick maker.

A pelvis-breaking moment last June dramatically lowered the sights of Otago Daily Times journalist Philip Somerville.

Nigel Benson was as excited as we've seen him when he was offered a free holiday in a 21st century campervan late last year. But it turned into the holiday from hell.