Shrektacular: a star is born
Otago Daily Times illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery took the photograph that launched Shrek into the world spotlight. He reflects on a compelling, bizarre and fun highlight of his career.
Stephen Jaquiery
Fisherman hooked more than desired
Fisherman hooked more than desired
A keen Dunedin fisherman can now say he was literally hooked.
Native species thrive in Wellington sanctuary
Native species thrive in Wellington sanctuary
Illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery took his camera for a half-day walk around the Zealandia wildlife sanctuary recently and reports on what he found.
Cockles galore (and taking them means more)
Cockles galore (and taking them means more)
Cockling at Blueskin Bay is a 100% guaranteed method for your family to collect a seafood meal. The cockles (or clams) are harvested commercially here by the tonne and I was once told they grow so...
Trout and koura for the taking: Poolburn Dam
Trout and koura for the taking: Poolburn Dam
If you have never been to the Poolburn Dam pack a picnic basket; it is worth the trip for the scenery alone. This 300ha irrigation dam is surrounded by spectacular moonlike rock formations in a...
Good Friday bus service
Good Friday bus service
Bus operator Orbus said it ran a normal Sunday timetable yesterday and would do so again on Easter Sunday.
Wanaka at its best for show
Wanaka at its best for show
Cloudless, calm, Wanaka was at its best for the 83rd Wanaka A&P Show yesterday.
In the heart of a recovering city
In the heart of a recovering city
ODT Illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery visited Christchurch this week after the terror attack on two mosques, focusing on the city's recovery.
Who's a pretty boy?
Who's a pretty boy?
With tupping time approaching, rams in a paddock near Clarks Junction have been sorted and colour coded with raddle chalk.
Expanding Wanaka
Expanding Wanaka
A recent Otago Daily Times tally of sections being prepared for Wanaka produced a figure of more than 3000.
Scenes around the show
Scenes around the show
Photos from around the Wanaka A&P Show.
Goat to do what you’ve goat to do
Goat to do what you’ve goat to do
A goat in a coat, afloat in a boat; no joke.
Yacht club keeps a float despite extra expenses
Yacht club keeps a float despite extra expenses
A 28-tonne pontoon is heaved out of the Otago Boat Harbour for repair yesterday.
Do not disturb
Do not disturb
A sleep-deprived fur seal gave a concerned Dunedin woman more than she expected yesterday morning.
Dogs have day in great indoors
Dogs have day in great indoors
The inaugural Southern Indoor Charity Dog Trial was held at Waimumu, near Gore, last week, attracting entries from throughout the South Island.
At last, snow
At last, snow
Otago Daily Times photographers Stephen Jaquiery and Gerard O’Brien capture wintry scenes around Dunedin yesterday.
Hunting books
Hunting books
Wow. Christchurch-based Grant Shanks, writing as Andrew Grant, has produced another page-turning thriller where not only the rifles smoke as the action carries on outside working hours.
Racing: UK job lures Klein back
Racing: UK job lures Klein back
Otago Racing Club chief executive Andre Klein is leaving his post and moving back to England.
Hunters and the Hunted
Hunters and the Hunted
Returning home after serving with the New Zealand army in Vietnam, Graeme Sturgeon fell comfortably into a new career making money out of ridding pests from the bush: firstly culling deer in the Ruahine Ranges, then some stints possuming, shooting and catching deer from a helicopter and, finally, getting behind the cyclic himself.
Shrek: From Tarras to Te Papa
Shrek: From Tarras to Te Papa
The ordinary was recognised as extraordinary in Wellington yesterday.