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A Houlahan and his hogsheads

In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today he considers the perils of searching one’s own name in back issues of the...

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Helping an honour, founder says

Zestt Wellness co-founders Darcy Schack and Anna Campbell showcase their Zestt Breathe+ lozenges...

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Helping an honour, founder says

A Dunedin bioactives company has devised a plant-based lozenge to help people sleep and breathe easier. Tim Scott chats to Zestt Wellness co-founder Anna Campbell about the product.

Flood put city residents to the test in 1923

Flood put city residents to the test in 1923

In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today we look back at the 1923 Dunedin floods, a...

Pedal to the metal for electrician

Guitarist Zach Householder, of United States death metal band Whitechapel, is a customer. PHOTOS:...

Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician

Heavy metal bands Mastodon, Slayer and Whitechapel are not among the usual clientele for the average Dunedin tradie.

The best Games? (not for NZ)

With the new century entering its 25th year, Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we’ve fared since. Kayla Hodge recounts the Games...

Biscuits of a bygone era

A superette assistant poses with Hudsons biscuits in 1961.

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Building a space workshop — and home

The Expedition One crew, the first to permanently inhabit the International Space Station, play...

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Building a space workshop — and home

With the new century entering its 25th year Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we’ve fared since.

Road victim Andrew Milne

With the holiday road toll season upon us, ODT editorial artist Austin Milne recounts how his father was killed by a drunk driver whose sentence of judicial monitoring ended this month.

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Kicking up a fuss over dance craze

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Kicking up a fuss over dance craze

In a six-part series Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. We begin by considering the moral panic which ensued in some quarters when the Charleston hit the South.

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From military tool to the masses

Hand-held GPS units at the turn of the century. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES

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From military tool to the masses

With the new century entering its 25th year, Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we've fared since. Hamish MacLean looks at the GPS revolution.

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Wandering muddy streets of history

Peter Thomson dressed in his walking attire; a plant press under his arm, a vasculum for delicate...

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Wandering muddy streets of history

In the years immediately following the Otago gold rush, readers of the Otago Daily Times and Otago Witness were treated to a series of lively accounts of "rambles" around Dunedin and its hinterland by Peter Thomson.

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Childhood revisited

PHOTO; J.F. SHEPHERD, HOCKEN COLLECTIONS — TE UARE TAOKA O HAKENA, REF: P2008-107-001

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Childhood revisited

Fox's Alexandra Motor Camp, Summer 1952.

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Small idea morphs into a big idea

Techion chief executive Greg Mirams sits at his desk with a digital microscope called Micro-I....

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Small idea morphs into a big idea

Greg Mirams was working as a contract fencer when the farmers employing him encountered issues with the anti-parasite drugs they were using on their animals.