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Voyage was French for failure

A small French cruise ship named La Perouse has been a regular visitor to Dunedin, but I wonder how many know why it is so named.

No skirting the issues

A little remembered campus standoff, now the focus of a documentary, tells us much about ourselves, director Katie Wolfe tells Tom McKinlay.

More than a mountain

Aoraki is my emblematic mauka, it is symbolic and quintessentially Kāi Tahu.

Gilding the lily

Regard was once expressed in more than words, Peter Read writes.

Highlights from the Fringe 2025

The Dunedin Fringe 2025 celebrates the events’ 25th birthday starting March 23.

Triggers & tingles

Kiwi artist Amy Atkins, aka Letitia Lickkit, is bringing her take on Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response to the South.

Mexican site mystical

The Shanghai Archaeological Forum is a gathering held every two years that brings together archaeologists from all over the world.

Bright comet in southwest sky worth seeking out

As I type these words, I am getting excited at the prospect of seeing what might be the brightest comet of 2025 in the southwest after sunset.

'Unreal day': de Groot marries long-time girlfriend

Few can match Ethan de Groot in the scrum but he has met his match off the field.

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Setting a table for presence and absence

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Setting a table for presence and absence

The widower who has a second chance at love is a romantic cultural trope.

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2025: the start we’ve made

We’ve all but accounted for the first quarter of the 21st century, so how have we done?

Top start to the day

People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk of dying from heart disease and a lower overall risk of dying compared with all-day coffee drinkers, according to international research.

Tracing red ochre’s roots

Four years ago, a graduate student of mine asked if she could analyse the use of red ochre in the human burials from one of my excavations.

A plethora of planets graces evening sky

Saturn from the University of Canterbury’s Mt John Observatory. Photo: Ian Griffin

A plethora of planets graces evening sky

If the sky is clear over the next few nights and you have a pair of binoculars handy, you can enjoy viewing six of the solar system’s eight major planets after sunset.

Angling deeply embedded in national identity

Otago Fish & Game councillor John Highton re-enacts in November this year the first licensed...

Angling deeply embedded in national identity

Last year, NZ marked a remarkable milestone in angling history - the 150th anniversary of the nation’s first licensed freshwater sports fishing season.

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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