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Angelface Wedgwood a most anticipated new flower

Angelface Wedgwood Pink will make its long-anticipated debut this spring. Angelonia, also known...

Angelface Wedgwood a most anticipated new flower

Norman Winter of Tribune News Services takes a look at a new flower variety being released in the US this year - hopefully not far away from reaching NZ shores.

The hottest in travel for 2025

The hottest in travel for 2025

Travel expert Lonely Planet has announced its best travel destinations for 2025, including its top emerging travel trends revealed here.

Designer full of colour

Rhodes visited Dunedin in 2010 to judge the iD Fashion Awards and got a standing ovation at the...

Designer full of colour

One of Britain’s most flamboyant designers, Zandra Rhodes, visited Dunedin in 2010 to guest judge at the iD Fashion Awards. Now a dame, Rhodes has released her memoir.

Your garden, January 10th

Your garden, January 10th

What to do in your garden this week.

Photos of 2024: Gregor Richardson

Matu Pene leads the large march to the Octagon, in Dunedin, to protest against the Principles of...

Photos of 2024: Gregor Richardson

ODT photographer Gregor Richardson chooses his favourite pics from 2024.

Revealed: NZ's top baby names for 2024

Plunket's parenting education classes will finish at the end of June. Photo: Getty Images

Revealed: NZ's top baby names for 2024

Noah has been revealed as the most popular baby name for boys born in New Zealand in 2024, coming in top for the second year in a row.

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.

Captivated by a jewelled gecko

Jewelled geckos on Otago Peninsula. Photo: Carey Knox

Captivated by a jewelled gecko

Anna Yeoman, a conservation ranger at the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary near Alexandra, describes the battle to protect New Zealand’s exquisite jewelled gecko from ruthless poachers and predators.

Easy meals on the move

Photo: Supplied

Easy meals on the move

Linda Duncan has just released her latest and fifth cookbook The World's Easiest Recipes: Five Ingredients and talks to Rebecca Fox about cooking in her well-travelled campervan.

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The claim of Spain that wasn’t quite so plain

Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin. Photo: Getty Images

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The claim of Spain that wasn’t quite so plain

It's been revealed actor Alec Baldwin’s supposed Spanish-born wife was not, in fact Spanish.

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Past lessons still ring true today

Dunedin Railway Station, circa 1910, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie. Photo: Te Papa (C.012183)

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Past lessons still ring true today

In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear.

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‘New’ Caledonian not so new any more

Olympian Anna Grimaldi competing at the Caledonian Ground in 2019. Photos: ODT files

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‘New’ Caledonian not so new any more

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.

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Photos of the year: Stephen Jaquiery

Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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Photos of the year: Stephen Jaquiery

ODT photographer Stephen Jaquiery chooses his favourite pics from 2024.

Fashion for two on show

Twenty-week pregnant Emma Smith, of Riverton, represents pregnant women in the Fashion in the...

Fashion for two on show

Some may say Emma Smith does not have curves in all the right places to be a model in a fashion parade.

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Riotous reception for the PS2

Shoppers push and shove during the launch of Playstation 2, at Paris’ Virgin Megastore, in...

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Riotous reception for the PS2

Ben Allan recalls PlayStation 2’s out-of-this-world arrival in 2000.

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Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin

Annie Besant. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin

Today we look back at the NZ tour of famed free thinker Annie Besant as part of our series on how the ODT covered the burning issues of yesteryear.

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Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike

Dumbledore (Richard Harris) always seemed to know what young Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) was...

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Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike

Laine Priestley explains a handful of the magical Harry Potter theories circulating around the real-world wizarding community.

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Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

Timothy Still, 24, assembles a Matariki-themed exhibit at Tūhura Otago Museum, part of his Otago...

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Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

ODT photographer Peter McIntosh chooses his favourite pics from 2024.

Lineup for book sale surprises

Family members (from left) Jeanine McDonald, of Invercargill, Natalie McMillan, of Christchurch...

Lineup for book sale surprises

They came, they saw and they staggered away laden with books, jigsaw puzzles and DVDs.

A toast to the South’s top pubs

Strath Taieri Hotel.

A toast to the South’s top pubs

New Zealand Pubs is a guide by Peter Janssen to 170 of the best historic pubs left today, including a selection of southern beauties.

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