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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

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    Photos of the year: Stephen Jaquiery

    ODT photographer Stephen Jaquiery chooses his favourite pics from 2024.

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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

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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

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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

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    Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

    ODT photographer Peter McIntosh chooses his favourite pics from 2024.

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

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    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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    Following the miners’ path

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    Following the miners’ path

    In the years immediately following the Otago gold rush, readers of the ODT were treated to a series of lively accounts of ‘‘rambles’’ around Dunedin and its hinterland by Peter Thomson. In this excerpt, he's contemplating a trek to Orepuki.

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    Sylvester fighting 'tsunami of superfast' fashion

    Kate Sylvester's self-titled label is closing after "30 fabulous years", but her fight against fast fashion is only ramping up, and both have been recognised in the New Year Honours list.

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    Duncan’s well-earned reputation

    Jimmy Duncan with the four other Otago members of the 1905 All Black Originals squad. They are ...

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    Duncan’s well-earned reputation

    Mike Houlahan looks back at how the ODT covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today we look back at the rise of Kaikorai rugby great James Duncan to his sport’s pinnacle in 1901.

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    When music was literally a free-for-all

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    When music was literally a free-for-all

    Before Spotify, before YouTube, people found new music by flipping through records or CDs at a record store.

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    Dad sounding board for success

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    Dad sounding board for success

    For the past 38 years, ADInstruments has been creating high-quality, easy-to-use data acquisition software and equipment in Dunedin.

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    Best creamy satay sauce for tofu skewers

    Always a family favourite, these satay skewers may just become your summer staple, Kiwi food writer Chelsea Winter says.

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    Fear the reaper and thank Beyonce

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    Fear the reaper and thank Beyonce

    Laine Priestley explains the series of events that conspiracists believe has turned Beyonce from a singing superstar to a god-like supernova scaring the celebrity world into submission.

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    How far are people willing to go for views?

    Do you find it exhausting trying to keep up with the strange concept of internet drama? Weird online hoaxes and attention-grabbing antics make you take pause and think ‘‘hey, why would you even do...

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    The day petrol hit $1 a litre

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    The day petrol hit $1 a litre

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    Forgotten fete

    On January 1-2, 1903, mana whenua at Puketeraki hosted a Māori fete.

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