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Fans, match day rituals key attractions

Dulwich fanatic Jeff Cheshire holds up a team scarf. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Fans, match day rituals key attractions

Many sports fans support teams that represent their region. But many also have a great love for those from further afield. Jeff Cheshire explains how he came to follow an obscure English football...

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'Dum-de-do!'

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'Dum-de-do!'

Hudson’s Cookie Bear visiting Rarotonga in 1978.

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Pair fine match in movie that has it all

Sean Penn harnessed the physical idiosyncrasies of a fascist psycho in One Battle After Another....

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Pair fine match in movie that has it all

2025 was a great year for watching movies at the cinema. These performances are why, Mark John writes.

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Garage packed with nostalgia

Jonathan Usher has transformed his Cromwell garage into a time capsule complete with pinball...

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Garage packed with nostalgia

Jonathan Usher has filled his garage with retro magic as well as a nostalgic collection of pinball machines. Ella Jenkins reports.

End of an era: 'Matinee Idle' hosts sign off

Phil O'Brien (left) and Simon Morris finished their 21-year run as hosts of Matinee Idle today....

End of an era: 'Matinee Idle' hosts sign off

As the pair leading the show bid farewell, they leave listeners with a final poignant theme: "AI has won. We've done our best".

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When an MP sued the paper

Climbing the rigging of SS Mapourika are (from top to bottom) Charles Houghton Mills, Captain...

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When an MP sued the paper

Mike Houlahan looks back at how the ODT covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today: when the newspaper itself was in the spotlight.

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Potential flop saved firm and was actually fun

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Potential flop saved firm and was actually fun

In 2025, video game reviewer Michael Robertson time-travelled, found joy in mainstream junk and missed the memo on how good Balatro is.

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Blue and Whites fandom in the blood

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, one of the NHL’s most dynamic goal scorers. PHOTO:...

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Blue and Whites fandom in the blood

Dunedin Ice Hockey Association club manager Cole Beckstead finds heartbreak and triumph in the NHL.

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Traditional art has many uses

1) A wine bottle and a takeaway cup wrapped for transport. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Traditional art has many uses

Bryony Kentfield explains the Japanese art of furoshiki and how to get everyday use out of the eco-friendly wrapping tradition.

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Video games better with friends

Hayden Meikle and his old friend find Split Fiction a whole lot of fun. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

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Video games better with friends

Hayden Meikle has enjoyed a fair few years of video gaming. How did 2025 fare?

Those daring young drivers in their jaunty jalopies

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Those daring young drivers in their jaunty jalopies

Ashburton Ford Owners’ Annual Run to Geraldine and Woodbury Bush, October 25, 1915.

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Vintage shop keeps the doc away

Hawthorne Den owner and vintage fashion connoisseur Jan Wards beside one of the jewels of her...

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Vintage shop keeps the doc away

For Waikaka Valley's Jan Wards, collecting and selling vintage clothing is a therapeutic experience, Gerrit Doppenberg reports.

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Black Tuesday’s import delayed

The Dunedin Stock Exchange, photographed in 1925. PHOTO: OTAGO WITNESS

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Black Tuesday’s import delayed

Mike Houlahan looks at how the Otago Daily Times reacted to news of a crash on the New York stock exchange.

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Valuable lessons in court oddities

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Valuable lessons in court oddities

Court reporting can be a sordid, sobering business, but these stories stood out to court reporter Felicity Dear for their uniqueness, ironies and life lessons.

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Spot of tennis at smoko

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Spot of tennis at smoko

Staff playing tennis at the factory court of the New Zealand Wax Vesta Company in Caversham in 1936.

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Enabling children to thrive

Pivotal Point Charitable Trust founder and chief executive Lisa Leftley pictured at this year’s...

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Enabling children to thrive

One woman’s passion is changing the lives of hundreds of families in the Wakatipu Basin. Allied Media talks to Lisa Leftley about her hopes for her charity, born from Covid.

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