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    Building once a hive of activity

    The building’s extension, pictured on the left, has been removed to allow for better access and...

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    Building once a hive of activity

    This Port Chalmers landmark was once a busy hub of industry, John Lewis reports.

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    Hopping down the rabbit hole

    Bunny cuddlers, (from left) Charlotte, 11, Nick, and Matthew Brook, 14, with brand-new bunnies ...

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    Hopping down the rabbit hole

    Nick Brook shares the ups and downs of multigenerational rabbit ownership.

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    Old morgue deathly silent

    A ghostly figure stands in front of the old morgue at Dunedin’s Southern Cemetery. Inside is...

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    Old morgue deathly silent

    John Lewis finds Dunedin’s old morgue nestled in the hill near the Southern Cemetery.

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    A sound choice for a scenic swim

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    A sound choice for a scenic swim

    Ngākuta Bay & Governors Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough.

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    Making left turns with Jordan

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    Making left turns with Jordan

    Many sports fans support teams that represent their region. But many also have a great love for those from further afield. George Elliott, one of a handful of Nascar...

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    Merry cherry pickers

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    Merry cherry pickers

    Miss Bennetts and two others cherry picking at Roxburgh, 1939. — During 2025 staff at Hocken Collections added thousands of images to the Digital Collections website, most of them never...

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    Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Photos of the year: Peter McIntosh

    Sent out of the office on a wintry day in July to look for photos I captured Logan Park High School athlete Miseki Honjo training on an ice-covered Caledonian Ground track.

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    Steps into past and present

    Work on the Dowling St steps and ramp was completed by October 1927. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Steps into past and present

    Dunedin’s Dowling St Steps provide a gateway to personal and city histories, Tony Love writes.

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    Swifts consistently a class act

    Now-former NSW Swifts shooter Romelda Aiken-George leaps in the air after their elimination final...

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    Swifts consistently a class act

    Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.

    Station’s history, town’s foundation

    Clyde Brigade with their new Dodge appliance 1979. Photos: supplied

    Station’s history, town’s foundation

    Retired volunteer station officer George Lockyer visits Clyde Fire Station for his book Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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    Onboard from behind the camera

    Josh ‘‘Morph’’ Malthus does a boneless.

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    Onboard from behind the camera

    When Elliot Chilton Phillips discovered he could not keep up with his friends skating, he decided to pick up a camera and film them instead.

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    Abbey Bisset at Kiwi Water Park. Photo: Supplied

    Summer jobs: Running a massive inflatable water park

    One of the world's largest inflatable water parks is just outside of Cromwell and local Abbey Bisset is spending her second summer working at the unique spot.

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    Keeping the city pumping

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    Keeping the city pumping

    Every day, hundreds of students pass this inconspicuous little building in Union St. John Lewis finds out its function.

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    Celtics represent everything great about NBA

    Ian Cathcart and his son, Boston, attend a Celtics game against the Indiana Pacers, in Boston, on...

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    Celtics represent everything great about NBA

    Many sports fans support teams that represent their region.

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    Giant leap forward with glowing fanfare

    Williams on her way to winning the 1952 Olympic long jump gold medal. PHOTOS: ODT FILES

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    Giant leap forward with glowing fanfare

    In the runup to the 1952 Olympics, it would be fair to say that everyone in Otago expected great things of Dunedin’s Yvette Williams.

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    A quiet place for forgiveness

    The Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Michael Dooley, opens the door to a confessional at St Joseph...

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    A quiet place for forgiveness

    The Catholic confessional ritual has a few intricacies that are not all that obvious. Mark John spoke to the Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Michael Dooley to learn...

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    Beetroot and onion pakoras with coriander and mint raita

    No-fuss, comfort and fun food is what New Zealand chef Wendy Morgan is all about, and at this time of year that is all you want from food.

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    Moulding hobby into dream job

    Shelley Brigit’s projects are reliably varied. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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    Moulding hobby into dream job

    No two weeks look the same to Shelley Brigit, a diversity the Dunedin artist enjoys. She talks to Ruby Shaw about the passion project which became a fulltime job. Shelley Brigit’s...

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    Taxidermy jungle spot to ‘unwind’

    Mike Rodgers surrounded by his more than 300-piece taxidermy collection in his home in East Gore....

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    Taxidermy jungle spot to ‘unwind’

    Mike Rodgers can’t stop finding additions for his jungle taxidermy, Ella Scott-Fleming reports.

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    Solemn first Anzac Day

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    Solemn first Anzac Day

    Mike Houlahan looks at how the ODT responded to the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
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