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A year of triumphs, firsts and farewells
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A year of triumphs, firsts and farewells
Another weird, wild, wacky and wonderful sporting year is in the books.
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Papatowai Carnival and Big Dig popular
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Papatowai Carnival and Big Dig popular
Rain stayed away and a little sunshine even made an appearance for the Papatowai Carnival and Big Dig on New Year’s Eve.
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Festival ‘a melting pot of music’
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Festival ‘a melting pot of music’
Strangely, wherever Stephen Stern goes with his banjo, bluegrass seems to sprout up organically.
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Entertainer brings Rainbow connection
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Entertainer brings Rainbow connection to NYE party
Security guards had their hands full at Dunedin’s New Year’s Eve party in the Octagon, when a horde of children mobbed one of the performers.
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Big thinking needed on obesity
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Big thinking needed on obesity
As any New Year dawns, it is almost obligatory to vow to eat less and exercise more over the next 12 months.
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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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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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Duncan’s well-earned reputation
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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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High costs blamed for canning of events
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High costs blamed for canning of events
The cost of living, bureaucracy and changing tastes are the biggest culprits for a spate of sporting and entertainment event cancellations this and next year, event organisers say.
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Hawkins criticises shuttle uncertainty
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Hawkins criticises shuttle uncertainty
A plan may have come together for an influx of cruise ship passengers at Port Chalmers, but a former Dunedin mayor was bothered by uncertainty for the community in the meantime.
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Bit leaky but family camping the tops
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Bit leaky but family camping the tops
Despite a leak in the awning, camping in Dunedin in a 1978 "Pop-Top" is nice "even with the wind and the rain", a Christchurch tourist says.
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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups
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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups
Sea lions "seem to be everywhere" this summer in what is hoped to be a bumper breeding season for the threatened native species.
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Recognising the great and their teams
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Recognising the great and their teams
The latest New Year’s Honours list is out, saluting New Zealand’s great and good.
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Port trawler type finds favour
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Port trawler type finds favour
Messrs Miller and Tunnage recently launched from their yard at Carey’s Bay the motor trawler Flower of Buchan, which was designed and built to the order of Messrs May and Stephens, of Timaru.
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Forget the fakes, sit down with the real warmth of winter
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Forget the fakes, sit down with the real warmth of winter
This is not the time, nor the place, to talk of fireplaces.
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Request to conserve water after heavy rain
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Request to conserve water after heavy rain
Water, water everywhere and ... and not a lot to drink.
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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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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo was first published on September 19.
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Letters to the Editor: wind, better pathways, fishing
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Letters to the Editor: wind, better pathways, fishing
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including wind energy, better pathways and fishing concerns.
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All set for alpine music festival
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Organisers all set for alpine music festival
The stage is set and the accommodation is up - now all that is needed is the people.