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Mark Purdon A perfect preparation means horse of the year Spankem is ready to tackle a distance far from perfect for him in today's New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington.

The lure of the New Zealand Cup Carnival has led Victorian trainer Andy Gath to chase group 1 riches with Dunedin-bred trotter McLovin at Addington today.

Michael Rippon watches his attempted drive caught by Northern Districts wicketkeeper BJ Watling to deny his his maiden first-class century at the University of Otago Oval yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Cricket can be a cruel game - ask Michael Rippon.

A sewing and dressmaking class at King Edward Technical College. - Otago Witness, 11.11.1919. Yesterday there came round the anniversary of the historic moment when a sudden silence fell upon the roaring battlefields of Europe and the world began again slowly to breathe with freedom once more.

It  is called the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act and more popularly known as the Zero Carbon Act. But it could also have been called the Last Chance Act or the Eleventh Hour Act.