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Jimmy Neesham managed to restrict Otago during the final over so pull off a dramatic win for Wellington. Photo: Getty Images Six runs to win.

Wellington spinner Amelia Kerr, along with her sister Jess, ripped through the Otago batting order. Photo: Getty Images Yeah, nah.

North East Valley batsmanNic Brosnahan plays a shot during a premier club game against Carisbrook-Dunedin, at Ocean Grove on Saturday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON University-Grange 133 lost to Green Island 134 for six

A Downer contractor works to fell a 100-year-old oak tree in Severn St, Oamaru, earlier this month. The tree is to be replaced. PHOTO: DANIEL BIRCHFIELD A century-old oak tree dedicated to the memory of an Oamaru soldier killed in World War 1 that was felled early this month will be replaced next year.

The body overseeing the Gore country music festival will receive $60,000 in three years of "sliding scale" funding from Community Trust South, after which it is hoped to become self-sustaining.

Locals Yvonne Gawn (left) and Jenny Fraser dress the part for Christmas in the Park. PHOTOS: LAURA SMITH Despite the weather there was no dampening of the festive spirit at Christmas in the Park at Invercargill’s Queens Park on Saturday.

Eventual winner South Canterbury and Christchurch battle it out during the final of the NZSIR Silver Cup at the Queenstown polo ground on Saturday. PHOTO: JANA MAERTINS The weather gods relented and polo had its way during two days of action in Queenstown at the weekend.

PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEAN Santa looks to hand out gifts at Oamaru's Scottish Hall during yesterday’s Christmas Crafts & Treasures market at the hall.

Kiwi Ida. PHOTO: RACE IMAGES. Classy South Island mare Kiwi Ida upstaged some of the Central Districts’ best gallopers when winning the group 2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes at Awapuni on Saturday.

Kilowatt and rider Kozzi Asano (outside) win the tapanui Cup in a nail-biting finish over Riveria Rock and Gallant Boy (both obscured) at Gore yesterday. Photo: Jonny Turner The astonishing run of leading jockey Kozzi Asano continued when he timed his late run to perfection to win the Tapanui Cup aboard Kilowatt at Gore yesterday.

Classy southern pacer Vintage Cheddar announced his return to racing in emphatic style when winning the Wairio Cup on Saturday.

Photo: supplied Commissioners Yvonne and Andy Westrupp head up the Salvation Army territory that covers New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. 

The paper road extension of Lockerbie St marking the boundary between high socioeconomic deprivation Corstorphine and upper-middle class Kew reflects New Zealand's entrenched gulf between rich and poor. Photo: Bruce Munro New Zealand Deprivation Index researcher Prof Peter Crampton says we now appear to care little about inequality. Bruce Munro talks to neighbours on either side of the entrenched wealth and poverty divide and asks whether anyone wants to see it change.

Photo: Getty Images For a teenager, Christmas can be a case of "let me have my presents and then let me outta here", writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.

Hayden Meikle plays Fifa, more than a game. Photo: Saskia Meikle It was 20 years ago today ... well, sort of. Hayden Meikle first had a game review published in the Otago Daily Times on October 19, 1999. Twenty years later, he  remains a player.

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg speaks to media during the COP25 climate summit in Madrid. Photo: Reuters Greta Thunberg provides lessons in keeping Christmas dinner civil, writes Peter Ellerton. 

Photo: Getty Images Because I am a bad person, I go overboard with Christmas celebrations, in the hopes that I will make a clear point to my small daughter that my own holiday celebrations are much more fun than my husband’s, writes Kate Oktay.

Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin's home town of Exeter. Photos: Margaret Batty Margaret Batty looks into the series of mysterious classified ads placed by Coldplay in the Otago Daily Times. 

Photos: Getty Images Jan Aitken says it's been one of the toughest years of her life. So why is she celebrating?

The Futurians play the final gig at None gallery earlier this year. Photos: Fraser Thompson Here we stand, tentatively poised on the cusp of the roaring ’20s, the perilous ’10s behind us. If this year could be summed up in a single word, it would be "change".