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Volts’ chase foiled by Neesham over
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.
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Lack of runs Sparks’ ruination
Wellington spinner Amelia Kerr, along with her sister Jess, ripped through the Otago batting order. Photo: Getty Images
Yeah, nah.
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Scoring proves difficult for some
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
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Memorial oak to be replaced next year
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.
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$60K funding for new festival
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.
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Merry-makers undeterred
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.
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Polo fans enjoy sunshine as Sth Canty has final say
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.
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To market
PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEAN
Santa looks to hand out gifts at Oamaru's Scottish Hall during yesterday’s Christmas Crafts & Treasures market at the hall.
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Kiwi Ida too good for top northerners
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.
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Kilowatt powers to win for high-flying Asano
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.
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Taste of success for Vintage Cheddar
Classy southern pacer Vintage Cheddar announced his return to racing in emphatic style when winning the Wairio Cup on Saturday.
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5 questions with: Andy and Yvonne Westrupp
Photo: supplied
Commissioners Yvonne and Andy Westrupp head up the Salvation Army territory that covers New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
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Lines that divide
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.
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Christmas role changes
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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.
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Game on
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.
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Warming to the point at issue
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.
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Soaring like a turkey
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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.
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Exeter’s gifts to the world
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.
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Focusing on the better memories
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Jan Aitken says it's been one of the toughest years of her life. So why is she celebrating?
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Changing face of music
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".
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