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A heritage day this weekend will be used to start twin initiatives bringing Central Otago’s Chinese gold-mining history into the limelight....

The adventures of John Sen Inches Thomson spanned the globe, including New Zealand. Born in Scotland in 1844, he died in Dunedin in 1933. In...

The remains of 34 unknown early settlers found in unmarked graves are being reinterred in South Otago.

The remains of 34 unknown early settlers found in unmarked graves will be reinterred in South Otago today.

Researchers located 51 previously unmarked graves during the excavation.

Archaeologist have learned more about the early settlers in a gold mining town after examining their graves and exhumed remains.

Although it was Edward Peters from Satara who first discovered gold in Otago, New Zealand, the credit went to an Australian for almost a century and half.

Nine students at Fremont High School scored among the top business students nationwide on rigorous exams to test their business knowledge.

Descendants of the first marriages between Chinese and Europeans in NZ experienced racism and hid their ancestry. Families are now reclaiming their ancestry with pride.

Further letters on the same page are attributed to writers called “OLD FOGIE”, “OLD IDENTITY”, and “WORK FOR ALL".