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Part of the Oamaru Opera House’s legacy is an early recipe for bottled coffee, Elly Dunckley writes. What’s for tea? It is a question we have all...

Everyone’s got a story to tell, but some of them are locked away, or hard to access. Our cadets have tracked down "the key" to some of their...

The Forrester Gallery in Oamaru has been granted $460,000 for its stage-two gallery project. The Lottery Environment and Heritage Fund granted ...

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A remarkable story of dedication leads to a former soldier and his wife finally having their grave marked almost 150 years after their deaths.

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Virginia Woolf/Stuff Dianne Scott spent hours uncovering the stories of the young men and women from across Nelson and Tasman who served in World War I. Thousands of Nelsonians served in World War I. Dianne Scott spent hours tracing the lives of four young people who became casualties fighting for King and country. When war broke out in Europe in July 1914, New Zealanders responded with enthusiasm. Over the next four years of conflict, 120,000 Kiwis would sign up to serve in the Great War – ...

Family history . . . Checking out a display on Charles Diver, the Oamaru man who invented Pineapple Chunks, are his daughter Nancy Bell and great-grandson Charles Diver. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Family of the Oamaru man who invented Pineapple Chunks are calling for a national day in his honour. Charles Richard Diver’s granddaughter Linda Wilson has applied to international organisations Days of the Year and National Day for November 22, Mr Diver’s birthday, to be “National Pineapple Chunks Day”....

Call for national day to honour iconic Pineapple Chunks 19 Feb, 2021 12:47 AM 2 minutes to read Diver invented Pineapple Chunks in the early 1950s while working at Regina Confections, now known as Rainbow Confectionery, in Oamaru. Photo / Supplied Diver invented Pineapple Chunks in the early 1950s while working at Regina Confections, now known as Rainbow Confectionery, in Oamaru. Photo / Supplied Otago Daily Times Family of the Oamaru man who invented Pineapple Chunks are calling for a national...

JOHN BISSET/STUFF Descendants of Te Maihāroa who led Te Heke, the migration to Te Ao Mārama, Ōmārama in the 19th century, discuss the impact of land loss on their iwi Waitaha. The stories of Parihaka, Bastion Point and Ihumātao have been widely reported throughout the history of colonisation. But few know of the peaceful Waitaha stand against the Crown 143 years ago in South Canterbury, its legacy still impacting on iwi members today. Esther Ashby-Coventry reports. In 1877, Te Maihāroa,...