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The Townley factor
Bryan Townley's always been big on ticking boxes. Identify a task, complete the task, tick that box, move on.Seeking to preserve old family business
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Ask the staff at G D O'Rourke & Sons about formal qualifications and they shrug their shoulders.
Addiction part of daily life
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New Zealand's cafe society took off in the early 1990s and as more people met for coffee and a catch-up, their accompanying children became a common sight.
It all seems larger than life to me
Martin Phillipps was amazed that many fans of The Chills thought 1990s Heavenly Pop Hit single was too twee.
Negative move, or is it positive?
Fairfax is shipping million of news photos overseas for digital scanning and sale. Is this an irretrievable loss of New Zealand history or the opening of a great resource? Will Harvie reports.
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Wartime experiences
"Call yourself the cream of New Zealand?" barked the sergeant major. "Good God, I wouldn't like to taste the milk!"
'Who'll come with me?'
Jack Hinton had had enough of this retreating malarky. It was April 1941 and in military terms the Greek campaign was already lost.
Inconspicuous memories
Dick Travis' exploits
Looking to the future
The RSA is three years shy of its 100th birthday. It has a long history, but does it have a future?
Region marks Anzac Day 2013
Stories from around the region as we mark Anzac Day 2013.
The Blue Line
The forgotten army
War memorials of the south
The south is dotted with war memorials, stark reminders of the tragedies that successive wars have brought.
People felt pressured
No one drowned. No one was electrocuted. No one succumbed to disease. But people did die from the 1984 floods.
Your say: The 1984 floods
The floods of 1984 had a wide impact throughout Southland, cutting Invercargill in half and causing devastating damage around the province.
If it's this bad now, what's still to come?
Watching as your life washes away
Flood of memories
Twenty-five years ago today, at 4am on a Friday, Invercargill declared a state of emergency.
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