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After nearly a decade cooped up in her Dunedin pottery studio, Bridget Paape says creating art has stopped her from going a bit potty herself.

A French colonial-era building in Vietnam. PHOTOS: SANDIP HOR Sandrip Hor discovers the intriguing history of Vietnam.

Courtney Duncan. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Courtney Duncan has rebounded perfectly for a double-podium finish.

Tom Donnelly. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Highlanders captain Billy Harmon remains a doubtful starter for the game against the Blues at Eden Park.

Otago surfer Alexis Owen competes at the world junior championships in El Salvador. PHOTO: ISA / PABLO JIMENEZ Dunedin surfer Alexis Owen has starred for New Zealand at the world junior championships.

Otago diver Rohan Leckie-Zaharic completes a back tuck in the men’s open at the South Island championships at Moana Pool on Sunday. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON Southern divers have twisted and tucked their way through the South Island championships.

George Calder, left, and Dr Robert Fulton, both late of Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 27.5.1924/13.5.1924 The monthly meeting of the committee of the Otago Early Settlers' Association was held in the board room yesterday afternoon.

Walking in George St. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN The George St redevelopment is a missed opportunity for moving beyond our collective fixation with the car, David Jenkins writes.

Palmerston’s sign of shame ... Due for an upgrade? PHOTO: SUPPLIED Today is the day.

Today's cartoon from Voyager 2023 award winning cartoonist, Shaun Yeo.

Everyone seems to have bad stories about sideline comments and refereeing.

The Mataura Community Centre. PHOTO: ODT FILES A flurry of concerns about youth crime have been aired by worried residents at a Mataura town meeting.

PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD Jon Nabbs takes a short break on his trip north on the first day of his run from Bluff to Cape Reinga.

A woman new to South Otago and reported missing today has been found safe. 

Photo: Getty Images An ambulance call handler has been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights after a teenager died from an asthma attack due to the delay in an ambulance being dispatched.

A dead 15-metre-long sperm whale washed ashore on a remote part of Oreti Beach at the weekend.  PHOTO SUPPLIED/DOC The Department of Conservation and iwi are appealing for information after a jawbone was illegally taken from a dead whale at a Southland beach.

Displaced Palestinian boys play football as they shelter at a tent camp in central Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: Reuters Israeli tanks, under cover of heavy fire from air and ground, have pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and Hamas media said, while tanks and troops crossed a key highway on the outskirts of Rafah in the south.

Displaced Palestinian boys play football as they shelter at a tent camp in central Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: Reuters Israeli tanks, under cover of heavy fire from air and ground, have pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and Hamas media said, while tanks and troops crossed a key highway on the outskirts of Rafah in the south.

A column of ash rises over the Mount Ibu volcano, in Tabaru, North Maluku province on Monday. Photo: Fhe Booroto/via Reuters Indonesia's Ibu volcano has erupted, spewing thick columns of grey ash several kilometres into the sky, the country's volcanology agency says.