Timoci Tavatavanawai inTasman kit. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Otago were back hitting the tackle bags this week. And it is not because they turned in a poor defensive effort.

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Chris Wood celebrates after scoring last season. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Is it that time of year again? It is indeed. Hayden Meikle presents the annual Otago Daily Times sport power rankings.

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Black Fern flanker Layla Sae makes a break during their Women’s Rugby World Cup game against Spain. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The Black Ferns will be hoping they can keep blossoming in the hunt to defend their Women’s Rugby World Cup title.

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Aliyah Dunn of the Steel and Kelly Jackson of the Pulse compete for the ball during a match earlier this year. PHOTO: Hagen Hopkins Photography There is good news — and there is bad news.

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One Dunedin-based side will create history today.

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Southland Boys' were poised to set sail in the second half but were blown away instead.

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David Benson-Pope in George St this week, one of the streetscape developments of which he is most proud. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN For almost 40 years, David Benson-Pope has been a consistent advocate for his Labour-leaning city. He tells Paul Gorman about the work he’s most proud of and his concerns for the new politics of council.

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Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin jun in The Naked Gun. PHOTO: TNS Will the movies learn to laugh again? asks Samantha Masunaga.

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Stephen King in Philippe’s documentary Chain Reactions. Horror movies provide important insights about ourselves, director Alexandre O. Philippe tells Amasio Jutel.

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PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Research shows adhering to a Mediterranean diet filled with fruit and vegetables, whole grains and olive oil can help reduce diabetes risk, but international researchers have found it’s more effective if you’re also cutting calories and ramping up your exercise.

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Modernised beat ‘em up Ra Ra Boom misses too many opportunities, writes Michael Robertson. IMAGE: SUPPLIED RA RA BOOM From: Gylee Games For: PC, XBox, PS ★★

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The kaikaranga is a pou of te ao Māori, calling still despite everything.

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Kedgeree. PHOTO: RNZ Lentils and crispy shallots can take a kedgeree to somewhere new, writes Kelly Gibney.

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PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Cultivating a taste for the local would leave us all better off.

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The Glengarry Monument in the Southern Cemetery, about 1900. PHOTOS: TOITŪ OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM There’s a complicated history of loyalty and loss mixed up in a Dunedin graveyard monument, Will McKee writes.

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Georgia Cormick rips a pass off in a game earlier this season. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Everywhere you look there is something to like about this Otago Spirit team.

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