15 Nov 2011

Otago Daily Times marks 150 years in print

From Morning Report, 8:57 am on 15 November 2011

It's the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in New Zealand, and the only metropolitan daily that's still independently owned. It's chronicled a gold rush, two world wars, Sir Edmund Hillary's assent of Everest and Man's first step on the moon. Now, the Otago Daily Times today marks 150 years in print.

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