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Roy Ayers, US funk, soul and jazz composer and vibraphone player, during a live concert performance at the Kool Jazz Festival, at the Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA, in July 1976. Photo: Getty Imaes Jazz composer Roy Ayers was as known for the music his songs ended up in as he was for his own work.

Val Kilmer films Kill Me Again in a casino in Las Vegas February 12, 1989 Las Vegas, Nevada . Photo: Getty Images For some he was difficult to work with, for others he was a dedicated craftsman, but actor Val Kilmer was a performer everyone in Hollywood had an opinion on.

Brigadier Brian McMahon. Photo: supplied BRIGADIER BRIAN MCMAHONDoctor Brigadier Brian McMahon was an impatient man: he did not suffer fools gladly, nor did he appreciate obstacles being placed in the way of his vital work.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard (30) celebrates with centre Jeff Skinner (53) after their overtime win against the Florida Panthers in game four of the 2025 Stanley Cup final yesterday at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. PHOTO: REUTERS Sam Reinhart scored a game-tying goal with 19.5 seconds left in regulation, but Leon Draisaitl scored 11min 18sec into overtime as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers, 5-4, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final yesterday at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.

Carlos Alacaraz points to the match clock after playing — and winning — the longest final in French Open history. PHOTOS: REUTERS The Fox ... Ohhhhh, Foxy.

Photo: Getty Images Crusaders winger Will Jordan dots down for a try against the Blues during their Super Rugby Pacific semifinal at Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch last night.

Queenstown golfer Ben Campbell was in sizzling form in the latest LIV tournament in Virginia this week.

Abby Lawson snaps a selfie with a Southern Steel supporter after last week’s game. PHOTO: MICHAEL BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY Abby Lawson is as at home in the middle of a paddock in her gumboots as she is on the netball court.

Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A harrier hawk takes to the air after being disturbed while perched on a fence post beside SH85, the Pigroot. 

Unnatural fauna of New Zealand. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH What is it about the pendulum effect?

Environment Minister Penny Simmonds. Photo: RNZ As regular readers of Southern Say will know, this is a column which likes a cheap pun as much as the next hack.

Photo: Otago Daily Times Take a dedicated blood donor like Mr F. J. Fogarty (pictured), show him 80 bottles of milk and he will get an idea of how much blood he has given away since 1947.

MIKE HOSKING I’ve struggled with the Jacinda Ardern book.

Jonathan Janssen. Photo: Linda Robertson See previous match reports.

Dean Foxcroft. Photo: Peter McIntosh Former Otago captain Dean Foxcroft will suit up for Central Districts next summer.

Dunedin captain Oceana Campbell (left) and Alhambra-Union captain Bella Rewiri-Wharerau display the Women’s Championship Shield ahead of their clash at Forsyth Barr Stadium this afternoon. Photo: Peter McIntosh Being on the wrong side of the scoreboard will always add fuel to the fire.

Nick Frost is going from dragons to wizards. Actor Nick Frost is ready for the end of days, he tells Tim Lewis.

The māra kai, community garden, at Puketeraki Marae. Photos: supplied Food is a human right, but beyond that, is the right to food sovereignty.

Attendees at a Wastebusters SipNSew event making reusable produce bags. Photo: Wastebusters It’s time to raise your own cup to Plastic Free July again.

Ludovic Slimac looks on at the excavation of the Grotte de Mandrin. Photo: Gregoire Bernadi In 1957, my brother Richard and I travelled on our 59cc NSU mopeds from our home in Wimbledon to central France to spend our summer digging in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure.