Opinion

The New Zealand electoral system, for all of its faults (as seen recently with the arrival and departure of former National Party list MP Aaron Gilmore) has its strengths.

When I crawl off the Millbrook gym exercise bike for a quick gasp over the balcony rail, I look down into a deep gully which has a picturesque waterfall.

The offers of hospitality which the public of Christchurch extended to the children of the Dunedin schools in connection with the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand to Lyttelton were largely availed of yesterday, when some 1261 children from the city and suburban schools, with a few teachers and committeemen, left this city en route for the northern centre.