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Is democracy locked in an arms race with the government?
I once had a dog who could climb trees and fences.
Opinion
A tight Budget vs a good Budget
A tight Budget vs a good Budget
New Zealand should be going for productivity, not austerity, in next week's budget, Dennis Wesselbaum writes.
Answering whether or not God is contingent on some other reality
Answering whether or not God is contingent on some other reality
Christopher Holmes was asked "is God created?"
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The wapiti exception
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The wapiti exception
At first glance, the plan to grant wapiti deer special status in Fiordland National Park seems inappropriate.
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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British service for PM
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British service for PM
London, May 14: A large congregation of New Zealanders and others was present at the memorial service to Mr Massey in Westminster Abbey.
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Silly surgery secrecy attempt
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Silly surgery secrecy attempt
Health Minister Simeon Brown’s withholding of advice received on the risk of moving thousands of surgeries from public to private hospitals was silly.
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: Archway, pillocks and gold
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Letters to the Editor: Archway, pillocks and gold
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a plea to tear down the Archway lecture theatre, defining the word "pillock", and there's gold in them thar hills.
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Being swept away into some ‘time torn off’
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Being swept away into some ‘time torn off’
I am waiting for a man to sweep my chimney.
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William Massey laid to rest
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William Massey laid to rest
Clouds hung over the city as a pall as the great leader of New Zealand was borne from the scene of his life’s labour.
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Afrikaner ‘refugees’ just pure theatre
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Afrikaner ‘refugees’ just pure theatre
As my flight landed in South Africa on Sunday, I looked in vain for the plane that was due to take off with the first 49 white, Afrikaans-speaking "refugees".
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Caught between beginning and end
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Caught between beginning and end
As a student in Dunedin, I find May to be one of those strange months — caught between beginnings and endings, uncertainty and celebration.
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Testing regime needs to add up
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Testing regime needs to add up
There are few things school-aged children like less than tests, so that is one stakeholder group which will be far from pleased with the government’s announcement this week .
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: Kaikorai, the university and tourism
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Letters to the Editor: Kaikorai, the university and tourism
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the water quality in the Kaikorai stream, the uni's bureaucratic incompetence, and is tourism going to shrink?
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
When the Old School Mate from Feilding phoned to tell me she was looking for a protest, I got it.
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Republic’s second president
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Republic’s second president
Berlin, May 12: Hindenburg took the oath to the Republican Constitution in the Reichstag standing at a table covered with the Republican flag.
Thinking about sentencing consequences
Thinking about sentencing consequences
Scrapping shorter prison sentences will not make New Zealanders safer, Fairleigh Gilmour writes.
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Disrespectful consultation
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Disrespectful consultation
That it occurred once was surprising, and that it happened twice was even more so.