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In case you missed it, it’s New Year
The first few minutes of a year always seem the same as the final minutes of the last one.
Editorial
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News you can trust
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News you can trust
You will have to take our word for it, but this editorial was written by an actual person, not a machine.
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Jobless numbers mixed messaging
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Jobless numbers mixed messaging
When the latest employment statistics were released last week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis chose to highlight increases in the number of jobs, hours worked and those seeking jobs.
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Malign ripples across the world
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Malign ripples across the world
On such a heavily populated planet, where this week the United Nations estimated 8.27 billion people now live, it is confounding
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A significant journey northwards
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A significant journey northwards
Waitangi Day is supposedly about what brings New Zealanders together, but in 2026 it stubbornly remains a reminder of what divides us.
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Driver licensing changes
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Driver licensing changes
Proposed driver licensing changes should make getting a licence cheaper, but we will have to wait to see if newly fledged drivers will turn out to be safer.
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Punish, yes, but appropriately
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Punish, yes, but appropriately
Comparing sentencing outcomes for the same offence is always a fraught exercise.
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Maturity and dispute resolution
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Maturity and dispute resolution
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday called the ongoing disagreement between his National Party and coalition partner New Zealand First over the proposed free trade agreement with India "a mature disagreement".
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The Games have begun
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The Games have begun
The thousands gathered to compete in the two-yearly New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin will be hoping the weather smiles upon them over the next week.
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Trialling a greener Town Belt
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Trialling a greener Town Belt
When you think of Dunedin, plenty of places come to mind.
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Stamping out modern slavery
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Stamping out modern slavery
Yesterday, Parliament provided a moment for those who wish our politicians would just get along and achieve something.
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Off-peak savings
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Off-peak savings
Shifting more of our electricity use to off-peak times to save up to $3 billion sounds great but how that might be achieved is not clear.
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States on the rocks, hold the Ice
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States on the rocks, hold the Ice
From 14,000km away, the brutal events unfolding in the United States’ Midwest have an air of unreality about them, like so many things in Donald Trump’s America.
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It’s the little things that really matter
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It’s the little things that really matter
Small things matter, and in the case of the latest inflation statistics they matter quite a lot.
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Progress needed on aged care
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Progress needed on aged care
Recent reports of Dunedin dementia patients being sent to Invercargill and Christchurch highlight, again, our poor planning for geriatric care.
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It’s climate change, stupid
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It’s climate change, stupid
As emergency services workers scrabble through sludge, as families and communities begin to mourn for those killed, as politicians dish out their words of comfort, we need to stop and ask — yet again — why such tragedies are happening.
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Dealing with delisting
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Dealing with delisting
There has been a lot of talk about New Zealand’s uncompetitive grocery sector and many a report written — but discernable results have been harder to spot.
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Sloppy sun safe spending
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Sloppy sun safe spending
The ignorance of many young people about the dangers of sun exposure is concerning.
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Speak up or shut up?
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Speak up or shut up?
It all comes down to personal judgement, and it can be hard to make the right decision when emotionally invested in an issue.
Everything is awesome. Or not.
Everything is awesome. Or not.
A sure sign of the political year beginning is party leaders arising from their holiday slumbers to deliver that hardy annual, the "state of the nation" address.