Editorial

The Albany St project was part of a initiative which aimed to provide a safe walking and cycling...

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Albany St flip-flop unedifying

The only consensus around the contentious Albany St Connection project is that the Dunedin City Council decision-making around it has been a mess.

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Arboreal vigilantism unwelcome

An unauthorised broadleaf hedge newly planted around Queens Gardens. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Arboreal vigilantism unwelcome

The word vigilante conjures up all sorts of images of rebellion and non-conformity, but seldom is it a term applicable to the genteel pastime of gardening.

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Missing feelgood factor

Canadian team members celebrate their win over the Black Ferns in the Women's World Cup semifinal...

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Missing feelgood factor

If the government hoped for the feelgood factor distraction from the Black Ferns heading for the Women’s Rugby World Cup final, it will be disappointed.

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Start your engines

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Start your engines

If the originally announced timeline for the new Dunedin hospital had been followed, right now the outpatient building should have already been receiving patients for several months.

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Turbulent priests and Palestine

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Turbulent priests and Palestine

As the holder of an honours degree in English literature, Finance Minister Nicola Willis will likely be well aware of the origin of the expression "who shall deliver me from this turbulent priest?"

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Hope for more events

Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston. Photo: RNZ

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Hope for more events

The jury is out on whether the government’s events attraction package announced this week will be more promise than production, particularly for the South.

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Protecting hoiho the right move

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Protecting hoiho the right move

They are one of New Zealand’s most distinctive birds, a grumpy beauty whose continued survival is a struggle against multiple threats, many of them caused by humans.

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Turning down the temperature

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Turning down the temperature

A week ago the name Charlie Kirk would have meant little to many New Zealanders.

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NCEA consensus needed

Sitting NCEA exams online rather than using pen and paper is gaining popularity among Otago and...

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NCEA consensus needed

Education Minister Erica Stanford has much work to do to avoid proposed changes to secondary school qualifications and curriculums pitting rich and poor schools against each other.

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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?

Stuart Nash, a former Labour Party MP speaking at a NZ First conference. Photo: Russell Palmer / RNZ

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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?

Some people with nothing useful to say just open their mouths and let the wind blow their tongues around.

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Making provision for the future

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Making provision for the future

Last weekend’s New Zealand First party annual conference was notable for many things — not the least of which was its large attendance to hear leader Winston Peters’ speech.

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Health data guessing

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Health data guessing

A report commissioned by the senior doctors’ union suggests we have been kidding ourselves about how well our health spending compares with other high-income countries.

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Nibbling away at our snowline

Snow in June, augmented by snowmaking, at Coronet Peak skifield, Queenstown. PHOTO: NZSKI

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Nibbling away at our snowline

It is one of the greatest experiences the South Island has to offer — breathing in the crisp, cold air after a bitter southerly spell which has left the mountain plastered with thick, low snow.

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Sad end to a sad story

Road blocks near the scene of the Tom Phillips shooting. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Sad end to a sad story

It was almost certain that there was no way Marokopa man Tom Phillips’ long time on the run from the police was going to end well, and so it proved yesterday.

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