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Sailing off into the sunset
It is not exactly your usual image of a cruise ship steaming away into a garish tropical sunset, never to return.
Editorial
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Shadows over netball’s place in the sun
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Shadows over netball’s place in the sun
Netball has long had a special place for New Zealanders.
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Health plan doubts
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Health plan doubts
Anyone ploughing through the 85-page New Zealand Health Plan document might wonder if the wait was worth it.
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Politicians behaving unpredictably
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Politicians behaving unpredictably
Nobody likes to become mired in the same old routine and act in a predictable way. As well as opening oneself up for ridicule for being dull, stale and boring, it is not good for keeping the...
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Co-operating with overseas firms
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Co-operating with overseas firms
A new era is dawning for Alliance Group and how that plays out now lies in the hands of its 4000-odd shareholders.
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No more sea lion slaughter
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No more sea lion slaughter
As the Department of Conservation (Doc) says, the senseless killing of the magnificent sea lion has to stop.
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Dunedin Inc deserves a new approach
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Dunedin Inc deserves a new approach
Sometimes the call for change can be so clarion clear that hardly anyone can disagree with it.
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Negligible hope from Alaska summit
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Negligible hope from Alaska summit
Sadly, there is little reason to be optimistic about the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin summit in Alaska.
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Protecting our identity
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Protecting our identity
We are used to showing our faces to the world.
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Blood from a stone
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Blood from a stone
It is surely some sort of metaphor for the state of politics in New Zealand that one of the candidates for Dunedin’s mayoralty is a self-proclaimed vampire.
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End of the road for fuel tax
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End of the road for fuel tax
The road is running out for using petrol taxes as the primary way to fund New Zealand’s roads.
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More detail needed on NCEA change
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More detail needed on NCEA change
The big bang announcement this week about the reformation of secondary school qualifications was warmly received by many, but some are questioning the lack of detail.
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The govt’s capacity for opacity
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The govt’s capacity for opacity
The Beehive is urgently in need of some metaphorical window cleaning.
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Counting the costs of tariffs
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Counting the costs of tariffs
What an arbitrary and unfair world.
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Appreciating the community-minded
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Appreciating the community-minded
Across the country people have made the brave decision to stand for local government elections in October.
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US needs to walk the talk
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US needs to walk the talk
When new neighbours move in just down the street there is always a frisson of interest in what they are going to be like.
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Reining in rates
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Reining in rates
The tsunami of increases in rates is alarming. The hikes are large and ongoing. They are putting severe pressure on individual and business budgets.
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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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Homelessness persists
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Homelessness persists
Nobody expects solutions to decades-long poor housing provision in New Zealand to happen overnight, but it is hard to see coherence in the government’s approach so far.
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Israel plays the hunger games
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Israel plays the hunger games
When it comes to the shocking actions the government of Israel is perpetrating on the people of Gaza, it is difficult to know how to express that indignation in suitably strong terms.