Otago Daily Times: Opinion

So it's goodbye Mr Smile and Wave, and hello Mr Grumpy. Or so the Prime Minister's critics would have you believe.

Brian Taylor, of Alexandra, joins the wilding pines debate by suggesting it might be time to reconfigure our responses and embrace greater biodiversity.

What best serves the common good, asks Ian Harris as he reflects on the outrage at unbridled capitalism and greed.

Things to do: 1) PACK FOR DUNEDIN: The predictable essentials: Clothes, shoes, toiletries. How much clothing? How many pairs of shoes? Which coloured face-cloth? Oh, year after year, such questions plague me.

Living in a warm, dry flat is a basic right, Otago University Students' Association president Logan Edgar says.