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    OpinionAugust 24

    Building a new hotel and saving some of our vintage buildings is good news

    Another victory for the old buildings which make Dunedin New Zealand’s best preserved Victorian/Edwardian city.
    Building a new hotel and saving some of our vintage buildings is good news
    Building a new hotel and saving some of our vintage buildings is good news
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    OpinionAugust 17

    How our leader survived reckless remarks and willow woes

    What a week it has been. After months of seething dissatisfaction, we finally challenged Cuthbert Carmichael the chairman of the PIS. That’s the Patearoa Improvement Society, but everyone knows that, surely?
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    How our leader survived reckless remarks and willow woes
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    OpinionAugust 10

    If saving the planet means colour coded dunny flushing, I’m out

    Old Norm has blown his pension on a Sky TV subscription and had us around to his place to watch the rugby in South Africa.
    If saving the planet means colour coded dunny flushing, I’m out
    If saving the planet means colour coded dunny flushing, I’m out
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    How I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse and did

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