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OpinionAugust 18

Cartoonist’s view: August 19

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Cartoonist’s view: August 19
Cartoonist’s view: August 19
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EditorialAugust 18

Well past time for action

No one, least of all the government which commissioned it, should have been surprised by the findings of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Aged Care report, released on Monday.
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Well past time for action
Well past time for action
OpinionAugust 18

The bed tax blames the tourist for a problem speculators and tradies built

A tax on absent strangers won't fix a housing crisis fuelled by untaxed capital gains — and Queenstown Lakes still doesn't know who its heaviest water users actually are.
Grant McLachlan
The bed tax blames the tourist for a problem speculators and tradies built
The bed tax blames the tourist for a problem speculators and tradies built
OpinionAugust 18

We need to take charge of our public housing destiny

I want you to imagine a world where all of our kids have somewhere warm, dry and safe to call home. Where new homes are built to a standard that keeps us all healthy, and existing ones have either been retrofitted or redeveloped.
Aaron Hawkins
We need to take charge of our public housing destiny
We need to take charge of our public housing destiny
OpinionAugust 17

Hopeless governance and official incompetence: Inside the Dunedin Hospital build

The new Outpatient building opens later this month, several years behind schedule. Why the delay?
Pete Hodgson
Hopeless governance and official incompetence: Inside the Dunedin Hospital build
Hopeless governance and official incompetence: Inside the Dunedin Hospital build
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OpinionAugust 17

Cartoonist’s view: August 18

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
YeoCartoonist
Cartoonist’s view: August 18
Cartoonist’s view: August 18
OpinionAugust 17

Old news is still important news as election looms

The fuss caused recently by Winston Peters’ outburst at Green Party MP Lawrence Xu-Nan seems to have disappeared into the maw of ‘old news.’
John Drummond
Old news is still important news as election looms
Old news is still important news as election looms
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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?
Jim Sullivan
How our leader survived reckless remarks and willow woes
How our leader survived reckless remarks and willow woes
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EditorialAugust 17

The goose that lays the golden eggs

The South Island rocks. We know that. It would take some convincing to make many of us shift to that other island on the far side of Cook Strait.
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The goose that lays the golden eggs
The goose that lays the golden eggs
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