The mission to cut emissions
SSSSHH! If you listen carefully, you might just hear the two elephants in the room, named Coal and Agriculture, being quietly ushered into another part of the building.
Opinion
Confusion has replaced compassion
Confusion has replaced compassion
I thought I had seen everything from this Government, or should I say from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) because it does appear that it is Brooke Barrington and his team who are really calling the shots on how the country is now run, writes Ian Taylor.
Mr Taylor goes to Wellington, with mixed results
Mr Taylor goes to Wellington, with mixed results
In the 1939 Frank Capra cinematic classic, Mr Smith returns disillusioned after he goes to Washington, but Dunedin man Terry Taylor had a more rewarding experience when he visited this country’s...
Community singing craze hits
Community singing craze hits
Community singing at the Octagon Hall, 1922. — Otago Witness, 11.7.1922.
Robertson’s middle course
Robertson’s middle course
Finance Minister Grant Robertson favoured the word balance in the lead up to yesterday’s Budget.
‘For Christ’s sake, condemn this evil’
‘For Christ’s sake, condemn this evil’
The tragic alliance of church and state is examined by Prof Murray Rae.
Cruise ships highlight tourism tension
Cruise ships highlight tourism tension
The news cruise ships are to return to Otago has been welcomed by those who benefit from these visits.
Development must sit within limits
Development must sit within limits
Nigel Paragreen outlines the hidden costs of new housing developments.
Adjusting to the bizarre world aboard a luxury cruise ship
Adjusting to the bizarre world aboard a luxury cruise ship
Jean Balchin is on her first cruise - and it all feels very surreal.
‘Tasmania’ repaired
‘Tasmania’ repaired
The New Zealand Shipping Company’s oversea steamer Tasmania has been repaired at Port Chalmers, and comes out of dock this morning.
Who can blame them?
Who can blame them?
Whichever way you put it, that barbarous butcher Mr Putin has badly miscalculated how the neighbours might react to his war in Ukraine.
Fishy apology no balm for bizarre, abominable banter
Fishy apology no balm for bizarre, abominable banter
For the past week, I have been trying to make it up to my teeth.
More power for the Taieri
More power for the Taieri
The annual meeting of the Momona branch of the Otago Expension League was held on Tuesday night in the hall, Momona, Mr A.W. Amos, president of the branch, presiding.
Running the buses
Running the buses
It is almost a hardy annual. The Dunedin City Council says it should take over responsibility for public transport from the Otago Regional Council and nothing happens.
Some regional functions best run on a larger scale
Some regional functions best run on a larger scale
Are regional councils a failed model, asks Ciaran Keogh.
Kilgours reach 60th
Kilgours reach 60th
The members of the South Dunedin Presbyterian Church entertained Mr and Mrs A. Kilgour, old members of the congregation, at a social gathering last night in the Reid Hall on the occasion of their...
Support for Ukraine a connecting thread
Support for Ukraine a connecting thread
Dunedin must not give up on Ukraine, writes Peter Matheson.
The Tyre Extinguishers: SUV hating vigilante climate activists
The Tyre Extinguishers: SUV hating vigilante climate activists
Dear Uncle Norm
Caution needed on housing creep
Caution needed on housing creep
There will be mixed views on the rezoning of land on the outskirts of Mosgiel to make way for more housing.
McCullum’s X-factor key for England
McCullum’s X-factor key for England
Not too many years ago the thought of an upstart colonial coaching the English cricket team would have been enough to have members of the MCC snorting into their pink gins.