Let them wear pants
It was easy for readers to get their trousers in a twist over the idea young women attending Invercargill’s James Hargest College had to see a guidance counsellor if they wanted to break out of the...
Opinion
Picton to Bluff in 20 hours
Picton to Bluff in 20 hours
There arrived at the Bluff Post Office at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, a motor car driven by Mr W. S. Miller, that left Picton at 3 a.m. on the same day, completing the run through the South...
Overcoming barriers helps give everyone place to belong
Overcoming barriers helps give everyone place to belong
Let's work to ensure people from all over the world find a place they belong, writes Paul Trebilco.
Host’s death a reality check
Host’s death a reality check
It is possible not many New Zealanders have heard of Caroline Flack, nor of the reason she has become the subject of another round of soul-searching about the potentially lethal influence of...
Time for US scouting body to right wrongs
Time for US scouting body to right wrongs
Boy Scouts of America failed to heed the Catholic Church's lesson and confront abuse, writes the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Reprieve an opportunity for RNZ Concert
Reprieve an opportunity for RNZ Concert
New Zealand’s classical music station is not safe yet. It now needs innovation and leadership, writes Michael Norris.
Time for National to deliver on tax
Time for National to deliver on tax
Finally, National Party leader Simon Bridges has announced a policy position that accurately reflects the rhetoric of nearly three taxing years on the opposition benches.
Positivity in the rural sector
Positivity in the rural sector
The country came to the country last week.
Lee Stream scheme
Lee Stream scheme
The effect of the spell of dry weather which has been experienced, with trifling intermissions, for the past six or seven weeks was the most cogent argument that could possibly be employed in...
Perceptible increase in influenza
Perceptible increase in influenza
The steady decrease reported from Wellington in the notifications of cases of influenza is not being reflected in the local returns.
Rush to exclude councillors wrong
Rush to exclude councillors wrong
How do you define a conflict of interest?, writes Gerrard Eckhoff.
Cause to be wary of education’s embrace of technology
Cause to be wary of education’s embrace of technology
Peter Lyons outlines the downside of the tech revolution in New Zealand classrooms.
Why the Holden love affair ended
Why the Holden love affair ended
Gary Mortimer explains why Australians fell out of love with Holdens.
Octagon changes a ‘trial’ in more ways than one
Octagon changes a ‘trial’ in more ways than one
Oh Dunedin, we love you but sometimes you make it difficult for us.
Where’s the fairness for Mataura?
Where’s the fairness for Mataura?
Rio Tinto extracts things to make money.
Lessons to be learned from Covid-19
Lessons to be learned from Covid-19
There are still many unknowns about the coronavirus outbreak but it must be a warning on how to prepare for future pandemics, writes The Observer.
Why bashing the rich has not helped Corbyn
Why bashing the rich has not helped Corbyn
New British research shows that overhauling the tax system rather than attacking the wealthy plays better with voters, writes Sonia Sodha.
More influenza cases notified
More influenza cases notified
Eighty-one cases of influenza were notified between noon on Monday and Tuesday, representing an increase of 30 on the daily average of the last few days.
Travel restrictions an overreaction
Travel restrictions an overreaction
The overreaction to coronavirus is doing China no favours, writes Chinese Consul General Wang Zhijian.
The truth is the truth often needs our effort to uncover
The truth is the truth often needs our effort to uncover
OK, which one of you is the truth?, asks Gina Barreca.