Rich colours of autumn
It must be autumn - the first of your photographs of the spectacular colours now unfurling across Otago have arrived in the What's With That office.
Opinion
A short life and delectable, after the apocalypse
A short life and delectable, after the apocalypse
Gina Barreca laments her lack of post-apocalyptic life skills.
Allowance cut detrimental to national good
Allowance cut detrimental to national good
I'm in the exceedingly fortunate position of not worrying about my postgraduate education costs; I have a scholarship that pays my fees and accommodation over the next few years.
Drones and enforcing regulations
Drones and enforcing regulations
New and developing technologies create all sorts of opportunities, threats and issues. And so it is with remote-piloted aircraft, or drones as they are known.
Wakatipu pioneer
Wakatipu pioneer
Portuguese troops lined up in a wood on the Western Front. - Otago Witness, 24.4.1918.
Let's see your best autumn photographs
Let's see your best autumn photographs
The autumn colours often seem to come into their pomp about Anzac Day.
Challenge making policy for regions
Challenge making policy for regions
New Zealand must plan to take the right risks for our regions, writes Julian Wood.
Churches' war stand their own undoing
Churches' war stand their own undoing
Peter Matheson ponders the relationship between religion and war.
Soldiers' portraits
Soldiers' portraits
The gallery of soldiers' portraits now in process of formation, and ultimately destined to become part of the National War Museum, is attracting a great deal of attention among visitors to the...
Paying our respects
Paying our respects
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders this morning stand in silence, paying their respects to Kiwis who died in battle during the Gallipoli landings more than 100 years ago. They also honour those...
Nurses and chiefs, lost and found
Nurses and chiefs, lost and found
Absolutes are something journalists are generally cautious of and try to avoid. No matter how certain you are that something is the biggest, the oldest, the first time it's happened or whatever, I...
Ways to fix the freedom camping problem
Ways to fix the freedom camping problem
Kevin Sampson proposes measures to deal with free camping problems.
Does it matter how you give to the homeless?
Does it matter how you give to the homeless?
Life on the streets is hard enough without self-righteous types moralising about the ‘‘perils’’ of charity, writes Barbara Ellen.
Govt looks transitional at this stage but could yet be transformational
Govt looks transitional at this stage but could yet be transformational
Political commentator Colin James takes a look at the Government’s first six months in office.
New Zealanders engaged
New Zealanders engaged
Aviation in Italy: A recent photo, showing three Caproni machines in flight. - Otago Witness, 24.4.1918.
Delicate start to Korean diplomacy
Delicate start to Korean diplomacy
North Korean President Kim Jong-un will meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Friday as a first step in the reconciliation between the two nations.
Lasting friendships forged among nurses
Lasting friendships forged among nurses
Welcome to another Monday morning, and better late than never when it comes to our first item today.
Taking the last man
Taking the last man
A group of Otago boys in A Company at the 39th Reinforcements segregation camp at Trentham.
The benefits of a strong Commonwealth
The benefits of a strong Commonwealth
A 53-gun salute in London’s Green Park marked the formal opening of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting with a ceremony in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace.
China’s pledge for further opening-up boosting global confidence
China’s pledge for further opening-up boosting global confidence
China pledges further opening up to the world, writes Wang Zhijian, the Chinese Consul-general in Christchurch.