No matter what wecall it, we must tell it like it is
It is essential to tell the truth about choice at the end of life, writes Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman.
Opinion
Ploughing capabilities
Ploughing capabilities
An ammunition dump blown up by the Canadians in a village occupied by the Huns.
Whale slaughter outrageous
Whale slaughter outrageous
Japan is on a collision course with New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee who yesterday expressed his concern about it trying to overturn a long-standing global moratorium on...
A female Dr Who: about time!
A female Dr Who: about time!
One small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind?
Royals named Windsor
Royals named Windsor
The gulf that Germany has created between herself and Great Britain through the rash pursuance of her aggressive military aims is, among many manifestations, being illustrated in the steps that are...
Freedom camping? Let's be hospitable
Freedom camping? Let's be hospitable
Banning freedom campers is short-sighted, writes Geraldine Tait.
Nurses are hospitals' unsung heroes
Nurses are hospitals' unsung heroes
When I woke up last Tuesday morning, I didn't expect to find myself in the hospital by the end of the day. I certainly didn't think I'd be losing an organ (my appendix) or enjoying a complimentary...
Integrity of police threatened
Integrity of police threatened
New Zealanders need to have faith in the police force, a belief that when bad things happen to them, someone will be on their side, helping to right a wrong.
Early closing debated
Early closing debated
The New Zealand Educational Institute, in a letter which was read at yesterday's meeting of the Otago Education Board, asked the board to urge the Government to give favourable consideration to the...
Age will weary funding models
Age will weary funding models
Our ageing population will have a major effect on disability-related spending, writes Samuel Murray.
Labour needs bold policies, not caution to start making inroads
Labour needs bold policies, not caution to start making inroads
Tomorrow, with the weekend's mid-ranked parties' conferences over, Labour will have another go at getting traction.
Resilient people and place demand respect
Resilient people and place demand respect
A South Dunedin hub is an important start in the area’s revitalisation, writes Tony Eyre.
Newspaper war
Newspaper war
Officers and N.C.O's of J. Company, 27th Reinforcements at Trentham Camp. Back row (from left): Lance-corporals Hamilton, L. Brown, Blake, Hickson, Sergeant Pemberton, Corporals Peters, H. J. Broon, Sanderson. Middle row: Corporals Spittall, D. McMillan, Ronalds, Sergeants Malcolm, Gilkison, McDermott, Corporal O'Brien, Sergeants Pinfold, Pedler. Front row: Lance-corporal Foster, Sergeants Hinton, Knaggs, Q.M.S. Jackson, Lieutenant Beggs, Lieutenant Spratt, C.S.M. Christensen, Sergeants Murray, Pollock. - Otago Witness, 18.7.1917. (The original caption also excluded someone from the back row.)
Political disarray
Political disarray
National Party campaign manager Steven Joyce must be wondering, as many voters will be, what is happening to the so-called Opposition parties' plans to present themselves as a government-in-waiting.
Recommitment to UN charter required
Recommitment to UN charter required
A renewed commitment to multilateralism is required to deal with forced human displacement, write Amy Maguire and Samuel Berhanu Woldemariam.
Money and misery
Money and misery
It is a strange thing when an announcement of $50million for vital infrastructure in Queenstown fails to make much of an impression.
Samoan earthquake
Samoan earthquake
Particulars received of an earthquake and tidal wave at the Samoan Group on June 25 show that there were alarming tremors extending over a period of two minutes.
Liquor consumption
Liquor consumption
A detachment of the British Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps leaving for France to serve behind the lines as clerks, shopkeepers and motor drivers.
University cuts and progress
University cuts and progress
It has been a topsy-turvy week for news from the University of Otago.
Followers or worshippers?
Followers or worshippers?
Jesus or Christ? It’s not either/or, says Ian Harris, both are central to Christianity.