Fun essential to sport
Children have fun playing sports and don’t need to satisfy adults’ ambitions, write Simon Walters and Chris Whatman.
Opinion
Climate change should not be blamed on farming alone
Climate change should not be blamed on farming alone
My mother has returned from visiting my brothers who live in England. To make that trip, she was responsible for contributing more than three tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere.
Long March away from freedom
Long March away from freedom
When Britain handed over its colony of Hong Kong in 1997, the treaty created a system known as ''one country, two systems''. Hong Kong would maintain its democracy, freedom of speech and assembly...
Director's cut
Director's cut
How we love it when someone "puts New Zealand on the map" - but how we most certainly do not enjoy it when that person tries to tell us what we should do and how we should live.
Electric trucks for Dunedin City
Electric trucks for Dunedin City
The Public Works Committee of the City Council submitted the following report to the meeting last night respecting the purchase of motor trucks for Dunedin:
Baring my claws: my favourite thing
Baring my claws: my favourite thing
Favourite things. We all have them, as Gina Barreca explains.
Students' welfare foremost concern
Students' welfare foremost concern
Knox College has launched several initiatives to address concerns about student safety and wellbeing, writes Graham Redding.
Free speech isn’t under threat
Free speech isn’t under threat. It just suits bigots and boors to suggest so
"You can tack free speech on to any crackpot prejudice you have and suddenly you’re a lone truth-teller standing up to the hordes."
Health star system needs overhaul
Health star system needs overhaul
The food Health Star Rating needs major changes to make it work, write Jessica C. Lai, Alana Harrison, Hongzhi Gao and Samuel Becher.
Putting the child's interests first
Putting the child's interests first
What is best for the child?
100 years ago: From our archives
100 years ago: From our archives
Wellington drivers' tests, girls' education and bonuses get results
Is Adams losing public support?
Is Adams losing public support?
There is much to like about Steven Funaki Adams.
Pentecost teaches universality
Pentecost teaches universality
Languages and all our cultures have equal value and can be used to praise God, writes Paul Treblico.
Reflecting on my year in Oxford
Reflecting on my year in Oxford
Nearing the end of her first year in Oxford, Jean Balchin says it can, at times, be a dark and lonely place.
Boers' independence bid rebuffed
Boers' independence bid rebuffed
Mr Lloyd George's reply to a South African Nationalist deputation, which claimed the restoration of the independence of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, and pressed the importance of...
Integrity at the top
Integrity at the top
The departure of ANZ's New Zealand chief executive David Hisco leaves questions unanswered and creates more uneasiness about the banking industry.
Is Lime's easy ride lubricated by laissez-faire?
Is Lime's easy ride lubricated by laissez-faire?
OPINION: The decision to allow a Lime scooter trial on city streets was vote in favour of breaching the Human Rights Act, Lynley Hood writes.
Paying our way in defence
Paying our way in defence
The Government through Defence Minister Ron Mark last week announced the spending of more than $1million to buy five new Hercules aircraft.
Left luggage auction
Left luggage auction
The astonishingly varied collection of articles piled up in a corner of the railway B Shed yesterday bore unmistakable testimony to the forgetfulness of the travelling public.
True social equality a major goal for us all
True social equality a major goal for us all
Rosa Miller, of Logan Park High School, is the winner of the Dunedin Council of Women Dawn Ibbotson Essay Competition for 2019. Here is her winning entry, What is this thing called Equality?