MPs must work together in the best interests of our nation
With the pace things are moving in New Zealand at the moment, the adage ‘‘a week is a long time in politics’’ seems woefully inadequate.
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Hall financing approved
Hall financing approved
The proposal to erect a new Town Hall in Dunedin has been further considered by the Finance Committee of the City Council, more particularly in regard to the finding of funds to cover the cost of...
Valuing the essential but low paid
Valuing the essential but low paid
Our response to the Covid-19 crisis will embolden many low-income workers to ask for a better deal. In workplaces around the country, many will wonder how their employers should recognise their...
Pandemic affects the vulnerable differently
Pandemic affects the vulnerable differently
By the time this article is printed, New Zealand will be in lockdown just as we are in the United Kingdom.
Guilty as charged
Guilty as charged
Many questions remain following the shock news yesterday that the lone gunman who murdered 51 Muslim people at two Christchurch mosques a year ago had admitted his guilt.
Deep breaths for families on day 1
Deep breaths for families on day 1
It started innocently enough.
Railway housing scheme
Railway housing scheme
The Railway Department has inaugurated a house building scheme on a large scale. The present programme involves the erection of 400 houses as a commencement.
Making sense
Making sense
As part of the mainstream media, we are proud to play our part in crises, to provide essential information, ask relevant questions and convey what we know as clearly as possible.
Nevis community stalwart dies
Nevis community stalwart dies
Death has claimed still another worthy pioneer in the person of Mrs Helen M. Elliot, who passed away at Nevis on Tuesday morning at the advanced age of 81 years.
Popularising the Scout movement
Popularising the Scout movement
Owing to the kindness of Mr P. R. Sargood the Boy and Girl Scouts were able to spend a very pleasant afternoon on his property at Newington yesterday.
Lockdown for an extreme challenge
Lockdown for an extreme challenge
They are desperate measures for desperate times, imposed on one of the most sobering days in New Zealand’s collective living memory.
Agonising over coronavirus
Agonising over coronavirus
"Uncle Norm" Fossil is renowned for the erudition of his advice and his common sense.
Honouring our founding settlers
Honouring our founding settlers
There are various anniversaries which we may appropriately desire to honour and to keep in remembrance. There are others which are our own peculiar property, and are of interest only within the...
Election up in the air
Election up in the air
Parliament has moved to alter its processes to allow for its work to continue should there be reduced numbers of members of Parliament able to attend because of Covid-19.
Hunkered down in Spain, thinking of the Big Apple
Hunkered down in Spain, thinking of the Big Apple
American Jennifer Lutz outlines what life is like locked-down in Spain.
Amazingly good fortune to have reached 75 years old
Amazingly good fortune to have reached 75 years old
Seventy-five years of experience doesn’t mean you have to feel your age, writes Gina Barreca.
Opinion: Virus crisis isn’t all doom and gloom
Opinion: Virus crisis isn’t all doom and gloom
Imagine a tourist town with no tourists.
What kind of unity will parties show?
What kind of unity will parties show?
On Monday, as a hypothetical exercise, blogger David Farrar imagined who would be in a ‘‘Government of National Unity’’ created to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Questioning military training
Questioning military training
"There is a tendency to the development of the military aspect in education, and I believe it is a fatal mistake." said Professor T. Hunter at a meeting in Wellington the other night (states...
Cometh the hour…
Cometh the hour…
If you saw director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield in a crowd, you might be unlikely to pick him out as a leader in a crisis.