Vaccination passport by digital tools
Dave Parry explains how digital Covid vaccine passports might work in New Zealand.
Opinion
Misery in Myanmar
Misery in Myanmar
The mess in Myanmar becomes more and more miserable as the military forces exert brutal authority.
Trophy recalls NZ hero
Trophy recalls NZ hero
Those sportsmen who are interested in yachting will learn with pleasure that Messrs Walker and Hall, of Auckland, have sent down to be exhibited in the window of Messrs Chas. Begg and Co, the...
From Covid to curtains, this advice trumps any other
From Covid to curtains, this advice trumps any other
Dear Uncle Norm
Police culture change overdue
Police culture change overdue
Workplace bullying within the police has ramifications wider than the effect on those directly involved.
Minor party plans major push to solidify support
Minor party plans major push to solidify support
The Act New Zealand party annual meeting in May is not something which is usually of any significance down here in the South, but that will not be the case this year.
Editorial: Tangling with the Tamakis
Tangling with the Tamakis
Brian and Hannah Tamaki have taken quite the road trip this week.
Rules little use without clarity, consequences
Rules little use without clarity, consequences
The New Zealand Government must be clearer about dealing with Covid-19 rule-breakers, writes Alexander Gillespie.
Runners a shoe-in to break records
Runners a shoe-in to break records
Jonathan Taylor explains athletics’ new technological arms race.
Use our Treaty to create the best for all its signatories
Use our Treaty to create the best for all its signatories
Maori and the church. How do we move forward, Peter Sara asks.
Role for ratepayers associations
Role for ratepayers associations
News that a ratepayers association in Dunedin has been incorporated is hardly surprising.
Keeping trust healthy critical in Covid fight
Keeping trust healthy critical in Covid fight
To trust is to assume that we are on the same team. But are we? asks Chris Skellett.
Menstrual products in schools
Menstrual products in schools
Some may have been surprised to see interest from overseas media in the Government’s decision to introduce a national programme providing free menstrual products to school pupils.
Media muddle
Media muddle
Oh dear. What was the Invercargill City Council trying to achieve? And what did it really think was going to happen?
Covid-19 compliance issues
Covid-19 compliance issues
Here we go again. The country, and especially Auckland, is suffering in the fight against Covid-19. The nation is thrown into uncertainty.
Only a matter of time before we turn on the unvaccinated
Only a matter of time before we turn on the unvaccinated
Poverty and religion are creating a class in the UK the newly inoculated will come to resent, writes Nick Cohen.
Methodist acclaim for Ratana
Methodist acclaim for Ratana
An interesting feature of the Methodist conference in Wellington yesterday was an address by the Rev Robert Haddon, the well-known Maori missionary.
To make a real difference in a role, be sure of your values
To make a real difference in a role, be sure of your values
So you want to be a director? That’s great. New Zealand needs people committed to adding value to organisations and the wider communities they serve.
Too much freedom, too little motor camping responsibility
Too much freedom, too little motor camping responsibility
Freedom camping needs new regulations and foreign tourists are not the only villains, write Michael Lueck and Sabrina Seeler.
Some progress on poverty
Some progress on poverty
Some encouraging statistics released last week on child poverty have done little to dampen concern about the lives of our poorest tamariki, particularly those who are disabled or from Maori or...