Promises on nursing staffing hollow
Three years ago, I wrote about my non-existent nursing skills.
Opinion
A proper dawn raids apology?
A proper dawn raids apology?
Former prime minister Helen Clark once described the “dawn raids” of the 1970s as “shameful”. Now, current leader Jacinda Ardern and Cabinet have decided it is time to put this country’s shame on...
Administrators of Samoa criticised
Administrators of Samoa criticised
Evidence is accumulating from various sources that affairs in Samoa demand prompt Ministerial attention.
Anglicans plan ‘wave of prayer’
Anglicans plan ‘wave of prayer’
At a conference of representatives of the Mother’s Union from all parts of the world held in London last year it was decided to set in motion a "wave of prayer".
Ministry must do better on parking
Ministry must do better on parking
If the vision for the new Dunedin Hospital includes asking people to walk several hundred metres to get there, politicians and bureaucrats need to have a rethink.
Changes coming for default funds
Changes coming for default funds
Changes to KiwiSaver are big news in the industry, but to understand these terms and their importance, it requires a quick history lesson.
How thick is a brick and other weighty questions
How thick is a brick and other weighty questions
Uncle Norm’s incoming box has this week been short of its usual correspondence from the country’s elite. So I’ve gone to a backlog of letters which raised very hard questions which couldn’t be...
Colorectal cancer spotlights ethics
Colorectal cancer spotlights ethics
Bowel cancer screening, patient management and human rights. What are ethical priorities, asks Gil Barbezat.
Approach means fewer fraud charges
Approach means fewer fraud charges
It is easy to have a knee-jerk reaction to news the Government is prosecuting 90% fewer people for benefit fraud than it did five years ago.
Boult only one of six changes likely to stick for WTC final
Boult only one of six changes likely to stick for WTC final
How many wickets will Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel need to take in the second test against England to a get a gig in the World Test Championship final?
It is time to brace for fluoridation anger
It is time to brace for fluoridation anger
Columnists like to give the impression of being oracles, but it does not take prophetic powers to figure out what is going to happen after this week’s effort rolls off the presses.
Inaia tonu nei — the time is now
Inaia tonu nei — the time is now
Our share of the work to head off calamitous planetary heating will take some doing, but it can be done and we know how to do it.
Arnst retains sculling title for NZ
Arnst retains sculling title for NZ
There must have been between 5000 and 6000 people viewing the race on the Wairau for the world’s sculling championship between R. Arnst (holder) and J. P. Hannan (challenger).
Kindness, forgiveness and redemption
Kindness, forgiveness and redemption
English cricketer Ollie Robinson is among the latest to be put in the modern equivalent of the stocks for social media sins from many years ago.
Window on past too precious to lose
Window on past too precious to lose
The old Sims building in Port Chalmers is the last local link to shipbuilding and must be preserved, Bill Southworth writes.
Hall’s well
Hall’s well
Sir Eion Edgar, as far as we are aware, was no great shakes on the sporting field in his younger days.
Price for trying to get things right too high
Price for trying to get things right too high
We wait everywhere these days.
Breast milk manufacturing in lab a shock
Breast milk manufacturing in lab a shock
There are several high-profile companies aiming to produce human breast milk using cellular technology.
Prison reforms need to speed up
Prison reforms need to speed up
It is easy to understand Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier’s exasperation at the "glacial" pace of change in our prisons.
It’s about the life force of water
It’s about the life force of water
The Manuherikia is a river in crisis. Otago Fish and Game Council environmental officer Nigel Paragreen says there is not enough water in the river to achieve we demand of it. So what’s...