Opinion

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Phone cable laid across strait

The new inter-island telephone cable is hauled ashore at Lyall Bay, Wellington from Government...

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Phone cable laid across strait

Wellington, March 26: At 9 o'clock this morning the final touches were put to the splicing of the new Cook Strait telephone cable and at a point a little distance from Blind River the last loop of...

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Swords and ploughshares

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Swords and ploughshares

War and peace is usually the province of the University of Otago’s literature or history departments.

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The feeling of freedom and condemning freedom of expression

A night’s entertainment in Makotuku. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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The feeling of freedom and condemning freedom of expression

‘‘Well Hannah, are we going to be treated to a bonfire of best-sellers?’’

Government must put people first

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis announce cost of living...

Government must put people first

The government is in over its head, Victor Billot writes.

The just question is how to respond when war is visited on the innocent

Damage is cleared in Tehran as commentators question the justness of the conflict. PHOTO: REUTERS

The just question is how to respond when war is visited on the innocent

Former military chaplain Tony Martin responds to a recent opinion article on the concept of just war.

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Councillor Ong stays on

Cr Benedict Ong reads from 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka at the council meeting this morning. Photo:...

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Councillor Ong stays on

When you are a public figure, criticism comes with the job.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: DCC, St Clair and the Celtic Cross

Stephen Mulqueen’s Celtic Cross. Photo: supplied

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Letters to the Editor: DCC, St Clair and the Celtic Cross

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including several ills of the DCC, upgrading the St Clair balustrade, and the sculptor behind the Queens Gardens cross.

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Sending redundancy back whence it came

One of the things in this photo is redundant to its meaning. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Sending redundancy back whence it came

He was sat on a park bench, hunched over.

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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils

The Department of Agriculture display in the government pavilion, New Zealand and South Seas...

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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils

Upwards of 50 of the children attending three or four of the schools in Queenstown and the immediate district set out this morning on their pilgrimage to the Exhibition.

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Iran war a series of miscalculations

Damage in a residential neighbourhood in Dimona, Israel, following a night of Iranian strikes....

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Iran war a series of miscalculations

Still not four full weeks into the war, and already Donald Trump’s ‘‘short-term excursion’’ has morphed into a global economic crisis and a region-wide war.

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Answer the what to do question truthfully

What to do? Careers Expo day at Otago. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Answer the what to do question truthfully

The question: "so, what are you going to do?" is a heavy one for students.

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$50 better than nowt?

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$50 better than nowt?

Word that the United States and Iran may have engaged in some form of discussion, albeit maybe not real negotiations, to end the war seems at first glance encouraging.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: gas, leadership and Lake Dunstan

Lake Dunstan, keep it clean. Photo: file

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Letters to the Editor: gas, leadership and Lake Dunstan

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the gas guzzlers of Warbirds Over Wānaka, the lack of leadership from Luxon, and protecting Lake Dunstan.

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