Opinion

Online harassment from outside academia silencing Canadian health experts

Online harassment harms academics. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Online harassment from outside academia silencing Canadian health experts

Health researchers need protection from harassment, Heidi JS Tworek, Chris Tenove and Netheena Neena Mathews write.

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Rates cap performance

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Rates cap performance

It is not surprising the government thinks its plans to cap local government rates is a winner.

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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: pipes, puberty blockers and primates

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Letters to the Editor: pipes, puberty blockers and primates

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including when water pipes become too small, regulations for puberty blockers, and wise words from Jane Goodall.

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Serried ranks and technological wonders

Serried ranks, voting in favour of Joe Bennett’s advanced writing course. Photo: Jane Dawber

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Serried ranks and technological wonders

Before me rise the serried ranks of a university lecture theatre.

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Educational benefit of expo

Pupils from Macandrew Road School take a cooking class in the Department of Education...

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Educational benefit of expo

That the Exhibition offers an exceptional educational opportunity for old and young is recognised by all who have visited it.

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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges

Admiring what keen Southlanders can achieve in a morning

The Southern Coastal Charitable Trust, hard at work cleaning Oreti Beach. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

Admiring what keen Southlanders can achieve in a morning

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself standing at the entrance to Oreti Beach just before 7am on a Sunday.

Ian Taylor: NZ politics cycle of petty point-scoring and childish theatre

Leader Chris Hipkins at the 2025 Labour Party AGM. Photo: Anneke Smith / RNZ

Ian Taylor: NZ politics cycle of petty point-scoring and childish theatre

Watching the speeches from the Labour Party conference this weekend, I was struck less by what was said than by what was quietly, and consistently, left out.

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There’s still a long way to go

Riding on the Mainlander. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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There’s still a long way to go

Anyone who has spent time in London travelling on the Underground will be aware of the announcement which plays as trains pull into certain stations.

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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: speedbumps, rail and cyclists

Cycling in Central Otago. PHOTO: LINDY DAVIS

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Letters to the Editor: speedbumps, rail and cyclists

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including speedbumps at a dangerous intersection, the upcoming Mainlander rail service, and user pays for cyclists.