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Letters to the Editor: buildings, hospitals and gaol

Dunedin Hospital emergency department is a location of interest in the measles outbreak. Photo:...

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Letters to the Editor: buildings, hospitals and gaol

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin's ugly new buildings, a steady flow of hospital patients, and should the ODT be in grammar gaol?

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The secret diary of... Chris Bishop

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The secret diary of... Chris Bishop

By Steve Braunias

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Flood wrecks West Coast bridge

Four collapsed 80-foot (26m) spans of the Blackball bridge, West Coast. — Otago Witness, 22.12.1925

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Flood wrecks West Coast bridge

Four spans of the Blackball bridge, which were 350 feet in length, have been washed away.

In living memory

In the absence of a "real Santa" at the Concord Kindergarten, in December 1985, the children produced their own, complete with "photographer."

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The griller gets grilled under the health committee’s scrutiny

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

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The griller gets grilled under the health committee’s scrutiny

This past week has been Scrutiny Week at Parliament, where the actions of ministers and ministries are put under under the spotlight during a series of committee hearings.

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Comments from Uni NZ deserve an E, maybe D

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Comments from Uni NZ deserve an E, maybe D

It's absurd enough to make you splutter into your muesli.

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Editorial: Te Kāika needs to succeed

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In October 2021 we editorialised that the rise of Te Kāika had been remarkable, and that its approach to delivering low-cost healthcare to the vulnerable had been vindicated by its spectacular success.

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Gone but not forgotten

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Gone but not forgotten

The ongoing police conduct scandal claimed its biggest and least surprising victim on Tuesday with the resignation of former commissioner Andrew Coster from his role as chief executive of the...

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Letters to Editor: listening to constituents, fears for stadium's future

Dunedin city councillors and Surrey St residents meet. Pictured (from left): Cr Jules Radich ...

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Letters to Editor: listening to constituents, fears for stadium's future

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the importance of listening to constituents and fears for our ratepayer-funded stadium's future.

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Rate-capping confirms National’s impoverished imagination

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Rate-capping confirms National’s impoverished imagination

Rate-capping is one of those right-wing policies that sound commonsensical at first but then turn out very badly indeed.

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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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Grey River menaces town

A ship berthed on the Greymouth wharf steams at half-speed-ahead to counteract the swift current...

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Grey River menaces town

Greymouth, December 4: The flood in the Grey River and its tributaries, resulting from the heavy northerly rains last night and this morning, nearly resulted to-day in the town being inundated, the...

Cap makes justice inaccessible

It should not cost a fortune to get a fair hearing in court. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Cap makes justice inaccessible

An unjust court system created by lawyers needs fixing, Bruce Curtis writes.

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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