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Letters to the Editor: Call to ban fireworks and rugby's TMO

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Letters to the Editor: Call to ban fireworks and rugby's TMO

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a call to ban fireworks, the right to wear the Palestinian scarf, and is it time to red card rugby's TMO?

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Well meaning and well understood

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Well meaning and well understood

Teach your children well is sound advice, but defining the word "well" is fraught with problems.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Listening to a choir in my head where everyone sings a different song

Neurodiversity raises questions about the attention our culture values. ILLUSTRATION: GETTY IMAGES

Listening to a choir in my head where everyone sings a different song

Neurodiversity is not a problem to fix but a facet of the divine image to honour, Graham Redding writes.

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Right to swing a punch ends at tip of imaginary mouse’s nose

A giant imaginary mouse, yesterday. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Right to swing a punch ends at tip of imaginary mouse’s nose

Laurie paused for a moment to take in the raw vista of devastation wrought by the October gales.

Trump and the ghost of Alcibiades

Donald Trump, a dazzling, seductive saboteur of democracy. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Trump and the ghost of Alcibiades

William J Dominik compares Donald Trump to the Athenian general Alcibiades and shows how both weakened democracy while pursuing power.

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South Island leads the way

A diorama with painted background and model farm in the Canterbury provincial court, New Zealand...

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South Island leads the way

At the Exhibition, in No 3 pavilion there are courts in all stages of development. Canterbury and Southland, for instance, are nearly completed, only one or two finishing touches being required...

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Mining milestone or millstone

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Mining milestone or millstone

Santana Minerals is touting lodging its fast-track application for its Bendigo-Ophir mine as a milestone.

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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: keffiyeh, councillors and crime

Cr Steve Walker being sworn in. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Letters to the Editor: keffiyeh, councillors and crime

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin city councillors wearing keffiyeh at the inaugural meeting, and the moraility of GPS tracking devices.

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Hum along bravely to old school song

Belting out the old school song. File photo: Craig Baxter

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Hum along bravely to old school song

What was I humming?

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A society wedding

Kathleen Margaret Glendining, of Dunedin, marries Norman Brett, of Auckland, at Knox Church,...

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A society wedding

On Wednesday afternoon, at Knox Church, Kathleen Margaret, daughter of the late Mr J.R. Glendining and Mrs Glendining, was married to Norman, son of Mr and Mrs A. Brett, of Epsom, Auckland.

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Time to look for what made you look

Nigerian newspapers bring locals the news of US President Donald Trump’s message to their country...

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Time to look for what made you look

Made You Look is a children’s game where a child points to something that doesn’t exist just to get another child to look in that direction.

Rugby can learn from K-Pop demon hunters

More animation series of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ may be a possibility. Photo: Netflix

Rugby can learn from K-Pop demon hunters

Have you seen the latest hit on Netflix?

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Straining for the average

New figures show the resort is the most expensive place to rent a house in New Zealand. Photo:...

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Straining for the average

We all knew that it was expensive to buy a house in the Central Otago-Lakes area, but that was resoundingly underlined this week

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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: GM food, wages and ethics

The blunder may also open up further legal appeals for cases where unlawfully obtained DNA was...

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Letters to the Editor: GM food, wages and ethics

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including GM food, why wage increases should be hard fought for, and turning "ethics" into a shouting match.

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Reigniting the annual debate

Boxes of fireworks on sale. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Reigniting the annual debate

When you wake up and realise Christmas is now just next month, it will also dawn on you there’s an annual obstacle to overcome in the next few days.

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Reform sweeps Parliament

Crowds jostle outside the Otago Daily Times and Witness Co office in Dunedin, awaiting the...

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Reform sweeps Parliament

The general election which was held in New Zealand yesterday resulted in a sweeping victory for the Reform Party, ensuring a much greater measure of stability for the Government

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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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