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Letters to the Editor: car charging, boat repairs, jazzing up city

A reader says it's not easy being green when it comes to charging some cars at home. Photo: Getty...

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Letters to the Editor: car charging, boat repairs, jazzing up city

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including car charging, getting a boat shipshape and jazzing up Dunedin.

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A horror will grow mild, its darkness light

Mr Bennett and his amanuensis. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES

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A horror will grow mild, its darkness light

I am not typing these words. My amanuensis is.

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The temptation of the silvery screen

Students and phones: inseparable? PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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The temptation of the silvery screen

Last Friday I had a French conversation test.

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‘Presidency’ likely a poison chalice

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens to US President Donald Trump speaking. PHOTO: REUTERS

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‘Presidency’ likely a poison chalice

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be careful what he wishes for.

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Otago Girls’ wins swim relay

Competitors in the relay race for Dunedin Colleges, in which the Otago Girls’ High School team...

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Otago Girls’ wins swim relay

There was a large attendance of pupils and friends of the various girls’ colleges yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Baths to witness the annual contest for the four-a-side relay shield, over a...

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Taking toxicity out of the kitchen

Amisfield executive chef Vaughan Mabee. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Taking toxicity out of the kitchen

Anyone working in a high-pressure environment knows how tough and exhausting it can be.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

How the Crusaders are killing the Highlanders, and Super Rugby

This is bad for rugby. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

How the Crusaders are killing the Highlanders, and Super Rugby

The all-conquering Crusaders are bad for rugby, Randal Scott writes.

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Letters to the Editor: mining, Ong and Newt Gingrich

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Letters to the Editor: mining, Ong and Newt Gingrich

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the mining history of Central Otago, Cr Ong's "delivery for our community", and the Newt-ification of politics.

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To my dismay, the Mayor of Auckland is right

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To my dismay, the Mayor of Auckland is right

When I find myself agreeing with Auckland’s irascible mayor, I worry I might be descending further into grumpy old person territory.

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Band on the run

Farewell to the Band of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. — Otago Witness,...

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Band on the run

Yesterday, under the blue skies and in the bright sunshine of a perfect Otago morning, Dunedin bade farewell to the Band of the 93rd (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders.

Transatlantic accord saved by the bell

King Charles points to the ship’s bell he presented to US President Donald Trump as a gift during...

Transatlantic accord saved by the bell

Diplomatic gifts are an ancient ritual and field fraught with endeavour, Paul Foster-Bell writes.

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Communication breakdown

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Communication breakdown

Relations between politicians and media have always been a tricky thing to manage.

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Cartoonist's view

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Cartoonist's view

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo

Work together for better education

Every pupil has their individual needs. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES

Work together for better education

Jason Miles calls for politics to be taken out of the debate about education.

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Calmness is the stuff of heroes, if you can find them

Less calm guests at the White House correspondents’ dinner. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Calmness is the stuff of heroes, if you can find them

I thought I had found a hero.

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Health issues not solved

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Health issues not solved

As we count down to the Budget and then the general election campaign, health spending and policy is bound to attract much attention.

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Tornado strikes Nelson

A tornado about 40ft wide swept through Nelson on May 3, leaving destruction behind it. The...

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Tornado strikes Nelson

Nelson, May 4: A tornado confining itself to a narrow path struck a portion of the city last night about 10 o’clock, and left in its wake considerable destruction to property.

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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: GP visits, NZ First and infrastructure

The lower Shotover River. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Letters to the Editor: GP visits, NZ First and infrastructure

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the number of declined medical referrals, blaming everything on NZ First, and when infrastructure isn't coping.

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