New debt level clear fiscal danger
New debt level clear fiscal danger
The Local Government Funding Authority is now the final line of defence against the Dunedin City Council’s debt levels, Rob Hamlin writes.
Opinion
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Moving too fast on Move-on
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Moving too fast on Move-on
The government’s determination to box on with the controversial Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill illustrates its arrogance and blinkered thinking on social issues.
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Home-made ministers
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Home-made ministers
More than 50 years ago the Presbyterian Church of Otago und Southland felt urgently the need of undertaking the training of its own men for the ministry, and took steps to make itself independent...
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
Minister Willis, now about your AI plans
Minister Willis, now about your AI plans
Sir Ian Taylor writes to Finance Minister Nicola Willis about her plans for the public service.
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Is phone-driven demographic collapse a good idea?
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Is phone-driven demographic collapse a good idea?
Smartphones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate.
Is New Zealand’s commitment to multilateralism waning?
Is New Zealand’s commitment to multilateralism waning?
Logan Bryant considers the direction New Zealand’s foreign policy is heading.
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Glib comment on housing revealing
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Glib comment on housing revealing
Despite being marketed by the government as making the social housing system fairer, the taste left in the mouth from Thursday’s announcement is sour.
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100 Years Ago: a slideshow
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100 Years Ago: a slideshow
Pictures from around the region from the Otago Witness, May 25, 1926.
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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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My giddy aunt, that’s solarising
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My giddy aunt, that’s solarising
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
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The art of being surprised about something you already know well
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The art of being surprised about something you already know well
As befits an MMP Parliament, the House’s business committee likes to ensure that all speaking slots are allotted on a proportional basis.
In living memory
In living memory
In May 1986, students at Otago University were busy with paint and scrubbing brushes tidying up their flats for a competition to find the best frontage.
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Ratios and rationales
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Ratios and rationales
As the adage goes, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.
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Age-old romance comes to an end
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Age-old romance comes to an end
In a tiny, old-fashioned garden in Frederick Street stands a little cosy house.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
Parihaka and peace increasingly relevant when considered in today’s age of war
Parihaka and peace increasingly relevant when considered in today’s age of war
The message of Parihaka remains strong, Julian Doorey writes.
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Cutting the state’s cloth to fit the state’s alleged means
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Cutting the state’s cloth to fit the state’s alleged means
So Nicola Willis and her colleagues are going to cut 9000 jobs from the core public service?
Size doesn’t matter in local govt
Size doesn’t matter in local govt
Changes to local government need to actually improve things, John Cooney writes.
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Lighting change gathering speed
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Lighting change gathering speed
The work of equipping railway carriages with electric light in place of gas is to be accelerated, so that it will be completed at least a year earlier than was originally planned.