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Letters to the Editor: elections, Hamas and the Greens

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Letters to the Editor: elections, Hamas and the Greens

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including abandoning the election process, empathy with the Palestinians, and have the Greens lost the plot?

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A pleasant surprise at the petrol pump

The cost of a litre of petrol soaring past $3 in New Zealand. Photo: NZ Herald

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A pleasant surprise at the petrol pump

Surprise is good.

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Stanley, 6, found alive

Mr Nathaniel Stevens and his dog, who found lost boy Stanley Morrison (right), who had been...

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Stanley, 6, found alive

Oamaru, October 8: The community rejoiced yesterday

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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan

Peace looks far-distant in war-torn Gaza. PHOTO: REUTERS

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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan

When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it even if his motives are selfish.

Cognitive dissonance reigns as the climate change see-saw rocks

A drone view shows water from melting ice running down the side of the Turtmann glacier on a warm...

Cognitive dissonance reigns as the climate change see-saw rocks

Be it real or imagined, are we prepared for climate change, Gil Barbezat asks.

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Thinking small on big problem

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston at the...

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Thinking small on big problem

The government is desperately searching for its mojo after a series of damp squib announcements.

Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: housing, the ORC and Auckland

Rain delays play at the Auckland tennis. PHOTO: NZPA

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Letters to the Editor: housing, the ORC and Auckland

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the current community housing situation, funding the Otago Regional Council, and self help for Aucklanders.

Lamb processors sent off to the slaughter

A sober crowd of shareholders attend a meeting in Mosgiel to consider Alliance’s proposal to sell...

Lamb processors sent off to the slaughter

The meat industry status quo cannot continue, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.

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Exhibit delivered by air

A Defence Department plane takes off from a paddock at Papakaio, North Otago, heading to Dunedin...

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Exhibit delivered by air

One of the Defence Department’s exhibits for the Exhibition arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday at noon in the form of an aeroplane piloted by Captain Findlay.

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Democracy inaction

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Democracy inaction

It is easy to be cynical about the democratic process: jokes range from "no matter who you vote for a politician always wins" to "don’t vote, it only encourages them."

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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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Central snowfall brings with it the best day of the year

A picture-perfect snow day. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Central snowfall brings with it the best day of the year

The first day of October. Last Wednesday it was. One month into the joys of spring.

Foreign policy transparency lacking

Winston Peters addresses the United Nations. PHOTO: REUTERS

Foreign policy transparency lacking

New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, John Hobbs writes.

New legislation missed chance for fresh start

Fishing for change at Fish & Game. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

New legislation missed chance for fresh start

Robust change is needed at Fish & Game, Ray Grubb writes.

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Coleridge search continues

Lake Coleridge township, housing hydro-electricity workers on the bank of the Rakaia River,...

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Coleridge search continues

Christchurch, October 6: The search for the bodies of the three men killed in the Lake Coleridge tunnel disaster is being kept up unceasingly, and the new drive is expected to be completed tonight.

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Dim energy announcement

Clean energy solutions include windmills, solar panels and electric poles. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Dim energy announcement

When it finally arrived, the government’s big announcement on the energy sector had all the oomph of a low-watt bulb.

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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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Three months later, where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

A technician checks valves at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, 450km south of Tehran,...

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Three months later, where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Three months have passed since Operation Midnight Hammer saw seven American B2 bombers drop 14 "bunker-buster" 14,000kg massive ordnance penetrator bombs on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities.

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A chance encounter pays rich dividends

CMAT performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival earlier this year. PHOTO: REUTERS

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A chance encounter pays rich dividends

I first encountered the singer CMAT at the Wide Awake festival earlier this year.

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