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More detail needed on NCEA change

Sitting NCEA exams online rather than using pen and paper is gaining popularity among Otago and...

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More detail needed on NCEA change

The big bang announcement this week about the reformation of secondary school qualifications was warmly received by many, but some are questioning the lack of detail.

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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: elections, paywave and FBI

Electronic payment method costs passed on. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Letters to the Editor: elections, paywave and FBI

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the upcoming local body elections, the cost of not using paywave, and an FBI office in New Zealand.

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Let us down this day with our daily bread

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Let us down this day with our daily bread

Disappointment is the stuff of life.

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A fine undertaking

A new hearse for undertakers Hugh Gourley, built in Dunedin by A. Roberts and Son motor body...

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A fine undertaking

A very fine specimen of the motor body builder’s art is to be seen in the new motor hearse which has recently been built to the order of Messrs Hugh Gourley Ltd by Messrs A. Roberts and Son, of...

A 15% headache for government

US president Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images

A 15% headache for government

US tariffs give New Zealand plenty to think about, Geoffrey Miller writes.

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Rugging up for the new semester a fashionable decision

The chilly Otago campus. Photo: Gregor Richardson

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Rugging up for the new semester a fashionable decision

This semester, two things have stood out in stark contrast to semester 1: the cold and the coats.

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The govt’s capacity for opacity

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The govt’s capacity for opacity

The Beehive is urgently in need of some metaphorical window cleaning.

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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: tariffs, water and racists

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Letters to the Editor: tariffs, water and racists

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including how to skin the US tariffs cat, North East Valley's water worries, and is New Zealand "as racist as f..."?

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Woolly thinking about tangled electoral reforms

Where is Orange Guy when you need him? IMAGE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION

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Woolly thinking about tangled electoral reforms

Nestled in the bottom of the box there was a cheery note.

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Southland held to draw

Otago misses a goal in the first half of their drawn Peter Dawson Cup football match against...

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Southland held to draw

According to all reports, Otago were a trifle lucky at Invercargill to retain the Peter Dawson Cup, which they have held since 1922.

We need to get stuck in to tackling the feral pig menace

A feral pig after devouring a white-capped albatross chick on Auckland Island. PHOTO: TUI DE ROY

We need to get stuck in to tackling the feral pig menace

Gene technology could address the issue of feral pigs, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.

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Counting the costs of tariffs

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Counting the costs of tariffs

What an arbitrary and unfair world.

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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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The pub you have when you don’t actually have a pub

Friday night at the Patearoa Bowling Club. PHOTO: JULIE GREIG

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The pub you have when you don’t actually have a pub

What has this National government (forget the hangers on) done for the rural communities, who for seven decades have returned them to power more often than not?

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