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China’s new language law solving a non-problem

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China’s new language law solving a non-problem

In Quebec the English-speaking minority used to call them ‘‘tongue-troopers’’: the government functionaries who come around to check that the French on signs in shops is in a typeface twice as big...

Student mag fundamental to uni community

The writer urges OUSA to reconsider its funding decisions and restore Critic to its former glory....

Student mag fundamental to uni community

I like to think of myself as a writer, or at the very least, an aspiring one. As a child I entertained myself on long car trips by penning vicious limericks about my siblings, honing in on their...

New Zealand in this changing world — a trusted partner

Good and trusted friends meet: Mark Carney and Christopher Luxon in 2025. PHOTO: RNZ

New Zealand in this changing world — a trusted partner

The world is changing but New Zealand’s reputation for trustworthiness must remain constant Graye Shattky writes.

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Baffling back-out

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

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Baffling back-out

There has been little fanfare about New Zealand’s decision to formally reject amendments to international health regulations (IHR) drawn up after the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Big game fishing

United States author and big-game fisher Zane Grey in New Zealand’s far north with a swordfish...

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Big game fishing

Mr Zane Grey's visit to New Zealand has attracted attention to catching the swordfish, a pastime that seems to be as fascinating as chasing the deer and following the roe. The well-armed swordfish...

More long-term certainty important for construction industry

More long-term certainty important for construction industry

Construction has always been part of Dunedin’s story.

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Critters, fresh water and the endless growth agenda

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Critters, fresh water and the endless growth agenda

Parliament was in recess this week but the last few days have been anything but a break for members of the environment select committee.

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Out in the country

University of Otago Rural Medical Immersion Programme co-director Dr Katelyn Costello. PHOTO:...

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Out in the country

For many in cities and towns the thought of escaping the traffic, the noise and the crowds and moving to the country is appealing.

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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: parking, alcohol and war

Bede Crestani. File photo: Linda Robertson

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Letters to the Editor: parking, alcohol and war

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the need for a parking review, milking money from alcohol consumption, and the pros and cons of the Iran war.

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All revved up

Motor racing speed contest at Waikouaiti Beach: the first car race start. — Otago Witness, 9.3.1926

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All revved up

A gorgeous day, a perfect vista of sea, sky, and hill, a magnificent speedway of Nature’s own construction, the smell of petrol and burnt castor oil.

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The secret diary of ... the fuel crisis

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The secret diary of ... the fuel crisis

By Steve Braunias

In living memory

In living memory

The wet weather did not dampen the spirits of the competitors in the first University College inter-floor tug-of-war, held in March 1986.

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Time for a takahē to top the tree

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Time for a takahē to top the tree

With the flood of grim environmental news — especially the quickening pace of climate change — it is worth pausing to celebrate two genuine conservation successes.

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Diving in the shallow end

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Diving in the shallow end

One of the oldest truisms about politics is that no matter how hard things might become for those who have been elected to office, it is much, much harder for their families.

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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: Stadium, dogs and gold

Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Letters to the Editor: Stadium, dogs and gold

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin's stadium, dangerous dogs and the value of gold.

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The strains of political widowhood are not our business

Metiria Stanton Turei in the public gaze while a Green Party co-leader. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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The strains of political widowhood are not our business

‘‘Welcome to political widowhood’’ my husband and I heard when I was first elected as an MP way back in 2002.

‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail

Lake Manapouri, potential energy supply. — Otago Witness, 9.3.1926

‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail

Visitors who have recently travelled over the track from Lake Manapouri to Doubtful Sound report that the party of surveyors which is engaged there by the Public Works Department to ascertain...

Expose injustice, change hearts, transform mindsets and be a peacemaker

Expose injustice, change hearts, transform mindsets and be a peacemaker

Blessed indeed are the peacemakers, Paul Trebilco and Andrew Shepherd write.

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