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Letters to Editor: parking issues, FBI and a call to vote

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Letters to Editor: parking issues, FBI and a call to vote

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including parking issues, the FBI on our soil, and a call to get out and vote.

Health, disease, exercise and human longevity

Exercise is one of many things which promotes longevity. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Health, disease, exercise and human longevity

A suite of actions are needed for a long life, Ian Breeze writes.

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Letters to Editor: dairy, conduct and little libraries

Halie McEachen’s father, Stu McEachen, at the Lilliput Library he built in her memory. PHOTO:...

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Letters to Editor: dairy, conduct and little libraries

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including dairy prices, a councillor's conduct and the appeal of little libraries.

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Whanganui wreck sold bit by bit

Salvage work on the wreck of grounded steamship Cyrena at Castlecliff beach, near Whanganui. —...

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Whanganui wreck sold bit by bit

The wreck of the Cyrena at Wanganui is disintegrating under the effect of heavy southerly seas.

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Appreciating the community-minded

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Appreciating the community-minded

Across the country people have made the brave decision to stand for local government elections in October.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Counting up the babies in China (and elsewhere)

Beijing residents bring their babies to a local park. PHOTO: AP

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Counting up the babies in China (and elsewhere)

In 2014, Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou and his wife paid a fine of $US1.2 million for having a third child, which was against the law.

Rail the key to moving people efficiently around the South

Kerry Hackett works on a railway carriage at the Hillside workshops. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Rail the key to moving people efficiently around the South

Passenger rail is vital, Daniel Jolly writes.

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‘Port Dunedin’ in Dunedin

The new motor ship Port Dunedin, the first motor vessel to come to New Zealand from London direct, arrived off the Heads at 9am on Sunday and remained at an anchorage until yesterday morning off...

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US needs to walk the talk

When new neighbours move in just down the street there is always a frisson of interest in what they are going to be like.

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Letters to Editor: health, voting, 1080

Roxburgh Medical Centre. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Letters to Editor: health, voting, 1080

Today's letters to the editor include a plea to save the Roxburgh Medical Centre, debate around changes to voting, and 1080 in New Zealand.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Leary dignified as sun sets on her Bill — and gains unlikely fan

Ingrid Leary says the prime minister's response to Bayly's behaviour is weak. Photo: RNZ

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Leary dignified as sun sets on her Bill — and gains unlikely fan

Taieri Labour MP Ingrid Leary is proud of her Dutch heritage.

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E.L. Brown, the Civil Service runner, who won the Otago Five Miles Crosscountry Championship in 28min 4sec at Wingatui last year, succeeded in lowering his own record by winning this year’s race at...

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