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Letters to the Editor: Lake Onslow, fuel and Ongoing saga
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Lake Onslow power scheme, managing a fuel crisis and Benedict Ong.
Opinion
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The cost of war
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The cost of war
It is almost a month since the US and Israel started their still ongoing attack on Iran.
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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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Writer reaching out for support in condemning reaching out
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Writer reaching out for support in condemning reaching out
Today is dentist day. Deep in dread I’m girding the gums for an onslaught of needles and drills, cowering under a cloud of cowardice and lamenting my mistreatment of the molars for so many years.
Bus upgrades needed to attract, retain passengers
Bus upgrades needed to attract, retain passengers
To go better by bus requires a better bus, Paul Mutch writes.
Two roads diverged in a wood
Two roads diverged in a wood
Choosing the wrong road makes all the difference, Richard Byrne writes.
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When the carnival is over
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When the carnival is over
The Exhibition months have sped by on lightning wings, and in another four weeks the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition will have run its course. Dunedin without an Exhibition seems now almost...
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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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Octagon litter disappoints
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Octagon litter disappoints
‘‘I wish the corporation would do something more than it is doing to stop the waste paper nuisance about the streets,” said the Hon G.M. Thomson at the annual meeting of the Amenities Society...
Poor process on policing Bill
Poor process on policing Bill
A truncated select committee process is not a good look for legislation which relates to police powers.
Naysayers, native moths and lizards, and getting anything done
Naysayers, native moths and lizards, and getting anything done
Progress is about tradeoffs Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
Acknowledge inadequate South D pipes
Acknowledge inadequate South D pipes
Is South Dunedin flooding a natural hazard or council- made issue, Julian Doorey asks.
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Orban not ageing well, heading towards sticky end
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Orban not ageing well, heading towards sticky end
Viktor Orban has not aged well.
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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short
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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short
Not many hours go by these days without some sort of announcement on petrol and fuel stocks or alarm about the rising cost for Kiwis at the pump.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Parliament tries to find homes for friends of Lily and Zoi
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Parliament tries to find homes for friends of Lily and Zoi
Parliament is many things to many people but this week it broke new ground by setting up in the pet rehousing business.
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If only the world was a benign place
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If only the world was a benign place
The world, to put it mildly, is a rough-and-tumble place.
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The secret diary of... pump attendants
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The secret diary of... pump attendants
Chris HipkinsHi there, and thank you for your custom. I’ll be your pump attendant today but before we get down to business, I have no advice to give you, should you want it, on the fuel crisis. It...
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You’d be a nutter to work here
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You’d be a nutter to work here
On Fanning Island there are over a quarter of a million palms bearing good fruit or just coming into profit, while different parts of the island are being cleared and thousands of young trees are...
In living memory
In living memory
A crowd of about 2000 farmers and rural businessmen gathered at the South Otago A&P Society grounds inn Balclutha in March 1986 to show community unity in protesting government policies.