Opinion

Pierre van Heerden. PHOTO: NZ COMMERCE COMMISSION

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Slow supermarket competition progress

Reading reports of Grocery Commissioner Pierre van Heerden’s concerns last week about the supermarket giants was like hearing the message there is an unexpected item in the bagging area at the self-checkout.

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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: flights, climate and croque-o-diles

A plane takes off from Dunedin Airport. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Letters to the Editor: flights, climate and croque-o-diles

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the financial barriers of flights to Auckland, the cost of climate bureaucracy, and goodbye to the Croque-O-Dile.

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Where, oh where shall we put the Palestinians?

Palestinians carrying aid supplies in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Where, oh where shall we put the Palestinians?

Reckless people fling accusations of attempted genocide in Gaza at the Israeli coalition government and the Israel Defence Force (IDF) every day, but the scale of the operation is not remotely big...

The clamour for a capital gains tax is pure political theatre

A capital gains tax is not welcome. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

The clamour for a capital gains tax is pure political theatre

Being successful is no reason to be taxed, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.

Yes, all that glistens is not always gold

Santana Minerals' base on Bendigo Loop Rd. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK

Yes, all that glistens is not always gold

There is other, better gold than gold itself in Otago, Jonathan West writes. Santana Minerals proposes a vast open-cast gold mine to cut through the Dunstan Mountains above the Clutha...

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Passenger service to Central

An ‘Aard’ service car operated by Dunedin-Pembroke Motors encounters snow on the Crown Range. —...

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Passenger service to Central

Aard through passenger service, Central Otago and the Lakes: Dunedin, leave Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, for Pembroke, via Roxburgh.

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Te Pāti Māori MPs , Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke face ACT...

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they often do.

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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, outrage and 1080

A free and fair election? PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Letters to the Editor: elections, outrage and 1080

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including public faith in integrity of elections, the outrage cycle in Gaza, and Doc's 1080 operation in Stewart Island.

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The secret diary of . . . Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern before she set off overseas. Photo: Getty Images

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The secret diary of . . . Jacinda Ardern

By Steve Braunias

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Highway bosses may look at South

An awkward moment on the Kawarau Gorge road between Arrowtown and Gibbston (future SH6) as cars...

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Highway bosses may look at South

The South Island Motor Union recently wrote to Mr M.H. Wynyard, motorists’ representative on the Main Highways Board, suggesting that he should make a tour of the South Island.

Within living memory

Within living memory

Pictured outside his Caversham fruitshop is Mr David Shum, who was presented with the 1984 prize for the best display of fresh fruit and vegetables at a Retail...

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To infinity and beyond with a possum and sweet chilli sauce

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

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To infinity and beyond with a possum and sweet chilli sauce

One of the things MPs like most about the Budget debate is that it enables them to speak about almost anything so long as it can (sometimes very loosely) be linked back to the Budget.

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Judging on graft and careening while LOL

Logan Park High School. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Judging on graft and careening while LOL

Civis is intrigued by ethical dilemmas, such as those faced by Logan Park High School and the "misappropriated" $365,000 (including GST and associated costs).

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