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Draft curriculum controversy
Education Minister Erica Stanford is keen to downplay concerns about the draft of the new year 1-10 curriculum, emphasising there will be six months of consultation on it.
Opinion
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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: students, climate and netball
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Letters to the Editor: students, climate and netball
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including social events and carparks for students, the new normal of climate change, and the board of Netball NZ.
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No plan for the Middle East, free fall beckons
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No plan for the Middle East, free fall beckons
In 1925 T.S. Eliot wrote: "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper", probably responding to the profoundly unsatisfactory aftermath of World War 1 (although with a poet, you...
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A day in the sun is just 49 days away
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A day in the sun is just 49 days away
Recently, I’ve been feeling pretty rotten.
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Dietary fibre for animals
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Dietary fibre for animals
Chaff — prime oaten sheaf is in keen demand.
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Guess who’s coming to dinner?
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Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is a man who at home in New Zealand can find it remarkably difficult to seem poised.
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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: CGT, power and Palestine
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Letters to the Editor: CGT, power and Palestine
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including leaking a controversial new tax, the recent ongoing power outages, and NZ's failure to recognise Palestine.
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The secret diary of . . . The Trump-Luxon dinner
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The secret diary of . . . The Trump-Luxon dinner
By Steve Braunias
In living memory
In living memory
The modelling and deportment club at Tahuna Intermediate had a treat during a Wednesday club afternoon in 1985 when Miss Otago, Leanne McDonnell, arrived at the school
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Launching day
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Launching day
The 1925-26 yachting and motor boat season was opened on Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Club and the Broad Bay Boating Club.
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Summoning up the energy to be enthusiastic about wool
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Summoning up the energy to be enthusiastic about wool
As has been noted in this column before, New Zealand First Taieri list MP Mark Patterson likes wool.
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Which way is up, actually?
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Which way is up, actually?
September's geographic anomalies column drew a strongly worded email from one reader.
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A black-letter day for communities
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A black-letter day for communities
Not everyone is a digital native in this super-connected world of ours.
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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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Return by heir
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Return by heir
To the Prince of Wales returning from his South African and South American tour London gave a rousing welcome — half a million people lining the streets.
Edward, Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII, right) is welcomed at Portsmouth by his brother, Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI), ending his Empire tour of 25,000 miles, which lasted over six months. Otago Witness, 8.10.1925
Whakapapa is more than enough citizenship proof for Māori
Whakapapa is more than enough citizenship proof for Māori
The Waitangi Tribunal is soon to release its findings on an inquiry looking at whether the Citizenship Act 1977 breaches the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Is it real dinkum or just fantasy?
Is it real dinkum or just fantasy?
Misinformation was rife during this year’s Australian election and new research shows many people were unable to identify it, Sora Park and colleagues write.
Belief in the value of compassion strong in the New Zealand psyche
Belief in the value of compassion strong in the New Zealand psyche
If there’s an aspect of Kiwi culture which Richard Dawson finds both good and, indeed, deeply inspiring it’s the willingness to help complete strangers who are in need. He has come across it time...