‘Gravedigger Bob’ teaches us about being a faithful follower to the end
‘Gravedigger Bob’ teaches us about being a faithful follower to the end
The life and death of a dog in a Brazilian cemetery tells a wider story David Tombs writes.
Opinion
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Auckland yacht cruises to win
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Auckland yacht cruises to win
Avalon, the new Auckland 14-footer, registered an easy victory in the first race of the 1926 Sanders Cup contest, sailed on Otago Harbour yesterday morning.
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Community win
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Community win
Community groups will be pleased at the Dunedin City Council’s decision to reinstate the grants sub-committee, but the decision is not a good look for council unity.
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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, mining and the Mad Butcher
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Letters to the Editor: parking, mining and the Mad Butcher
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the scourge of paid parking, degrading the environment with mining, and why close the Mad Butcher?
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Killer ducks were killed, not anything else
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Killer ducks were killed, not anything else
"Oh why do people waste their breath, inventing dainty names for death?" asked Sir John Betjeman, which seems a suitable way to introduce a discussion of the meaning of euthanasia.
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Flight path to South Africa
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Flight path to South Africa
Capetown, February 17 (received February 18, at 5.5pm) Mr Alan Cobham has arrived, concluding a flight of 2020 miles from Croydon Aerodrome, London.— Reuter.
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Nato is dead: long live Nato 2.0
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Nato is dead: long live Nato 2.0
Every year at this time the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the world’s most powerful alliance for the past 77 years, holds a conference in Munich to examine its state of health.
The value of people who choose Q’town
The value of people who choose Q’town
One thing you notice living in Queenstown is that a lot of the people who end up shaping this place were not actually born here.
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Can extreme become the new normal?
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Can extreme become the new normal?
Barely a couple of months go by these days without a significant storm battering some part of the country.
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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: Town Belt, roads and Trump
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Letters to the Editor: Town Belt, roads and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the controversial Town Belt trial, spending ratepayer's money on roads, and Trump's thoughts on utilitarianism.
At university, dare to be wise in a fragile world
At university, dare to be wise in a fragile world
Education is about more than a degree, Graham Redding writes.
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Lenglen overcomes Wills
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Lenglen overcomes Wills
Cannes, February 16 (received February 17, at 5.5pm): The score in the match between Mademoiselle Lenglen and Miss Helen Wills was 6-3, 8-6, in favour of the former.
We must make women's safety paramount
We must make women's safety paramount
Current laws to protect women are inadequate, Christopher Horan writes.
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Go with the Flo
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Go with the Flo
While for most of Dunedin the usual post-holiday routines of work and school are now back in full swing, in the north end of town the work year is just starting.
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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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Patearoa experts may have found perfect All Blacks coach
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Patearoa experts may have found perfect All Blacks coach
The talk got round to rugby coaches and, of course, everyone was an expert.
Arsenic, cyanide and the science
Arsenic, cyanide and the science
People need to understand the fundamentals of modern mining, Santana Minerals Ltd chief executive Damian Spring writes. The loudest voices against the Bendigo...
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Awards to Guides for brave act
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Awards to Guides for brave act
Jean Jones and Jean Sanders, of the Port Nelson Girl Guides Company, who last year saved a lady from drowning in the Motueka River, have each been awarded a silver medal.