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No plan for the Middle East, free fall beckons

The questionable Gaza ceasefire. PHOTO: REUTERS

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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

The swings and roundabouts of seasonal affective disorder. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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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

Chaff — prime oaten sheaf is in keen demand.

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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

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: CGT, power and Palestine

A wild goat in Gorge Rd, Queenstown. PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH

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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

An intimate dinner party at the Apec conference in South Korea, featuring US President Donald...

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The secret diary of . . . The Trump-Luxon dinner

By Steve Braunias

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

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

Mark Patterson. File photo: Francine Keach

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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?

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

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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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

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