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Health targets miss bullseye
With election year looming, the government has some way to go to convince voters our creaking public health system has turned a corner.
Opinion
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Shaun Yeo's best of 2025.
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Letters to the Editor: mining, climate and cycleways
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Letters to the Editor: mining, climate and cycleways
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And a very happy Hogmanay to you too
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And a very happy Hogmanay to you too
New Year’s Eve in the Balchin family household has never loomed particularly large.
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Putin, Trump deal in derzhavnost, gangland respect
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Putin, Trump deal in derzhavnost, gangland respect
The Russian word "derzhavnost" is usually translated as "great power status", but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of "respect".
How lawyers turn routine legal work into a luxury few can afford
How lawyers turn routine legal work into a luxury few can afford
High charges for routine legal work are a barrier to justice, Bruce Curtis writes.
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Whalers where they wanted to be
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Whalers where they wanted to be
The Ross Sea whaling fleet has succeeded in getting through into clear water after a period of 38 days in the pack.
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The secret diary of... 2025
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The secret diary of... 2025
I was enjoying a boozy lunch the other day with a couple of similarly wizened journos who were likewise in their pomp last century.
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Adding up stray Xmas pounds and pennies
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Adding up stray Xmas pounds and pennies
It is easy to overlook a few stray dollars amid the seasonal splurge on Christmas gifts and Boxing Day sales.
In living memory
In living memory
The Glen, near Carisbrook, was hard hit by flooding after a deluge in late December 1985.
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A damnable drip-feeding of data
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A damnable drip-feeding of data
Like a ghastly dance of the seven veils, the United States Department of Justice has been slowly, painfully releasing the contents of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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You need to help the aged, ’cause one day you’ll be older too
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You need to help the aged, ’cause one day you’ll be older too
"Help the aged, don’t just put them in a home," Britpop band Pulp sang in one of their more unusual singles, Help The Aged.
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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: marine reserves, cycling and the Hyde Hotel
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Letters to the Editor: marine reserves, cycling and the Hyde Hotel
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including expanding Otago's marine reserves, closing Maori Rd to all but cyclists, and the historic Hyde Hotel.
Photos of the year: December 27
Photos of the year: December 27
Photos by Reuters
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Tourists fill buses, trams ...
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Tourists fill buses, trams ...
The city tram and bus services, recently so greatly enlarged and extended, have been taxed to the utmost during the past three days to meet the excessively heavy demands
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A welcome Christmas cracker
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A welcome Christmas cracker
Let credit be given where credit is due.
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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: Too many MPs?, cultural bonds, hydro spills
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Letters to the Editor: Too many MPs?, cultural bonds, hydro spills
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including size of Parliament, cultural bonds and hydro spills.
Live long and prosper: learn economics from ‘Star Trek’
Live long and prosper: learn economics from ‘Star Trek’
Economic choices are logical in the 23rd century, John Hawkins and Tesfaye Gebremedhin write.