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Letters to the Editor: climate, gold and e-bikes

Truth and Parliament. Photo: Getty Images

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Letters to the Editor: climate, gold and e-bikes

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including prioritising climate over short-term thinking, the benefits of gold mining, and destroying the humble e-bike.

My message: laughter really is the best medicine

Sarah and Alex Ramsay having a right laugh. Photo: supplied

My message: laughter really is the best medicine

On December 16 I was sitting at my desk, 4.30pm, and having a right mozza.

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Mr A.H. Court’s launch Ruamano in the boat harbour, Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 9.2.1926

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Glistening white from stem to stern, her graceful, sweeping lines lending an added touch of charm as she rose to the ocean swell

Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers

Tūhura Otago Museum David Hutchinson warming up for his Cook Strait swim. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers

Museum directors should not have to swim marathons to keep the lights on, Ian Griffin writes.

Treaty could be best guide for communities towards resilience

Coming together at Ōtakou marae on Waitangi Day. Photo: ODT files

Treaty could be best guide for communities towards resilience

A better understanding of our past could help us build a more resilient future, Aaron Hawkins writes.

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Maturity and dispute resolution

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters watch proceedings...

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Maturity and dispute resolution

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday called the ongoing disagreement between his National Party and coalition partner New Zealand First over the proposed free trade agreement with India "a mature disagreement".

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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, mining, local services

A cyclist rides through the closed road on the corner of Preston Cres and Queens Dr. PHOTO: PETER...

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Letters to the Editor: Town Belt, mining, local services

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the Town Belt trial, mining and loss of local services lamented.

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A famous pub started life as a different pub altogether

Robert McLintock’s Ballarat Hotel (from 1931 the Vulcan) during the big snowfall of 1903. PHOTO:...

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A famous pub started life as a different pub altogether

Over summer the Vulcan Hotel at St Bathans has been busy — and rightly so, as it is one of the great goldfields pubs.

Canadian vision for middle powers

Not birds of a feather, Mark Carney and Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

Canadian vision for middle powers

Davos was a tale of two speeches, Richard Byrne writes.

A reality check of interim flood mitigation measures

A short-term flooding alleviation project under way. PHOTO STEPHEN JAQUIERY

A reality check of interim flood mitigation measures

Flood mitigation work in South Dunedin may not be all it is promoted to be, Neil Johnstone writes.

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Quartermaster-Sergeant Greenwood hauls down the Union Jack from the British general headquarters...

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Thousands of Germans packed the Cathedral Square at Cologne to witness the departure of the British troops.

An understated gem of the South — that’s Riverton

Riverton’s infamous bar across the Aparima Estuary mouth. PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES/OTAGO IMAGES

An understated gem of the South — that’s Riverton

If you’re looking for an affordable holiday destination for 2026 and one that also happens to be one of New Zealand’s best-kept secrets, then take my word for it. Visit Riverton.

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The Games have begun

The Edgar Centre will be the hub for this year's Masters Games. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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The Games have begun

The thousands gathered to compete in the two-yearly New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin will be hoping the weather smiles upon them over the next week.

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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: mining, inflation and Queens Dr

A closed Queens Dr. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Letters to the Editor: mining, inflation and Queens Dr

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the fast-tracked Santana mine, analysing the inflation rate, and wasting ratepayers' money on Queens Dr.

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Iran chaos poses question: do massacres work?

Iranians block a street during a protest in Tehran last month. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Iran chaos poses question: do massacres work?

After two weeks of silence about the mass slaughter of Iranian protesters on January 8 and 9, the partial restoration of internet services in the country is allowing the first plausible estimates...

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Going in to bat for good, well-paying jobs

New Zealand First list MP Mark Patterson (left) with Santana Minerals Ltd chief executive Damian...

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Going in to bat for good, well-paying jobs

The proposed Santana mine should be backed, Mark Patterson writes.

Town Belt roading trial nothing more than a cycleways grab

Dunedin City Council’s Town Belt trial disregards citizens’ rights, Richard Stedman writes.

Valuing what is special about Central landscape

The golden Central Otago landscape, like that depicted in artist Sir Grahame Sydney’s work ...

Valuing what is special about Central landscape

As soaring gold prices fuel fresh mining ambitions in Central Otago, concern is mounting that short-term economic gain could come at the cost of the region's defining "wow"...

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