Let experts apply evidence to the law when gauging mine bid
Let experts apply evidence to the law when gauging mine bid
Emotional intensity about mining is not evidence, Peter Williams writes.
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Reckless act, uncertain consequences
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Reckless act, uncertain consequences
When Donald Trump was bidding to return to the United States presidency he told followers on the campaign trail that their country would not be involved in any more foreign wars.
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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: Nitrates, mining and Trump
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Letters to the Editor: Nitrates, mining and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including nitrates in our drinking water, questions about Santana mine and Trump.
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Funds needed to shore up Butler’s Wall at Arrowtown
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Funds needed to shore up Butler’s Wall at Arrowtown
There's a race on to preserve part of Arrowtown’s heritage.
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Brigade over drills
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Brigade over drills
The forty-seventh annual meeting of the United Fire Brigades’ Association was concluded at the Central Fire Station.
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Child poverty persists
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Child poverty persists
The government will have to move beyond slogans if it is to convince anyone it is on the right track to reduce child poverty.
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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: wines, mines and monarchies
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Letters to the Editor: wines, mines and monarchies
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the economic and social costs of the wine industry, our distrust of mining, and disentangling a monarchy.
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Ukraine: Four years on and no end to war in sight
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Ukraine: Four years on and no end to war in sight
"Breathe deeply, calm down, and don’t go running to stock up on food and matches" President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians one month before the Russian tanks rolled across the border on...
Finding the time to stand and stare at the wonder of poetry
Finding the time to stand and stare at the wonder of poetry
There is enduring value in poetry, Joss Miller writes.
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Seafarer drowned; another missing
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Seafarer drowned; another missing
Auckland, March 1: It was reported from Te Paki station that this morning a wreck resulting in the loss of life had occurred a few miles from Cape Maria Van Diemen, when the schooner-rigged steamer...
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Conscience matters on booze sales
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Conscience matters on booze sales
It is not often that Miles Anderson and Rachel Brooking vote the same way on something. Or Scott Willis and Penny Simmonds for that matter.
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An authentic tourism experience
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An authentic tourism experience
You only get one chance to make a first impression, so one wonders what the reaction of visitors to Dunedin is when their initial exposure is a trip down Castle St.
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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, new councillor, English and history
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Letters to the Editor, new councillor, English and history
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including new councillor, the English language and reporting history.
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The secret diary of ... Chris Hipkins being boring
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The secret diary of ... Chris Hipkins being boring
It was nice to see Simon Bridges today at the Auckland Chamber of Commerce where I gave my State of the Nation address.
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Disgrace won’t bring down the Old Firm
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Disgrace won’t bring down the Old Firm
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s behaviour has inevitably raised questions about the monarchy’s future.
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Quickstep honours to Auckland
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Quickstep honours to Auckland
Quickstep Day of the New Zealand Band Championships on Saturday was ushered in with a steady and continuous downpour of rain which lasted with only brief interruptions throughout the day, and...
People we have come to know
People we have come to know
Neville Chamberlain, Britain’s Prime Minister in the lead up to World War 2, once infamously said of Czechoslovakia ‘‘how horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches...