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Alcohol harm downplayed
The press release headline about the latest attempt to tinker with the country’s alcohol laws highlights the lack of consideration of alcohol harm in the reform.
Opinion
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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: traffic, litter and stadium
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Letters to the Editor: traffic, litter and stadium
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including traffic management, a plea to clean up litter and Dunedin's stadium.
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Symbolism waiting for someone to find it
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Symbolism waiting for someone to find it
Signs and symbols, signs and symbols, which of us doesn’t love a sign or symbol?
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Burning US scientific credibility
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Burning US scientific credibility
In 1953, Ray Bradbury, an American writer, published a book entitled simply Fahrenheit 451.
When and where real rugby season starts
When and where real rugby season starts
You can tell the rugby season is getting close when the training lights flick back on across small town NZ, boots come out of the garage, and clubrooms slowly wake up from their summer sleep.
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Having a grand old time
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Having a grand old time
A white-haired old lady sat in her invalid’s chair in the Grand Court at the Exhibition listening intently to the music of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders’ Band.
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Southland’s new harvest
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Southland’s new harvest
As autumn creeps in, the shadows lengthen and the morning dew settles more heavily, Southland’s harvest is in full swing.
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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: mental health, poverty and salmon
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Letters to the Editor: mental health, poverty and salmon
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the cost of mental health care, the real complexity of poverty, and the ethics of killing fish to feed fish.
Middle East war: a crisis and opportunity for NZ?
Middle East war: a crisis and opportunity for NZ?
The Middle East conflict may open opportunities for New Zealand, Geoffrey Miller writes.
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Waiata, haka at expo
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Waiata, haka at expo
A special attraction in the Education Court last evening at the Exhibition was an enjoyable Native concert given by the Maori children of the Arowhenua School, Temuka.
In a battle of conservative parties, tax may be an opportunity
In a battle of conservative parties, tax may be an opportunity
The crux of this year’s election is likely to be tax, Harry Love writes.
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Letters to the Editor: homeless, data centre and stadium
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Letters to the Editor: homeless, data centre and stadium
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including support for homeless, Southland's AI datacentre and Dunedin's stadium.
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Pouring oil on troubled waters
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Pouring oil on troubled waters
New Zealand has plenty of fuel in storage and plenty more on the way, Finance Minister Nicola Willis stressed yesterday, in a briefing on the Gulf crisis.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
Whingeing about the stadium again solves nothing
Whingeing about the stadium again solves nothing
We need to make do the best we can with the stadium, Richard O’Mahony writes.
Still hope for this hoiho generation
Still hope for this hoiho generation
Preventing hoiho extinction needs intelligent tinkering, Philip Seddon and Yolanda van Heezik write.
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Intrepid tales of a rebel bikie and his troubles with the law
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Intrepid tales of a rebel bikie and his troubles with the law
Our caring government, never afraid to tackle the big issues, has legalised kids under 12 riding bicycles on the footpath, but for me this seismic shift in the legal landscape has come too late.
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Blame levelled at motorists
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Blame levelled at motorists
Level crossings do not present a problem that is peculiar to New Zealand.