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Letters to the Editor: Land sale, contract traps and airport plans

The Albertson Ave Kāinga Ora section in Port Chalmers that is for sale. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Letters to the Editor: Land sale, contract traps and airport plans

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the sale of social housing land, retirement home contracts and Wanaka airport plan.

DCC must extend some benevolence to flood victims

South Dunedin resident Marion McManus watches as builder Ken Close lifts the floorboards in her...

DCC must extend some benevolence to flood victims

The flood-prone need help to do the right thing, Julian Doorey writes.

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The Yank on the Spit - an entrepreneur at Waikouaiti

Coming ashore from the Geelong at Waikouaiti in 1863. PHOTO: WAIKOUAITI COAST HERITAGE CENTRE

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The Yank on the Spit - an entrepreneur at Waikouaiti

They treasure their past in Waikouaiti.

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California-Hawaii air attempt

US Navy seaplane PN-9 No 3, commanded by Lt Alan Snody, part of the attempt to fly non-stop to...

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California-Hawaii air attempt

San Francisco, August 31: Two of the navy aeroplanes left on the flight to Hawaii at 2.42pm to-day. The forecast is for favourable weather, with 10 to 20-mile winds from the northeast. The planes...

Russia’s future bleak and weak

Russia’s strength is nostalgic, not actual. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russia’s future bleak and weak

Cold war nostalgia fuels Russia, Ian Fletcher and Ian Baharie write.

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Helping alcohol sales

NZ Alcohol Law states that it is illegal to supply alcohol to someone under the age of 18 years...

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Helping alcohol sales

We have become so used to weasel words about alcohol reform from successive governments, they glide over our palates like a smooth single malt.

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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: supermarkets, defence and the homeless

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Letters to the Editor: supermarkets, defence and the homeless

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including competitiveness within the supermarket industry, beefing up our defence system, and caring for the homeless.

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Is it possible that AI could outsmart humans?

An AI-taught classroom. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES

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Is it possible that AI could outsmart humans?

Some people fear that one day we will wake up and discover that artificial intelligence (AI) has gone rogue and taken over the world, enslaving humans to its wishes.

Let the sun shine down on income inequality propositions

Solar panels on suburban house roofs in Melbourne, Australia. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Let the sun shine down on income inequality propositions

Addressing economic equality can address climate inequality, John Drummond writes.

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Talking Greenland, Ukraine and all that

French President Emmanuel Macron, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime...

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Talking Greenland, Ukraine and all that

Last Wednesday the Danish foreign minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen to his office to complain that the United States is running a covert operation in...

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Homes moved for highway

A wooden terrace of 16 houses in Harrow St, Dunedin, being demolished to make way for the new...

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Homes moved for highway

Work in connection with the main highway is proceeding apace.

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Death a wake-up call for NZ Rugby

Shane Christie in 2021. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Death a wake-up call for NZ Rugby

Thirty-nine is way too young to die.

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Letters to Editor: Albany St, booze, te reo

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Letters to Editor: Albany St, booze, te reo

Today's letters to the editor include discussion about the ditching of the Albany St parking removals, new booze-related regulations, and the usage of te reo.

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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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Still fighting, in the electorate and the supermarket aisles

Veteran Labour MP Damien O'Connor. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Still fighting, in the electorate and the supermarket aisles

As you may have noted earlier in today’s newspaper Dunedin is now blessed to have another local MP.

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Deserved win for NSW

The Otago-Southland combined rugby team who played visitors New South Wales. — Otago Witness, 8.9...

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Deserved win for NSW

The match between an Otago-Southland team and New South Wales was played at Carisbrook on Saturday in dull weather before an attendance of about 7000 persons.

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