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Transparency matters
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s shrugging off controversy over the mysterious disappearance of documents from his office is unconvincing.
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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The wiener things in life: schnitzel, spuds
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The wiener things in life: schnitzel, spuds
Many years ago two friends and I went to Spain.
Coastguard vital asset
Coastguard vital asset
There are not too many better places in the world than Lake Wakatipu on a calm summer evening.
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The curious absence of Iran’s nukes
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The curious absence of Iran’s nukes
Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned/retired/fired United States director of national intelligence, told Congress just two months ago that US intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not...
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Where the wilding pines grow
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Where the wilding pines grow
The broad and gorgeously sweeping Central Otago, Maniototo and Mackenzie Basin are austere landscapes emblematic of a time when the South Island’s southern half was less cluttered than today.
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Tragedy befalls whaler’s shipmates
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Tragedy befalls whaler’s shipmates
The Norwegians at present standing by the whale chasers undergoing repairs at Port Chalmers, were much concerned yesterday on receipt of news that several of their ex-shipmates had lost their lives...
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
Talking time with planet Earth’s doctor
Talking time with planet Earth’s doctor
As temperatures rise, time is fast running out for planet Earth, John Drummond writes.
Bigger might be better when it comes to local government
Bigger might be better when it comes to local government
Otago does not need the level of local governance it has, Trevor Goudie writes.
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Ducking whether to show your workings
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Ducking whether to show your workings
Veteran political journalists often bemoan this modern era of media training, where rather than giving authentic and honest answers to questions MPs and ministers instead issue a stream of waffle...
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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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Short rides in motorised trains
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Short rides in motorised trains
With the increased cost of labour, coal, and general running expenses, the Railway Department has for some time past been experimenting unobtrusively, with view to discovering what type of rail car...
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After 150 years, let us praise the survivors from 1876
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After 150 years, let us praise the survivors from 1876
In a country yet to celebrate its bicentennial reaching 150 years is not a bad effort and this year plenty of institutions are marking their 150th birthday.
New debt level clear fiscal danger
New debt level clear fiscal danger
The Local Government Funding Authority is now the final line of defence against the Dunedin City Council’s debt levels, Rob Hamlin writes.
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Moving too fast on Move-on
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Moving too fast on Move-on
The government’s determination to box on with the controversial Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill illustrates its arrogance and blinkered thinking on social issues.
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Home-made ministers
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Home-made ministers
More than 50 years ago the Presbyterian Church of Otago und Southland felt urgently the need of undertaking the training of its own men for the ministry, and took steps to make itself independent...
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
Minister Willis, now about your AI plans
Minister Willis, now about your AI plans
Sir Ian Taylor writes to Finance Minister Nicola Willis about her plans for the public service.
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Is phone-driven demographic collapse a good idea?
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Is phone-driven demographic collapse a good idea?
Smartphones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate.