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Auckland bus crash

Fatal bus accident at Epsom, Auckland: the bus struck a telegraph pole, killing bus passenger...

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Auckland bus crash

Auckland, May 17: A young woman was killed this morning when a fully-laden motor bus, which was travelling from Onehunga to Auckland, struck a telegraph pole in Manukau road at half-past eight.

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Letters to the Editor: council, debt and furniture

From grad to owing many grand. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Letters to the Editor: council, debt and furniture

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Aaron Hawkins' failed by-election bid, the facts of intergenerational debt, and the tragedy of Dunedin Furniture.

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Our place in the world

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he does not agree with Mike King's controversial alcohol...

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Our place in the world

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon gave the first of what will likely be a series of pre-Budget speeches earlier this week.

Only fools and horses will predict the future

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Only fools and horses will predict the future

Ah, the perils of predictions. Civis was both right and wrong in forecasting the outcome of the Dunedin City Council by-election.

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The secret diary of ... opinion polls

Up, down, going nowhere or making no sense. GRAPHIC: GETTY IMAGES

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The secret diary of ... opinion polls

A new poll shows support for Christopher Luxon has plummeted beneath the crust of the Earth and is thought to be somewhere between the outer core and inner core.

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Shifting paradigms and protecting precious natural places

Rachel Brooking MP. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Shifting paradigms and protecting precious natural places

This week the government progressed a range of legislation which will preserve New Zealand’s species and environments for generations to come.

In living memory

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In living memory

The close harmony of members of the sextet found approval by Geoff Pope playing Jack in the OUSA May 1986 Capping Show Jack and the Beanstalk which opened at the...

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The great corporate climate escape

Mike Smith. Photo: Johnny Blades / VNP

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The great corporate climate escape

That classic horror trope of “don’t look behind you” can be taken out of the B-film environment and dropped unobtrusively into our current reality.

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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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Māori population

Wāhine Māori process kauri gum at Waipapakauri, Northland. — Otago Witness, 16.3.1926

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Māori population

Preliminary figures for the Maori census show an increase in the Native population of over 2000.

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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, challenging opinions, quake science

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Letters to the Editor: Mining, challenging opinions, quake science

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including mining, challenging opinions and studying the Akatore Fault.

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No failure, the fees-free scheme achieved many good things

University, becoming a full fee destination. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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No failure, the fees-free scheme achieved many good things

The National-led coalition government has confirmed it will scrap the fees-free tertiary education scheme.

As new wars proliferate, relevant to remember those who refuse to fight

The Archibald Baxter National Memorial. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

As new wars proliferate, relevant to remember those who refuse to fight

A message from Kevin Clements on International Conscientious Objectors Day.

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While one war is paused, another one is rumbling along

A collapsed building following an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik....

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While one war is paused, another one is rumbling along

There are really two wars in the Middle East, and only one of them is paused.

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Big lifting job on waterfront

A 17-ton railway sleeping carriage is lifted on board the Waihemo after being on display at the...

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Big lifting job on waterfront

A railway sleeping car was safely shipped on board the Waihemo yesterday morning.

Digging in the dirt and sailing on the seas provide lessons in faith

Knowing nothing about sailing ships is no barrier to learning from them. PHOTO: REUTERS

Digging in the dirt and sailing on the seas provide lessons in faith

Katie Marcar considers lessons on faith from Master and Commander.

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Letters to Editor: Uni fees, councils and a visit from Trump

Students at the University of Otago campus. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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Letters to Editor: Uni fees, councils and a visit from Trump

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including scrapping of fees free, reorganising councils and the day Trump came to town.

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Paediatric care delays concerning

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Paediatric care delays concerning

A parent knows there is something wrong with their child.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo