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Minding the sheep
A year on from shocking allegations of sheep mistreatment in some shearing sheds, the government announcement of an animal welfare education programme is not enough to allay animal rights advocates’ concerns.
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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Peace on Earth? Democracy reigns everywhere?
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Peace on Earth? Democracy reigns everywhere?
Democracy is in retreat or at least on the defensive almost everywhere, while wars are getting bigger and more frequent. The trend lines are frighteningly bad.
Is the Bendigo mine a disaster in the making for the region?
Is the Bendigo mine a disaster in the making for the region?
Some things are best left in the ground, Terry Thomas writes.
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Sarcophagus of value
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Sarcophagus of value
Cairo, January 3: Eight men were required to carry the golden coffin and royal mask of Tutankhamen, which was brought here from Luxor, and is now in the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo.
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Patient portal privacy
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Patient portal privacy
It is easy to understand why we want to have control over who has access to our health information.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Shaun Yeo's best of 2025.
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Letters to the Editor: birdsongs and balderdash
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Letters to the Editor: birdsongs and balderdash
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including plans to close the Town Belt to vehicle traffic, and to suggest that protests against genocide are antisemitic.
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Those getting stuff done, or needing to get more stuff done
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Those getting stuff done, or needing to get more stuff done
Although everyone else does "Politician of the year", at Southern Say we eschew such tawdry baubles.
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The secret diary of . . . New Year's resolutions
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The secret diary of . . . New Year's resolutions
By Steve Braunias
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Flooding in Netherlands
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Flooding in Netherlands
Amsterdam, January 2 (Received Jan 3, at 5.5pm): A dyke on the Meuse, near Cuyck, collapsed, torrents of water rushing into the eastern part of the province.
In living memory
In living memory
Forty-one members of the Hāwea-Wānaka Pony Club were pictured heading along the main highway above Lake Hāwea in January 1986.
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Making our New Year’s resolutions achievable
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Making our New Year’s resolutions achievable
How many New Year’s resolutions have already fallen over?
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Is a new normal OK for road toll?
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Is a new normal OK for road toll?
A new year means a fresh start for many, but for others — the media being no exception — it means a reheating of the same old same old.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Shaun Yeo's best of 2025.
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A great display of pyrotechnics
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A great display of pyrotechnics
It is many years since Dunedin people have been offered anything ambitious in the way of a fireworks display and undoubtedly the promised £500 demonstration was one of the outstanding events at the...
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Hard year for many but New Zealand is not yet broken
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Hard year for many but New Zealand is not yet broken
It's just a speck in the sky at first but travelling at tremendous speed.
Not just peace enforcers needed
Not just peace enforcers needed
There are obvious questions about the Bondi massacre but they are not enough, Tony Martin writes.
The simple dots which simply mean an enormous amount to many
The simple dots which simply mean an enormous amount to many
Braille is an everyday language, not a specialist code, Andrea Midgen writes.
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Holding on to hope
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Holding on to hope
The countdown to any new year comes with mixed emotions.