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Letters to Editor: Anti-mine lunch and not just a gallery

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Letters to Editor: Anti-mine lunch and not just a gallery

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Central Otago's anti-mine fundraiser, animal cruelty adverts and Oamaru's Grainstore Gallery.

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Stamping out modern slavery

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Stamping out modern slavery

Yesterday, Parliament provided a moment for those who wish our politicians would just get along and achieve something.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Fulfilling the mission of universities

The future of universities and research: light or gloom? PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

Fulfilling the mission of universities

Politicians need to set out their plans for tertiary education, Grant Robertson writes.

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As of Tuesday, Walter Kirn is no longer my kind of boomer

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As of Tuesday, Walter Kirn is no longer my kind of boomer

Walter Kirn is six years younger than me, but that still makes him a boomer. And, right up until this week, Walter Kirn was my kind of boomer.

The exploitation of young lawyers: a warning to vulnerable law students

Being admitted to the bar is one thing, but what comes next? PHOTO: ODT FILES

The exploitation of young lawyers: a warning to vulnerable law students

Young lawyers are being exploited, Bruce Curtis writes.

Eponymous

The Water of Leith at Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin. Otago Witness, 23.2.1926

Eponymous

Once upon a time, when attending an Imperial Conference, Sir Joseph Ward after London visited Edinburgh. Possibly they gave him a civic reception.

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Off-peak savings

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Off-peak savings

Shifting more of our electricity use to off-peak times to save up to $3 billion sounds great but how that might be achieved is not clear.

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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, chess and heritage

Check or checkmate? Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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Letters to the Editor: mining, chess and heritage

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the Santana goldmine in the Bendigo Hills, South Dunedin's game of chess, and taking pride in our heritage.

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Sweeping away bovine misconceptions

Cow tools with Veronika the wonder beast. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Sweeping away bovine misconceptions

Witgar Wiegele is a baker in the Austrian alps.

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The importance of shelter

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The importance of shelter

The provision of shelter-trees and hedges for stock depasturing on grass is a most important aspect of farming.

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We might have crested ‘peak Trump’

Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, wowing the room at Davos. PHOTO: REUTERS

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We might have crested ‘peak Trump’

It is too early to be sure, but it seems likely that we have just seen "peak Trump".

NZ honours system riddled with errors

It is time to get New Zealand's honours right, Gregor Macaulay writes.

Josie: Let’s have a debate about Santana proposal

The Santana Rise & Shine discovery Bendigo. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Josie: Let’s have a debate about Santana proposal

Sir Ian Taylor invites NZ Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal to a debate.

There’s good news and bad news about the Resource Management Act

Pine trees, the legacy of the Resource Management Act. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

There’s good news and bad news about the Resource Management Act

The Resource Management Act is going but its problems are not fixed yet, Gerrard Eckhoff reports.

Standing still on scientific research using animals not a viable option

Standing still on scientific research using animals not a viable option

New Zealand’s record animal science numbers hide a bigger problem, Tara Jackson writes.

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States on the rocks, hold the Ice

Demonstrators carry signs condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near the site...

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States on the rocks, hold the Ice

From 14,000km away, the brutal events unfolding in the United States’ Midwest have an air of unreality about them, like so many things in Donald Trump’s America.

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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: war, mining and Trump

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Letters to the Editor: war, mining and Trump

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including whether displaying fighter planes emboldens the US, Santana's gold mine, and Trump's supreme ignorance.

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