Everything is awesome. Or not.
A sure sign of the political year beginning is party leaders arising from their holiday slumbers to deliver that hardy annual, the "state of the nation" address.
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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Times are tough, so let’s have more entertaining politicians
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Times are tough, so let’s have more entertaining politicians
What a dull lot our present MPs are.
Chris — about this Bendigo mine
Chris — about this Bendigo mine
An open letter from Sir Ian Taylor to RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop regarding the Bendigo mine proposal.
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World’s largest dam opened
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World’s largest dam opened
January 18: The Khartoum streets were beflagged and large crowds assembled to meet Lord and Lady Lloyd when the British High Commissioner in Egypt formally opened the Makwar Dam, the gigantic...
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Reform like pulling teeth
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Reform like pulling teeth
With our public health system facing problems in every direction, it is hard to tell how bold our politicians may be on the campaign trail when it comes to oral health.
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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, heritage and Trump
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Letters to the Editor: mining, heritage and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including mining companies' search for more wealth, threatening our city's heritage, and taking Trump seriously.
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Bombs alone will not help Iran protesters
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Bombs alone will not help Iran protesters
Any day now, the United States will "come to the rescue" of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities and American bombers will unleash "hell" on the minions of the theocratic regime — or not,...
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Animals killed for food
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Animals killed for food
To the editor: Sir, I sat at the SPCA conference the other day and listened to the discussions, and what struck me most forcibly was that in discussing means of slaughtering animals by a body of...
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The price of democracy
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The price of democracy
There's a cost to almost everything, as we know only too well.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
In living memory
In living memory
At nearly $200 a bottle in 1986, Chateau Petrus is a steal — if, like the Dunedin Winelovers Club, you have $2000 to splash around.
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Letters to the Editor: All Blacks, Wānaka and NZ Post
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Letters to the Editor: All Blacks, Wānaka and NZ Post
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Scott Robertson being sacked as the All Blacks coach, campervans in Wānaka, and closure of postal outlets.
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Scouts attend knee drill
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Scouts attend knee drill
Yesterday a church parade was held on the Oval, at which about 1000 Sea and Boy Scouts were present.
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The secret diary of... secret horoscopes
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The secret diary of... secret horoscopes
2026 is the Year of the Horse, and the trick for many of us will be to learn to ride it or risk it riding you good and proper.
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Outraged by horrific killing in Minneapolis
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Outraged by horrific killing in Minneapolis
Our eyes or, more accurately, our brains easily deceive us.
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The wisdom of silence
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The wisdom of silence
Less than two months after starting her new role, Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman has already found herself at the centre of controversy.
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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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Milford remains inviolate
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Milford remains inviolate
A few months ago there was a vigorous local discussion over a proposal to establish works at Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, for the extraction of nitrates from the air.