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Yes, all that glistens is not always gold

Santana Minerals' base on Bendigo Loop Rd. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK

Yes, all that glistens is not always gold

There is other, better gold than gold itself in Otago, Jonathan West writes. Santana Minerals proposes a vast open-cast gold mine to cut through the Dunstan Mountains above the Clutha...

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Passenger service to Central

An ‘Aard’ service car operated by Dunedin-Pembroke Motors encounters snow on the Crown Range. —...

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Passenger service to Central

Aard through passenger service, Central Otago and the Lakes: Dunedin, leave Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, for Pembroke, via Roxburgh.

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Te Pāti Māori MPs , Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke face ACT...

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they often do.

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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: elections, outrage and 1080

A free and fair election? PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Letters to the Editor: elections, outrage and 1080

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including public faith in integrity of elections, the outrage cycle in Gaza, and Doc's 1080 operation in Stewart Island.

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The secret diary of . . . Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern before she set off overseas. Photo: Getty Images

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The secret diary of . . . Jacinda Ardern

By Steve Braunias

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Highway bosses may look at South

An awkward moment on the Kawarau Gorge road between Arrowtown and Gibbston (future SH6) as cars...

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Highway bosses may look at South

The South Island Motor Union recently wrote to Mr M.H. Wynyard, motorists’ representative on the Main Highways Board, suggesting that he should make a tour of the South Island.

Within living memory

Within living memory

Pictured outside his Caversham fruitshop is Mr David Shum, who was presented with the 1984 prize for the best display of fresh fruit and vegetables at a Retail...

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To infinity and beyond with a possum and sweet chilli sauce

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

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To infinity and beyond with a possum and sweet chilli sauce

One of the things MPs like most about the Budget debate is that it enables them to speak about almost anything so long as it can (sometimes very loosely) be linked back to the Budget.

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Judging on graft and careening while LOL

Logan Park High School. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Judging on graft and careening while LOL

Civis is intrigued by ethical dilemmas, such as those faced by Logan Park High School and the "misappropriated" $365,000 (including GST and associated costs).

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‘Just let them do it’ an ideological attack on regulations

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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‘Just let them do it’ an ideological attack on regulations

For a Bill set to transform New Zealand into a libertarian nightmare, it has an extremely boring name.

A voice for Freddy and his mates

A rare New Zealand native, an Archey’s frog. PHOTO: ODT FILES

A voice for Freddy and his mates

As New Zealand confronts climate change it should consider granting legal rights for other living creatures affected by it, Alan McCulloch writes.

There is a long way to go on fitting religion into this secular New Zealand

There is a long way to go on fitting religion into this secular New Zealand

Ron Adams asks how the relation between faith and reason plays out.

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Growth and the environment

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Growth and the environment

As if we needed reminding.

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Cartoonist's view — YeoToday's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Cartoonist's view — YeoToday's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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New life for British youths

Young British men gather with New Zealand high commissioner Sir James Allen (centre) at Waterloo...

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New life for British youths

Some 320 assisted settlers are travelling to New Zealand by the SS Corinthic.

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The lessons waiting to be learned

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The lessons waiting to be learned

One of the cliches of tragedy is the hope that some good will come from it.

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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: Q'town, voters, and clothing

Heavy traffic on Kawarau Rd, State Highway 6, between Queenstown Airport and the Frankton...

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Letters to the Editor: Q'town, voters, and clothing

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Queenstown's infrastructure woes, the intelligence of voters, and powerful people dressing like dorks.

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Tree won’t win any poplar’arity contests

The humble poplar. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Tree won’t win any poplar’arity contests

Poplar. It’s not much of a name for a tree. It sounds cheap and insubstantial - poplar music, poplar taste.

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