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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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Momona cheese makes judges smile

Cheeses on display at the Otago A and P Society winter show, in Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 9.6.1925

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Momona cheese makes judges smile

The Otago Winter Show was continued yesterday, and there was a good attendance throughout the day and evening.

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Our last hope — geoengineering?

Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who sued a German energy firm arguing that the company’s...

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Our last hope — geoengineering?

This is the second anniversary of the arrival of the emergency but practically nobody is mentioning it.

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What is the future for the Waitangi Tribunal?

The Waitangi Tribunal panel hearing the Ngāpuhi Waitangi Treaty Claim at Waitangi in 2010. PHOTO:...

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What is the future for the Waitangi Tribunal?

Now that the Treaty Principles Bill has been consigned to the bin some who want to keep up the conversation about sovereignty and rangatiratanga (Māori self-determination), are refocusing on the...

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World closing down — when it reopens is anyone’s guess

Los Angeles Airport. Photo: Getty Images

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World closing down — when it reopens is anyone’s guess

Straws in the wind: recently I ran across a post by the chief executive of a nationwide professional association in Canada.

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Halfway down ‘Dickhead’ Road

Leader of the House Chris Bishop. Photo: ODT files

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Halfway down ‘Dickhead’ Road

When was the last time you really, truly respected one of our politicians?

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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: the hospital, rubbish and Parliament

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Letters to the Editor: the hospital, rubbish and Parliament

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including so much for our "kick-arse" hospital, passing a cleanup to another generation, and the dignity of Parliament.

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Dancing of unusual merit

Norma Douglas, of Oamaru, winner of sword dance, Irish jig and Austin memorial cup at the Dunedin...

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Dancing of unusual merit

The championship competitions of the Otago Centre of the Piping and Dancing Association of New Zealand were continued yesterday morning and afternoon.

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