The importance of setting the agenda
The importance of setting the agenda
Setting the agenda sets the programme of work, Rob Hamlin writes.
Opinion
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People are of national significance
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People are of national significance
Firstly, some good news — a rare thing worth celebrating when it comes to the growing problem of homelessness in New Zealand.
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Stitch in time not to be sneezed at
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Stitch in time not to be sneezed at
It was hardly the most momentous news from Parliament, but disappointing nonetheless.
The secret diary of ... Brian Tamaki
The secret diary of ... Brian Tamaki
By Steve Braunias
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A plate of roast rat please, with plenty of tomato sauce
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A plate of roast rat please, with plenty of tomato sauce
Copperfields, the cafe inside the Beehive, offers a tasty range of treats for those who work within the parliamentary complex.
In living memory
In living memory
A -9°C frost did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of young rugby players taking part in a June 1986 seminar organised by the Cromwell junior coaching clinic.
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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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Gravel roads built to last
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Gravel roads built to last
The macadam road is named after the developer of this type of road in Great Britain, John L. McAdam.
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The putting it right counts
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The putting it right counts
Everyone makes mistakes: it is what one does next which matters.
Dam proposal deeply dismaying
Dam proposal deeply dismaying
Central Otago does not need another expansive mudflat Sir Grahame Sydney writes.
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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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Ancient rituals of Lyttelton’s winter solstice
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Ancient rituals of Lyttelton’s winter solstice
Woohoo, do you feel it? Has your burden lightened a little, your spine straightened?
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Dunedin citizens on honours list
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Dunedin citizens on honours list
Wellington, July 2: The Governor-General announces that his Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Birthday Honours list, to confer distinctions on the following...
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GP funding package
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GP funding package
The promised shake-up of funding for general practice has taken years but is still not pleasing everybody.
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Venezuela: things could change
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Venezuela: things could change
Bad things happen, and some of them are nobody’s fault.
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Playing catch-up and connecting with home as uni takes a break
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Playing catch-up and connecting with home as uni takes a break
The first few weeks of uni break have passed by, playing a game of catch-up.
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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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Brothers buy home for school
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Brothers buy home for school
The Redcastle homestead, a mile or two to the north of Oamaru, has been acquired by the Christian Brothers as a boarding and day school for the diocese of Otago and Southland. It is understood that...
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Otherwise not fine nor dandy
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Otherwise not fine nor dandy
As the people of the Wairarapa and Wellington continue to clean up after the latest southerly storm, sage words on the frequency of damaging weather in New Zealand come to mind.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo