Ring the bells and let a crack of light come in
Ring the bells and let a crack of light come in
Holocaust Day was personal: now even more so, Leora Hirsh writes.
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Progress needed on aged care
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Progress needed on aged care
Recent reports of Dunedin dementia patients being sent to Invercargill and Christchurch highlight, again, our poor planning for geriatric care.
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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: trains, skies and fishing
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Letters to the Editor: trains, skies and fishing
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the economic realities of rail, the desecration of Dunedin's night sky, and in defence of the fishing industry.
Mining in our backyard governed by strict rules
Mining in our backyard governed by strict rules
Mining belongs on the fast-track, Josie Vidal writes.
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Otago plunks Wellington
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Otago plunks Wellington
Fine weather prevailed for the continuation of the Plunket Shield cricket match between Otago and Wellington at Carisbrook yesterday.
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The brilliance of Scotland’s bad bard
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The brilliance of Scotland’s bad bard
I have enormous respect for people who can write poetry.
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Blood spilled and everything will be back up in the air again
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Blood spilled and everything will be back up in the air again
In 1910, Henry Wilson, the British army officer charged with planning for a possible war with Germany, visited the French officer doing the same job in Paris, Ferdinand Foch.
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It’s climate change, stupid
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It’s climate change, stupid
As emergency services workers scrabble through sludge, as families and communities begin to mourn for those killed, as politicians dish out their words of comfort, we need to stop and ask — yet again — why such tragedies are happening.
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Letters to the Editor: tourism, mining and Trump
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Letters to the Editor: tourism, mining and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including struggles with tourist numbers, augmenting the holdings of billionaires, and a kinder view of Donald Trump.
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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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Pinch felt as postal service zones out
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Pinch felt as postal service zones out
Closing postal facilities — part and parcel of New Zealand Post’s strategy — ultimately costs communities more than it saves.
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The secret diary of... ordering fish and chips
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The secret diary of... ordering fish and chips
What do I want? I don’t really know.
In living memory
In living memory
Part of the large crowd on the second day of the Omakau races in January 1986.
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French visitor
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French visitor
An interesting arrival at Dunedin yesterday morning was the French sloop Cassiopee, which entered port at 6am and steamed to a berth at the Rattray street wharf shortly after 8am.
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GG launches Ross Home hospital
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GG launches Ross Home hospital
"I am sure that among the wonderful work which is done by the Presbyterian Church throughout New Zealand, and particularly in this part of the Dominion, no work appeals to me more as giving lasting...
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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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Dealing with delisting
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Dealing with delisting
There has been a lot of talk about New Zealand’s uncompetitive grocery sector and many a report written — but discernable results have been harder to spot.
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Gearing up for what could be a cloud dancer of a year
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Gearing up for what could be a cloud dancer of a year
The New Zealand political shenanigans, about which I will likely write many columns this year, have begun, albeit with a fizzle.
When guns are turned on the people
When guns are turned on the people
What does "humanitarian intervention" actually mean in practice, Reza writes.