Ian Taylor: Politicians bicker while climate change wreaks havoc
At the recent Climate Change and Business Conference in Auckland, five politicians sat on stage to discuss the question “Can we secure a cross-party approach to climate adaptation?”
Opinion
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Protecting hoiho the right move
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Protecting hoiho the right move
They are one of New Zealand’s most distinctive birds, a grumpy beauty whose continued survival is a struggle against multiple threats, many of them caused by humans.
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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: election candidates and heritage
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Letters to the Editor: election candidates and heritage
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including opinions from candidates in the upcoming local body elections, and heritage matters in Lawrence.
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Showing immense respect and incoherent thinking
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Showing immense respect and incoherent thinking
Hooray for Stuart Nash.
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Doctor’s pride and joy
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Doctor’s pride and joy
Dr Moody spends most of his spare time cruising about the harbour in his fine launch Queen of Beauty.
Death is not the cost of freedom of speech
Death is not the cost of freedom of speech
Words are not violence but violence is, Jillaine Heather writes.
A nimby talking rubbish about what should be in her backyard
A nimby talking rubbish about what should be in her backyard
I have had a lot of roles over the years, but the one that’s taught me the most is being a so-called "nimby".
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Forsooth! A lament for an old-time eccentric journalist
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Forsooth! A lament for an old-time eccentric journalist
It is a long time since I worked in a newsroom and I suspect today’s journalists work harder and have little time for arguing the merits of the Oxford comma, but in the old days there was room for...
Mahsa Amini symbol of wider issue
Mahsa Amini symbol of wider issue
Ending violence against women is the fight of our times, Aida Tavassoli writes.
We must say no to this new, industrial-sized gold fever
We must say no to this new, industrial-sized gold fever
Although he is a descendant of Otago miners, Russell Tregonning is left cold by plans for new pits.
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Turning down the temperature
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Turning down the temperature
A week ago the name Charlie Kirk would have meant little to many New Zealanders.
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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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Highway network grows
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Highway network grows
In his Public Works Statement, laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday, the Hon J.G. Coates says the expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 1925 exceeded that of the previous year, which represented a record for this branch of the department’s activities.
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NCEA consensus needed
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NCEA consensus needed
Education Minister Erica Stanford has much work to do to avoid proposed changes to secondary school qualifications and curriculums pitting rich and poor schools against each other.
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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: heritage, politics and the space race
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Letters to the Editor: heritage, politics and the space race
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the authority of the Southern Heritage Trust, a political movement for idiots, and taking humans to Mars.
Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants
Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants
Be careful of what you wish for, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
Paris, September 13.
Technical details of law lack compassion
Technical details of law lack compassion
Proposed changes to the End of Life Choice Act are about love, compassion and dignity, Todd Stephenson says.