Education needed on sex video consent
In an ideal world where teenagers were such sensible beings they always behaved more responsibly than their parents, there would be no risk of any of them sharing sexually explicit videos without...
Editorial
Watch the wily crocodile
Watch the wily crocodile
If it were anyone but Winston Peters re-emerging from the backwaters after his beating in last year’s election just about everyone would say he stood no chance next time.
Funeral cover fraught
Funeral cover fraught
People unconcerned about planning how to pay for their funeral, on the grounds they will be dead and therefore impervious to any criticism from family or friends, may not be sympathetic to 2300...
Lessons from Fiji’s Covid-19 outbreak
Lessons from Fiji’s Covid-19 outbreak
News on Thursday of a potential Covid-19 case on a nearby island sent minor shockwaves through a New Zealand conditioned by more than 100 days with no community transmission to believe that the...
America’s Cup line in the sand
America’s Cup line in the sand
There is no doubt the America’s Cup brings waves of pleasure to many New Zealanders.
Professionalism must be understood
Professionalism must be understood
University of Otago acting vice-chancellor Prof Helen Nicholson has been heartened the inquiry into the 2019 overseas holiday scam, involving some sixth-year medical students, found no grounds to...
Outstanding in their field
Outstanding in their field
It's that time of year when farmers are packing their gumboots and heading to the "Tron".
A proper dawn raids apology?
A proper dawn raids apology?
Former prime minister Helen Clark once described the “dawn raids” of the 1970s as “shameful”. Now, current leader Jacinda Ardern and Cabinet have decided it is time to put this country’s shame on...
Ministry must do better on parking
Ministry must do better on parking
If the vision for the new Dunedin Hospital includes asking people to walk several hundred metres to get there, politicians and bureaucrats need to have a rethink.
Approach means fewer fraud charges
Approach means fewer fraud charges
It is easy to have a knee-jerk reaction to news the Government is prosecuting 90% fewer people for benefit fraud than it did five years ago.
Inaia tonu nei — the time is now
Inaia tonu nei — the time is now
Our share of the work to head off calamitous planetary heating will take some doing, but it can be done and we know how to do it.
Kindness, forgiveness and redemption
Kindness, forgiveness and redemption
English cricketer Ollie Robinson is among the latest to be put in the modern equivalent of the stocks for social media sins from many years ago.
Hall’s well
Hall’s well
Sir Eion Edgar, as far as we are aware, was no great shakes on the sporting field in his younger days.
Prison reforms need to speed up
Prison reforms need to speed up
It is easy to understand Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier’s exasperation at the "glacial" pace of change in our prisons.
Pike River: finally letting go?
Pike River: finally letting go?
Surely, the time has come to move on from the tortuous and expensive attempts to excavate further into the Pike River mine.
Deeply honoured
Deeply honoured
They brought back Buck, they gave two Southern identities the ultimate accolade, and they honoured farmers, educators, intersex advocates and business leaders.
Patients need to be informed
Patients need to be informed
News that standards for sterility of surgical instruments were breached in five operations at Dunedin Hospital between March 31 last year and the end of January 2021 will be disquieting for anyone...
Making the best of wheelie bins
Making the best of wheelie bins
Dunedin’s planned kerbside waste collection system will struggle to meet its high-minded goals.
Questions over Smith departure
Questions over Smith departure
Long-serving National MP Nick Smith’s sudden departure is mired in unanswered questions.
That old Anzac spirit
That old Anzac spirit
Jacinda and Scott, together again.