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Showing the ultimate disrespect
University students, like most young people, can be forgiven displays of exuberance or waywardness, particularly when the antics are harmless and just a little edgy or offensive.
Editorial
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Harris rises to the occasion
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Harris rises to the occasion
Democrats will be hugely relieved after Wednesday’s United States presidential election face-off.
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Jarring juxtaposition
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Jarring juxtaposition
It is hard to reconcile the many fine and heartfelt words over more than a week praising the kotahitanga message of the late Kiingi Tūheitia with the prospect of months of division over Act New...
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Moving the climate goalposts
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Moving the climate goalposts
Remember as a child when you wanted to be able to reach the end of the rainbow?
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A tragic cautionary tale
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A tragic cautionary tale
Venezuela starkly demonstrates the truth that the quality of government is paramount.
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Reform needs political will
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Reform needs political will
Supermarket reform so far resembles a packet of soggy cereal past its best before date.
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The truck stops with Mr Brown
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The truck stops with Mr Brown
It could be the start of a bad joke, if it wasn’t for real.
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Paying more to come to NZ
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Paying more to come to NZ
The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy has certainly risen sharply; from $35 to $100. It was only introduced in 2019.
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Stop hospital plan changes
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Stop hospital plan changes
If the coalition government wants southern people to believe it is serious about addressing infrastructure deficits, it could stop mucking around over the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
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Crossing the line
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Crossing the line
Politicians are often accused of liking the sound of their voices too much and of getting carried away with their own importance.
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Combining southern councils
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Combining southern councils
The optimism of those pushing for local government rationalisation in Southland and Otago is to be admired.
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Not in front of the neighbours
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Not in front of the neighbours
People can put on or subconsciously display different personas for different occasions.
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Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
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Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
The Māori King Tūheitia, who died yesterday, grew into a role he did not expect to get.
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Emotions win elections
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Emotions win elections
Emotions are the key to winning elections because we are emotional creatures. However strongly we believe in reason, the heart rules us more than the head.
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Changing tack on the fast track
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Changing tack on the fast track
There has been both praise and criticism for Cabinet’s proposed changes to the controversial fast-track legislation announced this week.
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The electricity generation game
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The electricity generation game
All across the nation’s spa pools, electric-vehicle chargers, clothes-driers and heated towel rails, the cry goes up: not another power crisis, they yell.
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Ko back in command
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Ko back in command
Cool Lydia Ko can certainly convert clutch plays with her class and composure.
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Fair policing matters
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Fair policing matters
Those who have been following years of criticism over aspects of policing will not have been shocked at last week’s revelations from the Understanding Policing Delivery project.
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
Do as I say, not do as I do.
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Banking on bank competition
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Banking on bank competition
They huff and they puff, but they do not blow the house down.