Shuffling a fresh deck
A cabinet reshuffle close to an election is a delicate and dangerous undertaking: do it right and it can reshape an executive so it looks ready for the challenges ahead of polling day but do it...
Editorial
His people
His people
It is Easter.
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Looking beyond battle-weary Earth
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Looking beyond battle-weary Earth
On the cusp of a new era in space exploration, it is the perfect time to take stock of how things are on our own cosmically rather insignificant planet.
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The cost of war
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The cost of war
It is almost a month since the US and Israel started their still ongoing attack on Iran.
Poor process on policing Bill
Poor process on policing Bill
A truncated select committee process is not a good look for legislation which relates to police powers.
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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short
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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short
Not many hours go by these days without some sort of announcement on petrol and fuel stocks or alarm about the rising cost for Kiwis at the pump.
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Swords and ploughshares
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Swords and ploughshares
War and peace is usually the province of the University of Otago’s literature or history departments.
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Councillor Ong stays on
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Councillor Ong stays on
When you are a public figure, criticism comes with the job.
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$50 better than nowt?
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$50 better than nowt?
Word that the United States and Iran may have engaged in some form of discussion, albeit maybe not real negotiations, to end the war seems at first glance encouraging.
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The new game in town
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The new game in town
Welcome to the first ever game of the NZ20 cricket league.
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Baffling back-out
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Baffling back-out
There has been little fanfare about New Zealand’s decision to formally reject amendments to international health regulations (IHR) drawn up after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Out in the country
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Out in the country
For many in cities and towns the thought of escaping the traffic, the noise and the crowds and moving to the country is appealing.
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Diving in the shallow end
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Diving in the shallow end
One of the oldest truisms about politics is that no matter how hard things might become for those who have been elected to office, it is much, much harder for their families.
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Alcohol harm downplayed
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Alcohol harm downplayed
The press release headline about the latest attempt to tinker with the country’s alcohol laws highlights the lack of consideration of alcohol harm in the reform.
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Southland’s new harvest
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Southland’s new harvest
As autumn creeps in, the shadows lengthen and the morning dew settles more heavily, Southland’s harvest is in full swing.
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Pouring oil on troubled waters
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Pouring oil on troubled waters
New Zealand has plenty of fuel in storage and plenty more on the way, Finance Minister Nicola Willis stressed yesterday, in a briefing on the Gulf crisis.
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Flexible funding fallout
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Flexible funding fallout
If the government wants the public to see restoration of flexible disability support funding as a triumph, it must assume everyone is disabled by amnesia.
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Up, up and ... not so fast ...
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Up, up and ... not so fast ...
War is about geography and its advantages as much as about politics.
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Modern times afflict old local company
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Modern times afflict old local company
Business and sentiment seldom mix, hence the hard-headed — and arguably hard-hearted — decision by Heinz Wattie’s Ltd to propose closing the Forth St Gregg’s factory.
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Reflection time for Cr Ong
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Reflection time for Cr Ong
In the five short months since he was elected to the Dunedin City Council, Benedict Ong has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.