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Otherwise not fine nor dandy
As the people of the Wairarapa and Wellington continue to clean up after the latest southerly storm, sage words on the frequency of damaging weather in New Zealand come to mind.
Editorial
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Reading the riot Act
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Reading the riot Act
Most of us could do with losing some weight, but Act New Zealand wants the country’s government to undergo gastric bypass surgery.
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Earthquake horror
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Earthquake horror
People desperately scrabbling through rubble with their bare hands to find loved ones in the aftermath of an earthquake never gets any easier to watch.
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Editorial: A strange type of progress
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Editorial: A strange type of progress
The highly contentious Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill now going through Parliament has some parallels with an earlier piece of unpopular coalition work.
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Cold fury over hot rates rises
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Cold fury over hot rates rises
It was icy cold in Oamaru yesterday but the indignation was red hot as Waitaki District Council ratepayers rallied to protest the amount that their rates are set to rise by.
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Losing the PR battle
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Losing the PR battle
As the saying goes, explaining is losing.
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Downing St kitchen gets too hot
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Downing St kitchen gets too hot
When, not if, was always going to be the case with the resignation of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, which finally came in an emotional statement on Monday morning UK time.
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Thinking about tomorrow
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Thinking about tomorrow
If anyone had any doubts that National is worried about potentially losing votes to New Zealand First in this year’s election, National’s first big campaign pledge should have dispelled that.
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Culture shock
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Culture shock
Health Minister Simeon Brown’s decision not to reappoint two senior members of the Medical Council because of the organisation’s supposed agenda seems designed to create a furore.
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Tread softly with South Dunedin
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Tread softly with South Dunedin
Home is where the heart is, we’re told.
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The virtue of working together
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The virtue of working together
For those who cynically suggest that our politicians cannot work together on anything, Parliament this week offered evidence to the contrary in the form of the government’s response to the National...
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Immigration IT debacle
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Immigration IT debacle
The latest scandal involving a multimillion-dollar public spend on dud information technology involves questions which extend well beyond those immediately involved.
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What was all that about?
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What was all that about?
Given the obfuscations, denials and contradictory statements which have dogged the lead-up to this moment, we would not bet the farm on it, but it appears that peace might finally be about to break...
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Taking on the world
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Taking on the world
The world’s biggest sporting event is now well and truly under way, and New Zealand is poised to take to its stage today.
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Wakari ward 10a fiasco
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Wakari ward 10a fiasco
The latest sorry chapter in the saga of inaction to address the appalling state of Wakari Hospital’s ward 10a is mystifying.
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Otago eclipse of the heart
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Otago eclipse of the heart
Once in a lifetime, or far, far, less, comes something which not only does wonders for the soul but provides a great opportunity to boost a region’s profile and its income.
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A good week or a bad one?
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A good week or a bad one?
This was meant to be a good week for the Labour Party.
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AI needs scrutiny
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AI needs scrutiny
If the government wants to convince us using artificial intelligence is the best thing since that other great innovation, sliced bread, it has much work to do.
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A dinosaur worth preserving
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A dinosaur worth preserving
Dinosaurs disappeared from most places millions of years ago, but one green, pink and blue example has survived in a St Kilda park.
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Stay close in times of trouble
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Stay close in times of trouble
For an army which has been ‘‘virtually decapitated”, to quote United States President Donald Trump, Iran’s defence forces still seem to have plenty of life in them.