Editorial

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    Let the panel do its work

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    Let the panel do its work

    The new year is only six weeks old and there is already little doubt what the big story for the South will be in 2026 — the potential fast-tracking of Santana Minerals proposal for a gold mine in...

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    The Games have begun

    The Edgar Centre will be the hub for this year's Masters Games. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    The Games have begun

    The thousands gathered to compete in the two-yearly New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin will be hoping the weather smiles upon them over the next week.

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    Off-peak savings

    Time to save. Photo: Getty Images

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    Off-peak savings

    Shifting more of our electricity use to off-peak times to save up to $3 billion sounds great but how that might be achieved is not clear.

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    It’s climate change, stupid

    The scene of destruction following the massive slip at the Beachside Holiday Park, Mauao, Mount...

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    It’s climate change, stupid

    As emergency services workers scrabble through sludge, as families and communities begin to mourn for those killed, as politicians dish out their words of comfort, we need to stop and ask — yet again — why such tragedies are happening.

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    Dealing with delisting

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    Dealing with delisting

    There has been a lot of talk about New Zealand’s uncompetitive grocery sector and many a report written — but discernable results have been harder to spot.