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Faster treatment not always fairest

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Faster treatment not always fairest

Anyone who has struggled to get elective surgery will not be surprised a report from the Auditor-general shows the post code lottery in healthcare is in better shape than they are.

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Putting the skids under buses

All aboard! Next stop, short-termism.

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Personal attacks by minister also attacks on democracy

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Personal attacks by minister also attacks on democracy

Our select committee process is the most important democratic institution in our Parliament. It is the way the public has a say in making laws.

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Iran — much ado about nothing

I do not get a lot of face-time with Donald Trump, but his rant on Wednesday in front of the chopper that was to take him to the airport and on to the Nato summit in Brussels was the first time I...

The future belongs to communities in which everyone works together

Riparian planting in South Otago. PHOTO: ODT FILES

The future belongs to communities in which everyone works together

Water is core to protecting the environment, Lloyd McCall writes.

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Arriving on a jet plane

Of the dozen or more planes which landed at Dunedin Airport on Tuesday, one Jetstar flight was just that little bit more special than the other arrivals.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Social workers salute colleague

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Social workers salute colleague

Rev S.F.N. Waymouth, the newly-appointed vicar of St Mark’s Church, Balclutha, will take up his duties on July 1.

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New hospital waiting room

Now it is mid-year we are looking forward to seeing the promised action on the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building site.

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Just what is ‘Kiwi’ behaviour?

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Just what is ‘Kiwi’ behaviour?

Kiwi of the feathered and flightless variety are well-known for their daytime shyness.

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Trump gambles on war and peace

US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington...

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Trump gambles on war and peace

The United States’ bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran has abruptly made the world less safe.

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Redefining localism

Anyone who voted for the coalition partners for their enthusiasm about localism will be scratching their heads.

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Counting on the census

One of the great pillars on which modern New Zealand society is based has been scrapped by the government in a move which has shocked many.

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In sickness and in health

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon caused a flurry of disquiet last Monday when he appeared to suggest that the statutory minimum for sick leave could revert to five days a year from the present 10.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Road kit to be kept by county

The Chairman of the District Highways Board No 16 wrote asking if the Waikouaiti County Council would take over the road construction plant now being purchased by the board, to be used on the work...

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Not-so-special agents exercising agency in troubled times

Chinese soldiers during a naval parade. PHOTO: AP

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Not-so-special agents exercising agency in troubled times

What have we been looking at over the course of the past week?

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It’s a rerun, not to be seen again

A satellite image shows the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran after an Israeli airstrike. PHOTO:...

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It’s a rerun, not to be seen again

"They lied," said Donald Trump in 2016, running for the Republican presidential nomination against the neo-cons in his own party who had started the "forever wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Emerging theological emergency for churches, with global ramifications

A protester in the United States. PHOTO: REUTERS

Emerging theological emergency for churches, with global ramifications

The faithful cannot be silent in the face of distortion Graham Redding writes.

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Anyone who has known the shock and pain of the aftermath of self-inflicted death, family-close or friendship-wide, will be hoping the new suicide prevention strategy announced this week will make a...

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