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NCEA decision delay
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NCEA decision delay
The delay of final decisions on proposed changes to the national secondary school qualifications may not be enough to allay teachers’ misgivings about them.
Editorial
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Good news for Surrey St residents
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Good news for Surrey St residents
Wherever you live there are always annoyances, as there are in every aspect of our lives.
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Empty feeling after Bondi killings
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Empty feeling after Bondi killings
The vast, monumental emptiness yesterday at Sydney’s normally densely crowded Bondi Beach spoke volumes.
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Prevention better than cure
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Prevention better than cure
The information in the State of Cancer report released last week was not all doom and gloom, but it highlights how much work there is yet to do.
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Land of the free, don’t forget
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Land of the free, don’t forget
"Welcome to the United States. If you are here, it’s either because you’ve said nice things about our beloved President Donald Trump or we didn’t manage to find anything nasty or incriminating...
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You had better shop around
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You had better shop around
"Try to get yourself a bargain, son, Don’t be sold on the very first one," Smokey Robinson and The Miracles sang on their breakthrough hit Shop Around.
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Long way to go on RMA reform
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Long way to go on RMA reform
It is too early to tell whether the reality of the proposed replacements for the Resource Management Act will match the hoopla around them.
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Why be surprised by heat and fire?
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Why be surprised by heat and fire?
Every evening on the television news, a peculiar game plays out.
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Peace on earth
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Peace on earth
They call football the beautiful game, but its ugly side was openly on display in the early hours of Saturday morning (New Zealand time).
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Fast track fiasco
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Fast track fiasco
The indecent speed with which the government is pushing through yet another piece of controversial legislation, the Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill, is concerning.
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Retirement village changes a good start
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Retirement village changes a good start
The advertisements promise a halcyonic experience and wonderful life to come.
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Editorial: Te Kāika needs to succeed
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Te Kāika needs to succeed
In October 2021 we editorialised that the rise of Te Kāika had been remarkable, and that its approach to delivering low-cost healthcare to the vulnerable had been vindicated by its spectacular success.
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Gone but not forgotten
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Gone but not forgotten
The ongoing police conduct scandal claimed its biggest and least surprising victim on Tuesday with the resignation of former commissioner Andrew Coster from his role as chief executive of the...
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Rates cap performance
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Rates cap performance
It is not surprising the government thinks its plans to cap local government rates is a winner.
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There’s still a long way to go
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There’s still a long way to go
Anyone who has spent time in London travelling on the Underground will be aware of the announcement which plays as trains pull into certain stations.
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Labour pitches to anyone listening
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Labour pitches to anyone listening
Labour will have good reason to be pleased following its annual conference over the weekend.
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Dissatisfaction challenge
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Dissatisfaction challenge
The low rating for the performance of the Dunedin city mayor and councillors in the last quarterly result from the Residents’ Opinion Survey provides a challenge for the new council.
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Close, but not a total Cop out
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Close, but not a total Cop out
Another year nearly gone, another Cop meeting over.
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A for effort
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A for effort
Once upon a time, struggling university students could be consoled with the old adage "Cs get degrees".
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Plan has more questions than answers
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Plan has more questions than answers
The government’s belief that few people know who their regional councillors are and what those organisations do is about to be put to the test.