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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.

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Covid-19 not going away

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Covid-19 not going away

When the government announced New Zealand would be going into lockdown in 2020, it’s unlikely they would have imagined we would now be into the ninth wave of Covid-19.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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A snowball’s chance

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his language has been consistent. Photo: RNZ

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A snowball’s chance

If Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is indeed a dead man walking — as many pundits and prognosticators have been claiming since late last week — he was striding out with quite a spring in his step...

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Hospital rebuild concerns continue

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Hospital rebuild concerns continue

The government with all the answers to bungling on the Dunedin hospital rebuild remains unconvincing.

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Getting down and dirty with the govt

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Getting down and dirty with the govt

There is no nice way of putting it — New Zealand has always been a convenient dumping ground for old cars and their puffs of blue smoke from across the world.

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A tale of two stories

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A tale of two stories

Politicians complaining about the media is nothing new: for as long as there have been reporters members of Parliament have felt hard done by in the way their actions have been covered.

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ACC law flaws

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ACC law flaws

New Zealand would grind to a halt without volunteers.

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When ‘told you so’ gives no pleasure

Does Forsyth Barr Stadium count as an indoor venue under the new protocol?

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When ‘told you so’ gives no pleasure

The day was always going to come when Dunedin’s stadium would start costing city ratepayers more than the almost $3 million of annual equity funding it currently receives.

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Reckless act, uncertain consequences

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Reckless act, uncertain consequences

When Donald Trump was bidding to return to the United States presidency he told followers on the campaign trail that their country would not be involved in any more foreign wars.

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Child poverty persists

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Child poverty persists

The government will have to move beyond slogans if it is to convince anyone it is on the right track to reduce child poverty.

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An authentic tourism experience

A normal day on Castle St. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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An authentic tourism experience

You only get one chance to make a first impression, so one wonders what the reaction of visitors to Dunedin is when their initial exposure is a trip down Castle St.

People we have come to know

Neville Chamberlain, Britain’s Prime Minister in the lead up to World War 2, once infamously said of Czechoslovakia ‘‘how horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches...

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Fronting up on pay equity

Beneficiary advocates and groups working with the country's poorest said it was disappointing...

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Fronting up on pay equity

The People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity’s report into last year’s shock law change details the shonkiness of the process.

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Oi, you can’t sleep there mate

A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Oi, you can’t sleep there mate

It is certainly a confronting sight.

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Stare decisis

Winston Peters gives a speech. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Stare decisis

Cynics may claim that Parliament does plenty of pointless things, but it excelled itself last week with the introduction of the English Language Bill.

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Murkiness continues

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Murkiness continues

It is disappointing more attention has not been paid to news New Zealand’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index has fallen for the fourth year.

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No-one is above the law

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor leaving Aylsham Police Station in Norfolk on the day he was arrested...

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No-one is above the law

The Royal Family was always felt to be untouchable, even if that was not actually the case.

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Above reproach

Attorney-General Judith Collins. Photo: RNZ

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Above reproach

There is no doubt that soon-to-retire Cabinet minister Judith Collins is highly qualified for the role on the Law Commission, which she will soon take up.

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