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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.
Editorial
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Signing your life away
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Signing your life away
One of the earliest and most important lessons you learn on the road to becoming a grown-up is what it means to put your signature on something.
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Super charging superannuation debate
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Super charging superannuation debate
The date for the 2026 general election has not even been set, but the campaign is already well and truly under way.
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Stopping stalking
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Stopping stalking
In the Dunedin District Court on Friday, an offender termed a "relentless" repeat stalker was sentenced to 18 months’ intensive supervision, the judge urging the defendant to get the help he "clearly so desperately needs".
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Empathy not on van Velden’s agenda
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Empathy not on van Velden’s agenda
If you are wanting understanding and some relatively swift and reasonable justice, the Beehive has possibly never been the first place you’d start looking.
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Cruising on the Interislander
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Cruising on the Interislander
The tenuous sea link between the North and South Islands got a little stronger this week, after the government announced further details of KiwiRail’s new ferry fleet.
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Consensus on Medicines Act
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Consensus on Medicines Act
There was an unusual display of consensus in Parliament last week, given it involved both health and David Seymour.
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The Beeb’s heebie-jeebies
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The Beeb’s heebie-jeebies
It was always only a matter of time before notoriously thin-skinned United States President Donald Trump got the bridgehead he wanted against arguably the world’s most trusted media organisation.
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Tests a start but not the end of problem
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Tests a start but not the end of problem
Identifying that there is a problem is one thing but finding a solution can be quite another.
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Interference stand unconvincing
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Interference stand unconvincing
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello misses the point again in her latest outburst about criticisms of the government’s tobacco control.
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Reforms near the bullseye
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Reforms near the bullseye
One of the most enduring cliches of politics is that it is the art of the possible.
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Council unity and division
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Council unity and division
There was an outbreak of fine words around the Dunedin City Council table this week during discussion of Mayor Sophie Barker’s new governance structure proposals.
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Police report shattering
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Police report shattering
Police Minister Mark Mitchell hit the nail on the head when he told Parliament yesterday we have all been rocked by this week’s revelations about former police top brass.
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Lifelines for hospitality, film
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Lifelines for hospitality, film
New Zealand does not normally welcome covert agents in this country, but several have been here for months — at the taxpayer’s expense what’s more.
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A plague on both your houses
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A plague on both your houses
The ongoing implosion of Te Pati Maori continued yesterday with the expulsion of two of its MPs by its ruling council.
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Boot camp spin
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Boot camp spin
Portraying the controversial military-style academy (MSA) pilot for serious youth offenders as a success is a step too far.
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Getting awfully warm in here
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Getting awfully warm in here
Unlike Christmas, goodwill and celebrations can be harder to find at the annual, global, climate-change bash.
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Well meaning and well understood
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Well meaning and well understood
Teach your children well is sound advice, but defining the word "well" is fraught with problems.
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Mining milestone or millstone
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Mining milestone or millstone
Santana Minerals is touting lodging its fast-track application for its Bendigo-Ophir mine as a milestone.
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Straining for the average
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Straining for the average
We all knew that it was expensive to buy a house in the Central Otago-Lakes area, but that was resoundingly underlined this week