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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.
Editorial
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Oi, you can’t sleep there mate
It is certainly a confronting sight.
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Stare decisis
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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
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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
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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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Community win
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Community win
Community groups will be pleased at the Dunedin City Council’s decision to reinstate the grants sub-committee, but the decision is not a good look for council unity.
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Can extreme become the new normal?
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Can extreme become the new normal?
Barely a couple of months go by these days without a significant storm battering some part of the country.