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In his Public Works Statement, laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday, the Hon J.G. Coates says the expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 1925 exceeded that of the previous year, which represented a record for this branch of the department’s activities.

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NCEA consensus needed

Sitting NCEA exams online rather than using pen and paper is gaining popularity among Otago and...

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NCEA consensus needed

Education Minister Erica Stanford has much work to do to avoid proposed changes to secondary school qualifications and curriculums pitting rich and poor schools against each other.

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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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Letters to the Editor: heritage, politics and the space race

The Archway theatres. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Letters to the Editor: heritage, politics and the space race

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the authority of the Southern Heritage Trust, a political movement for idiots, and taking humans to Mars.

Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants

Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris leads a hikoi through Invercargill. PHOTO: NINA TAPU

Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants

Be careful of what you wish for, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.

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Flight attempt ends in tragedy

French aviators Dieudonne Coste and Robert Thiery crashed their Breguet biplane in Germany’s...

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Flight attempt ends in tragedy

Paris, September 13.

Technical details of law lack compassion

Todd Stephenson in Parliament last week. PHOTO: PARLIAMENT TV

Technical details of law lack compassion

Proposed changes to the End of Life Choice Act are about love, compassion and dignity, Todd Stephenson says.

A wall of sound, a reminder of grief and of our progress

Te Arikinui Kuini Ngāwai-hono-i-te-pō at her Koroneihana as Māori Queen. Photo: RNZ

A wall of sound, a reminder of grief and of our progress

This month I went to the Koroneihana, the first anniversary of the coronation of the Māori Queen, Ngāwai-hono-i-te-pō, at Tūrangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia.

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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?

Stuart Nash, a former Labour Party MP speaking at a NZ First conference. Photo: Russell Palmer / RNZ

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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?

Some people with nothing useful to say just open their mouths and let the wind blow their tongues around.

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Letters to the Editor: government, voting and Charlie Kirk

Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon, David Seymour. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Letters to the Editor: government, voting and Charlie Kirk

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a government of "bottom feeders", a helpful guide to voting, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Within living memory

Within living memory

The Otago Rugby Football Union coaching trio of Greg Cooper, John Haggart and Russell Hawker covered new ground, in September 1985, when they conducted a coaching clinic at Columba College.

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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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Spanish, French advance on Rif

Spanish troops wait for orders to advance at Alhucemas (now called Al Hoceima), on the northern...

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Spanish, French advance on Rif

Madrid, September 12: The Riffs are strongly pressing Tetuan.

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The secret diary of . . . Stuart Nash

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The secret diary of . . . Stuart Nash

By Steve Braunias

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Going round and round the circular economy mulberry bush

Penny Simmonds failed to show up to a meeting that she organised last week. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Going round and round the circular economy mulberry bush

For most of this week the House has been occupied with the Estimates Debate, the annual run through with ministers about their various portfolios.

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Great dame a force of nature and education

Dame Pat Harrison. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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Great dame a force of nature and education

Civis feels compelled to add to the tributes for Dame Pat Harrison.

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Making provision for the future

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Making provision for the future

Last weekend’s New Zealand First party annual conference was notable for many things — not the least of which was its large attendance to hear leader Winston Peters’ speech.

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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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Aviators found alive and well

Rescued crew of ditched US seaplane PN-9 No 1, who were adrift in the Pacific Ocean for 11 days ...

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Aviators found alive and well

Honolulu: The officers and men of PN9-1 were found alive and well adrift in the Pacific by a United States submarine on Thursday afternoon 15 miles east of Kauai.

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Democracy’s practical magic — the wisdom of crowds

NZ First leader Winston Peters. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Democracy’s practical magic — the wisdom of crowds

I had forgotten all about the practical magic of democracy — what some call "the wisdom of crowds".

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