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Writer reaching out for support in condemning reaching out

Join the anti-reaching-out revolution. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Writer reaching out for support in condemning reaching out

Today is dentist day. Deep in dread I’m girding the gums for an onslaught of needles and drills, cowering under a cloud of cowardice and lamenting my mistreatment of the molars for so many years.

Bus upgrades needed to attract, retain passengers

The Palmerston to Dunedin bus service pulls into the Bond St Palmerston town centre bus stop....

Bus upgrades needed to attract, retain passengers

To go better by bus requires a better bus, Paul Mutch writes.

Two roads diverged in a wood

Looking for the road ahead, Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

Two roads diverged in a wood

Choosing the wrong road makes all the difference, Richard Byrne writes.

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When the carnival is over

The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition at Logan Park, Dunedin: The figure of fun...

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When the carnival is over

The Exhibition months have sped by on lightning wings, and in another four weeks the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition will have run its course. Dunedin without an Exhibition seems now almost...

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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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Octagon litter disappoints

Hustle and bustle along the Octagon central carriageway in Dunedin. — Otago Witness, Issue 3763,...

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Octagon litter disappoints

‘‘I wish the corporation would do something more than it is doing to stop the waste paper nuisance about the streets,” said the Hon G.M. Thomson at the annual meeting of the Amenities Society...

Poor process on policing Bill

Poor process on policing Bill

A truncated select committee process is not a good look for legislation which relates to police powers.

Naysayers, native moths and lizards, and getting anything done

What price Orocrambus sophistes? PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Naysayers, native moths and lizards, and getting anything done

Progress is about tradeoffs Gerrard Eckhoff writes.

Acknowledge inadequate South D pipes

Flooding in South Dunedin in 2024. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Acknowledge inadequate South D pipes

Is South Dunedin flooding a natural hazard or council- made issue, Julian Doorey asks.

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Orban not ageing well, heading towards sticky end

Viktor Orban at a Budapest rally. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Orban not ageing well, heading towards sticky end

Viktor Orban has not aged well.

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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has confirmed the fuel tax subsidy will end in June. Photo: NZ...

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Assurances NZ unlikely to run short

Not many hours go by these days without some sort of announcement on petrol and fuel stocks or alarm about the rising cost for Kiwis at the pump.

Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Parliament tries to find homes for friends of Lily and Zoi

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Parliament tries to find homes for friends of Lily and Zoi

Parliament is many things to many people but this week it broke new ground by setting up in the pet rehousing business.

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If only the world was a benign place

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If only the world was a benign place

The world, to put it mildly, is a rough-and-tumble place.

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The secret diary of... pump attendants

A Mad Max apocalypse, coming to a petrol station near you. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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The secret diary of... pump attendants

Chris HipkinsHi there, and thank you for your custom. I’ll be your pump attendant today but before we get down to business, I have no advice to give you, should you want it, on the fuel crisis. It...

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You’d be a nutter to work here

British Empire outpost of Fanning Island, now known as Tabuaeran in the modern nation of Kiribati...

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You’d be a nutter to work here

On Fanning Island there are over a quarter of a million palms bearing good fruit or just coming into profit, while different parts of the island are being cleared and thousands of young trees are...

In living memory

A crowd of about 2000 farmers and rural businessmen gathered at the South Otago A&P Society grounds inn Balclutha in March 1986 to show community unity in protesting government policies.

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Phone cable laid across strait

The new inter-island telephone cable is hauled ashore at Lyall Bay, Wellington from Government...

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Phone cable laid across strait

Wellington, March 26: At 9 o'clock this morning the final touches were put to the splicing of the new Cook Strait telephone cable and at a point a little distance from Blind River the last loop of...

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