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Powering through flood protection

A 100-horsepower electric suction dredge ready to start in the Waipori River on the Taieri Plain...

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Powering through flood protection

At the monthly meeting of the Taieri River Trust yesterday the sub-committee reported on the interview with the Dunedin city electrical engineer respecting the agreement for electric power as...

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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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It’s not the weather: it’s the climate making it hot

A woman stands in a pile of ice to cool off at The Great American State Fair on the National Mall...

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It’s not the weather: it’s the climate making it hot

Last week it was Europe’s turn, with a slow-moving ‘‘heat dome’’ that gave almost everybody from the United Kingdom to Poland three consecutive days of record-breaking temperatures.

Loving the sound of New Zealand’s voice, as heard in Dunedin

Prof Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato, speaks at the Foreign Policy School. PHOTO:...

Loving the sound of New Zealand’s voice, as heard in Dunedin

In 2023, while living in the southern German city of Munich, I often suffered from a sore throat due to what is now called long flu — something that lingered.

The importance of setting the agenda

Whoever sets the agenda sets the agenda. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

The importance of setting the agenda

Setting the agenda sets the programme of work, Rob Hamlin writes.

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People are of national significance

Catholic Social Services general manager Mel McNatty and social worker Paul Barham are funded to...

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People are of national significance

Firstly, some good news — a rare thing worth celebrating when it comes to the growing problem of homelessness in New Zealand.

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Stitch in time not to be sneezed at

Vanessa Weenink, and knitting. House. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

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Stitch in time not to be sneezed at

It was hardly the most momentous news from Parliament, but disappointing nonetheless.

The secret diary of ... Brian Tamaki

Brian Tamaki contemplating how unfair the world is. PHOTO: RNZ

The secret diary of ... Brian Tamaki

By Steve Braunias

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A plate of roast rat please, with plenty of tomato sauce

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A plate of roast rat please, with plenty of tomato sauce

Copperfields, the cafe inside the Beehive, offers a tasty range of treats for those who work within the parliamentary complex.

In living memory

A -9°C frost did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of young rugby players taking part in a June 1986 seminar organised by the Cromwell junior coaching clinic.

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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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Gravel roads built to last

On the Lindis Pass road from Omarama. — Photo: Otago Witness, issue 3770, June 15, 1926, page 39.

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Gravel roads built to last

The macadam road is named after the developer of this type of road in Great Britain, John L. McAdam.

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The putting it right counts

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel

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The putting it right counts

Everyone makes mistakes: it is what one does next which matters.

Dam proposal deeply dismaying

The Falls Dam intake. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Dam proposal deeply dismaying

Central Otago does not need another expansive mudflat Sir Grahame Sydney writes.

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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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Ancient rituals of Lyttelton’s winter solstice

The view from Mr Bennett's front window, metaphorically speaking. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Ancient rituals of Lyttelton’s winter solstice

Woohoo, do you feel it? Has your burden lightened a little, your spine straightened?

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Dunedin citizens on honours list

Dunedin recipients of King’s Birthday Honours (from left) New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition...

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Dunedin citizens on honours list

Wellington, July 2: The Governor-General announces that his Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Birthday Honours list, to confer distinctions on the following...

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