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New suicide prevention plan
Anyone who has known the shock and pain of the aftermath of self-inflicted death, family-close or friendship-wide, will be hoping the new suicide prevention strategy announced this week will make a...
Opinion
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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: property, cycling and Zen
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Letters to the Editor: property, cycling and Zen
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including overseas purchases for properties over $5m, cyclists on Albany St, and Zen and the art of climate management.
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Avoid the bus to hellfire and damnation
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Avoid the bus to hellfire and damnation
St Olav Gate in Oslo, and a sleek red bus draws up beside me.
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Med school project launched
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Med school project launched
The ceremony of the laying of the foundation stones of the new Otago Medical School in King street took place yesterday afternoon.
Forestry not behind sheep decline
Forestry not behind sheep decline
We need to see the sheep for the trees, Richard Holloway writes.
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If you cannot do it, should you decide who will be doing it?
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If you cannot do it, should you decide who will be doing it?
Water is the most critical issue we face.
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Until the next disaster comes
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Until the next disaster comes
One thing you can guarantee is you won’t be expecting it when it happens.
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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: English, Māori and the DCC
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Letters to the Editor: English, Māori and the DCC
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the scope of the new English curriculum, the "disgraceful behaviour" of Te Pāti Māori, and matters for the DCC.
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Minnows, pike and parliamentary sovereignty
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Minnows, pike and parliamentary sovereignty
"In a lake stocked with minnows and minnow-eating pike, freedom for the pike means death to the minnows."
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Sister of Compassion feted
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Sister of Compassion feted
Letters about the good work done for so many years by the Rev Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, who celebrated her ninetieth birthday recently, continue to appear in the papers in Wellington.
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Be careful what you wish for, Netanyahu
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Be careful what you wish for, Netanyahu
Israel's war with Iran is definitely the war that Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu has wanted all along, but he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Working together for the wellbeing of the Manuherikia River
Working together for the wellbeing of the Manuherikia River
Clare Hadley reflects on the first year of the Waiora Manuherekia project.
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Lachie Jones and a plea to police
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Lachie Jones and a plea to police
Sometimes the police are their own worst enemy. As much as we yearn for confidence in them, they let us down.
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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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Politicians need to appreciate fine New Zealand literature
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Politicians need to appreciate fine New Zealand literature
Jacinda has written a book, and most bookshops have it in their non-fiction shelves, unlike all political parties’ election manifestos which are, quite rightly, to be found in the fiction section.
Ignoring the doctor’s advice not a sound strategy
Ignoring the doctor’s advice not a sound strategy
New Zealand is ignoring climate warnings, John Drummond writes.
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Plea to pull over for sirens
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Plea to pull over for sirens
Christchurch, June 16: Apropos of last night’s tragedy, in an interview to-day Superintendent Warner, of the Christchurch Fire Brigade, stressed the necessity for the public to show consideration...
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Unease over Israel/Iran conflict
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Unease over Israel/Iran conflict
Shortly after news broke of Israel’s aerial attacks on Iran, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the cautious understatement they were an "unwelcome development" for the Middle East.