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Letters to the Editor: tourism, mining and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including struggles with tourist numbers, augmenting the holdings of billionaires, and a kinder view of Donald Trump.
Opinion
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It’s climate change, stupid
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It’s climate change, stupid
As emergency services workers scrabble through sludge, as families and communities begin to mourn for those killed, as politicians dish out their words of comfort, we need to stop and ask — yet again — why such tragedies are happening.
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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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Pinch felt as postal service zones out
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Pinch felt as postal service zones out
Closing postal facilities — part and parcel of New Zealand Post’s strategy — ultimately costs communities more than it saves.
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The secret diary of... ordering fish and chips
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The secret diary of... ordering fish and chips
What do I want? I don’t really know.
In living memory
In living memory
Part of the large crowd on the second day of the Omakau races in January 1986.
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French visitor
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French visitor
An interesting arrival at Dunedin yesterday morning was the French sloop Cassiopee, which entered port at 6am and steamed to a berth at the Rattray street wharf shortly after 8am.
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GG launches Ross Home hospital
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GG launches Ross Home hospital
"I am sure that among the wonderful work which is done by the Presbyterian Church throughout New Zealand, and particularly in this part of the Dominion, no work appeals to me more as giving lasting...
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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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Dealing with delisting
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Dealing with delisting
There has been a lot of talk about New Zealand’s uncompetitive grocery sector and many a report written — but discernable results have been harder to spot.
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Gearing up for what could be a cloud dancer of a year
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Gearing up for what could be a cloud dancer of a year
The New Zealand political shenanigans, about which I will likely write many columns this year, have begun, albeit with a fizzle.
When guns are turned on the people
When guns are turned on the people
What does "humanitarian intervention" actually mean in practice, Reza writes.
Organised worship refreshes and empowers those of faith who attend
Organised worship refreshes and empowers those of faith who attend
Bill Lee explains why he goes to church.
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Sloppy sun safe spending
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Sloppy sun safe spending
The ignorance of many young people about the dangers of sun exposure is concerning.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: travel, voting and cycleways
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Letters to the Editor: travel, voting and cycleways
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the high cost of travelling to the UK, the expense of a by-election, and overspending on cycleways.
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Swinging the lead over leading campaign
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Swinging the lead over leading campaign
To lead is a fine Old English verb.
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Dancing 'clean recreation'
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Dancing 'clean recreation'
Mrs Ethel Gaskell, the well-known society dancing hostess, basing her remarks on the news that the Church of New Zealand has said definitely that dancing is "immoral."
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Greenland: Trump versus Nato
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Greenland: Trump versus Nato
After the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers came out of a meeting in Washington on January 14 convinced Donald Trump really intended to seize Greenland, things moved very fast.
My predictions for Queenstown housing market in year 2026
My predictions for Queenstown housing market in year 2026
Owning a real estate business and selling a lot of property in Queenstown, I’m often asked for my predictions on the housing market.