Bombing is all just a little bit of history repeating
Family history tells Glen Morgan a lot about today.
Opinion
When words fade: what dementia might teach us about God
When words fade: what dementia might teach us about God
The Bible offers comfort and remembrance for those affected by dementia, Graham Redding writes.
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A spin around the House
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A spin around the House
The marine buffer which New Zealand used to enjoy from the rest of the world and the actions of its nastiest people has been narrowing in recent decades.
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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: soil, te reo Māori and teachers' pay
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Letters to the Editor: soil, te reo Māori and teachers' pay
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including lead in residential soils, being threatened by te reo, and the stark difference in pay between MPs and teachers.
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Germany makes down payment
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Germany makes down payment
London, August 25: The arrival at Croydon to-day of the Junker Company’s triple-engined all-metal monoplane was witnessed by many prominent aviation people.
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Banking review fine, as far as it goes
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Banking review fine, as far as it goes
Almost as long as there have been banks there have been people moaning about banks.
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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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At this time there’s nothing at all to like about ‘like’, eh?
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At this time there’s nothing at all to like about ‘like’, eh?
"EH", long regarded as an oddity of New Zealand English, came to mind when I saw a recent ad for a Dunedin seaside restaurant which went something like, "Good food with an ocean view, Ay?"
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Letters to the Editor: Rates, solar site and Stewart Is
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Letters to the Editor: Rates, solar site and Stewart Is
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including call for higher rates, solar site plan and Stewart Island is a special place.
There's gonna be a storm quite soon as election due
There's gonna be a storm quite soon as election due
Local body elections are a flawed process, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
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Rail services sped up
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Rail services sped up
The Christchurch-Invercargill expresses, Christchurch-Dunedin, and Dunedin-Invercargill mail trains have been accelerated, the time of the journey being reduced in the case of the longer-distance...
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Sunday parking changes
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Sunday parking changes
There is an understandable level of grumpiness among some ratepayers over the plans to introduce Sunday parking fees in some inner-city streets.
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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: Gaza, health and privacy
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Letters to the Editor: Gaza, health and privacy
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the lies around starvation in Gaza, funding the public health system, and a lumpen invasion of privacy.
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Trump melodrama: might some relief be close?
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Trump melodrama: might some relief be close?
If you are getting tired of the on-again-off-again Ukraine "peace deal" that has been hogging the headlines for the past few months, relief is at hand.
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The enduring mystery of Arthur’s Seat
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The enduring mystery of Arthur’s Seat
I have climbed Arthur’s Seat probably about five times in my life.
A history of Māori representation, from Parliament to councils
A history of Māori representation, from Parliament to councils
Māori should decide the fate of Māori seats in Parliament, Grant McLachlan writes. The establishment of Māori seats in New Zealand’s Parliament in 1867 tells a story of political calculation rather...
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Explorers plan to sail to NZ
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Explorers plan to sail to NZ
London: An ex-naval man, William Unitt, intends to sail from Plymouth on September 3 for New Zealand in a nine-ton yawl-rigged boat.
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Watching via video link as Stephenson dices with danger
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Watching via video link as Stephenson dices with danger
Todd Stephenson doesn’t really strike one as being danger adjacent, even if the Act New Zealand Southland list MP does live in the adrenaline sports capital of the world.