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Out of sight, not out of mind
With all due respect to the ongoing crises in Venezuela, Gaza and Ukraine, potentially the world’s most important hotspot right now is Iran.
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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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The aliens are coming and we know just where they’ll land
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The aliens are coming and we know just where they’ll land
It appeared suddenly last week. A finely crafted stone tower in the middle of the Sowburn. Of course, it was soon the talk of the township and within 24 hours the experts had descended upon us.
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Mourners wear daisies for queen
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Mourners wear daisies for queen
The funeral of Queen Margherita was the most imposing ever accorded an Italian Queen.
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Getting real on privacy
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Getting real on privacy
After every large privacy breach in this country, commentators say it must be a wake-up call.
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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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US could become the enemy of a post-Nato Europe
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US could become the enemy of a post-Nato Europe
The Crazy Gang are high on the "brilliant success" of their Venezuela caper and looking for new targets. Like Alexander the Great, Donald Trump weeps because there are no more worlds to conquer....
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Football opportunity to be happily irrational
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Football opportunity to be happily irrational
Famously, football in the United Kingdom is as much a religion as it is a sport.
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Scout jamboree opens
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Scout jamboree opens
The Exhibition Jamboree which was officially opened at Tahuna Park yesterday morning is a big event not only in the history of the Scout Movement in these lands, but — so there is good reason to...
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Ensuring Invercargill was on the map
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Ensuring Invercargill was on the map
Some pretty nasty things have been said about Invercargill over the years, mostly by those who have never been there or who considered a fleeting visit gave them authority to comment.
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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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Digging for doubloons
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Digging for doubloons
Hunting for treasure in the time-honoured way is usually a futile business, right from the time the get-rich-quick adventurer charters his yacht and sets sail for the islands of the blest until he...
The Secret Diary of...
The Secret Diary of...
2026 is the Year of the Horse, and the trick for many of us will be to learn to ride it or risk it riding you good and proper.
Within living memory
Within living memory
Standing beside State Highway 8 at the bottom of the Fruitlands straight, the Cap Broome Hotel is perhaps the most photographed building in Central Otago.
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Plan on an MCERT
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Plan on an MCERT
If, as the adage has it, a camel is a horse designed by a committee, what are we to make of the Cabinet’s latest creation, MCERT?
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
Will Nato look to confront its own hypocrisy on Greenland?
Will Nato look to confront its own hypocrisy on Greenland?
Trump wants Greenland. Europe’s tepid response is putting Nato and global security at risk, Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Caceres write.
It’s time the law caught up with society on consent
It’s time the law caught up with society on consent
When legal standards diverge from social standards, confusion follows, Associate Prof Anna High writes.
Is writing headed for extinction?
Is writing headed for extinction?
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI, Francesco Agnellini explains.
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Cometh the man
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Cometh the man
The Axemen’s Carnival again drew a large crowd last evening when some keen contests were witnessed.