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In sickness and in health
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon caused a flurry of disquiet last Monday when he appeared to suggest that the statutory minimum for sick leave could revert to five days a year from the present 10.
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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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Road kit to be kept by county
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Road kit to be kept by county
The Chairman of the District Highways Board No 16 wrote asking if the Waikouaiti County Council would take over the road construction plant now being purchased by the board, to be used on the work...
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Not-so-special agents exercising agency in troubled times
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Not-so-special agents exercising agency in troubled times
What have we been looking at over the course of the past week?
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It’s a rerun, not to be seen again
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It’s a rerun, not to be seen again
"They lied," said Donald Trump in 2016, running for the Republican presidential nomination against the neo-cons in his own party who had started the "forever wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Emerging theological emergency for churches, with global ramifications
Emerging theological emergency for churches, with global ramifications
The faithful cannot be silent in the face of distortion Graham Redding writes.
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New suicide prevention plan
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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...
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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.