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Taking a gamble and the law of unintended consequences
The thing about politics, to borrow a cliche, is that you pay your money and you take your chances.
Opinion
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Up, up and ... not so fast ...
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Up, up and ... not so fast ...
War is about geography and its advantages as much as about politics.
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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: Benedict Ong, mining and concrete
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Letters to the Editor: Benedict Ong, mining and concrete
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the damage done by Benedict Ong, a destroyer of our natural beauty, and the "concretisation" of Dunedin.
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The secret diary of ... the Covid inquiry
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The secret diary of ... the Covid inquiry
By Steve Braunias
In living memory
In living memory
Only a few kilometres away from ending a two-day mystery tramp in 1986 are Milton scouts Clynt McGregor, Peter Dickinson, Bryan Forde, Craig Wells, Gavin Smith and Jason Altenburg.
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Plea to open expo on Good Friday
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Plea to open expo on Good Friday
A great many people must be feeling disappointed over the closing of the Exhibition on Good Friday.
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Dog of an Act needs replacing
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Dog of an Act needs replacing
Sometimes, it’s obvious action is needed, yet nothing effective happens.
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Modern times afflict old local company
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Modern times afflict old local company
Business and sentiment seldom mix, hence the hard-headed — and arguably hard-hearted — decision by Heinz Wattie’s Ltd to propose closing the Forth St Gregg’s factory.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: Mining, Luxon and emissions
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Letters to the Editor: Mining, Luxon and emissions
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including mining, Luxon's leadership and car emissions.
Engineering, change and proportion — the Central Otago landscape
Engineering, change and proportion — the Central Otago landscape
Central Otago’s terrain is built, Steve Munro writes.
Moving people on won’t fix problem
Moving people on won’t fix problem
Dunedin Night Shelter, Catholic Social Services and Presbyterian Support Otago comment on the proposal to ‘‘move on’’ the homeless.
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Whoever rules Iran next will oversee a democracy of cats
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Whoever rules Iran next will oversee a democracy of cats
My first thought was: “This isn’t real, it’s got to be AI-generated propaganda.” But it wasn’t.
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To be reburied, minus gold coffin
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To be reburied, minus gold coffin
Tutankhamen will shortly be allowed to continue his disturbed slumbers. It is reported that the Antiquities Department has decided to re-bury the mummy in a plain iron casket within one of the...
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Reflection time for Cr Ong
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Reflection time for Cr Ong
In the five short months since he was elected to the Dunedin City Council, Benedict Ong has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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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: the stadium, war and Trump
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Letters to the Editor: the stadium, war and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the unfortunate debt of Forsyth Barr stadium, some wise words about war, and the final say on Donald Trump.
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On giving a melancholic bore an army
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On giving a melancholic bore an army
One should not give, wrote Auden, a rifle to a melancholic bore.
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League of Nations politicking
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League of Nations politicking
The sub-committee pronounced unanimously in favour of Germany’s admission.