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Three very poor countries in a doomed region
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Three very poor countries in a doomed region
These countries are absolute losers by every metric.
Opinion
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UK mobilises special police
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UK mobilises special police
London, May 9: The Trades Union Congress declares that Mr Baldwin’s reference to the general strike danger to the country is likely to lead to considerable misunderstanding.
A unitary ‘Coastal Otago’ should replace city, Waitaki
A unitary ‘Coastal Otago’ should replace city, Waitaki
Dunedin city councillors Russell Lund, Andrew Simms and Lee Vandervis make the case for amalgamating the DCC and Waitaki District Council.
Rituals matter as community members gather to say farewell
Rituals matter as community members gather to say farewell
Funerals mean many things to every mourner, Graham Redding writes.
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Pitchforks and torches at the ready, but a phoenix may rise
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Pitchforks and torches at the ready, but a phoenix may rise
This week the government announced that it was going to disestablish the Broadcasting Standards Authority: thanks, in part to Act New Zealand Southland list MP Todd Stephenson, it will not have to...
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Letters to the Editor: Cr Ong, road works and Christianity
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Letters to the Editor: Cr Ong, road works and Christianity
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the ins and outs of Cr Ong, some communications advice for the DCC, and the politics of Christianity.
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Why not start today?
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Why not start today?
No matter how much politicians prevaricate, stick their heads in the sand and try to minimise the problem, climate change is not going away.
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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 secret diary of... David Seymour
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The secret diary of... David Seymour
ACT NZ leader David Seymour has scorned a new survey conducted by AUT's Journalism, Media and Democracy research centre which shows that trust in news has increased significantly.
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Whoops, what kind of job title is a CSS?
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Whoops, what kind of job title is a CSS?
Perhaps Civis lives under a rock.
In living memory
In living memory
Dids and Flossie Williams and their ‘‘banana bus’’ were well-known to Middlemarch folk and the children who travelled from the Rock and Pillar area to school each day.
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Statesman remembered
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Statesman remembered
Mr Massey died on May 10, 1925.
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Governments should be very wary of provoking the sheep
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Governments should be very wary of provoking the sheep
It is that time again.
Eyes opened on Otago road trip
Eyes opened on Otago road trip
The fast track for an Otago mine should be stopped in its tracks, Gail Duncan writes.
Financially harassed Dunedin ratepayers need to bring council to heel
Financially harassed Dunedin ratepayers need to bring council to heel
The Dunedin City Council needs to be held to account, Ray Macleod writes.
Testing versus directing public preference
Testing versus directing public preference
Bernie Jennings decries the Waitaki District Council’s rates-setting process.
Infrastructure top of mind
Infrastructure top of mind
Pondering who to vote for in the DCC by-election got me thinking about who would and who definitely would not be good for our city council.
Communication access shared duty
Communication access shared duty
If communication matters, access must too, writes Andrea Midgen.
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Taking the test
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Taking the test
What is the capital of New Zealand?
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Cartoonist's view - Yeo
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Cartoonist's view - Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo