Now is the time to act on climate change, not to do nothing
Now is the time to act on climate change, not to do nothing
Despite what the government says climate change is not going away, John Drummond writes.
Opinion
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Letters to the Editor: mining, fairness, and negativity
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Letters to the Editor: mining, fairness, and negativity
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the golden goose of mining, tiresome criticism of councillors and politicians, and negativity in the media.
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Getting awfully warm in here
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Getting awfully warm in here
Unlike Christmas, goodwill and celebrations can be harder to find at the annual, global, climate-change bash.
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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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Attention given to mounting home prices
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Attention given to mounting home prices
It's little wonder property-price stories grab attention.
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The secret diary of . . . The Chase NZ
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The secret diary of . . . The Chase NZ
My name is Paul Henry.
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Regulatory Standards Bill welcome oversight or a wet fart?
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Regulatory Standards Bill welcome oversight or a wet fart?
As you would expect on most pieces of legislation which Parliament considers, the government and the Opposition take diametrically contrary viewpoints.
In living memory . . .
In living memory . . .
The five team members of the Otago Girls’ High School smallbore shoot team who won the 1985 Whitcoulls Winchester national secondary schools' smallbore rifle shooting championships.
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At the Savoy
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At the Savoy
Dancing time is now almost any time at the Savoy Cabaret.
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Letters to the Editor: Call to ban fireworks and rugby's TMO
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Letters to the Editor: Call to ban fireworks and rugby's TMO
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a call to ban fireworks, the right to wear the Palestinian scarf, and is it time to red card rugby's TMO?
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Well meaning and well understood
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Well meaning and well understood
Teach your children well is sound advice, but defining the word "well" is fraught with problems.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
Listening to a choir in my head where everyone sings a different song
Listening to a choir in my head where everyone sings a different song
Neurodiversity is not a problem to fix but a facet of the divine image to honour, Graham Redding writes.
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Right to swing a punch ends at tip of imaginary mouse’s nose
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Right to swing a punch ends at tip of imaginary mouse’s nose
Laurie paused for a moment to take in the raw vista of devastation wrought by the October gales.
Trump and the ghost of Alcibiades
Trump and the ghost of Alcibiades
William J Dominik compares Donald Trump to the Athenian general Alcibiades and shows how both weakened democracy while pursuing power.
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South Island leads the way
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South Island leads the way
At the Exhibition, in No 3 pavilion there are courts in all stages of development. Canterbury and Southland, for instance, are nearly completed, only one or two finishing touches being required...
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Mining milestone or millstone
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Mining milestone or millstone
Santana Minerals is touting lodging its fast-track application for its Bendigo-Ophir mine as a milestone.
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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: keffiyeh, councillors and crime
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Letters to the Editor: keffiyeh, councillors and crime
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin city councillors wearing keffiyeh at the inaugural meeting, and the moraility of GPS tracking devices.
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Hum along bravely to old school song
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Hum along bravely to old school song
What was I humming?