The great highs, the terrible lows, and how God is faithful to us all
The great highs, the terrible lows, and how God is faithful to us all
God’s love never lets go, Jenny Beck writes.
Opinion
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Sallies buy building for homeless
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Sallies buy building for homeless
After a long search the Salvation Army has at last acquired suitable premises for providing shelter to men who have have been temporarily stranded.
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Better school lunches
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Better school lunches
Associate Education Minister David Seymour’s attempts to deflect the Auditor-general’s criticism of the beleaguered healthy school lunch programme have not been convincing.
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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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Netanyahu’s remaining options
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Netanyahu’s remaining options
Former French premier Georges Clemenceau said: “The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” about a century ago, and it’s still true.
Mee family helped build Kelvin Heights
Mee family helped build Kelvin Heights
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the generational shift happening in Kelvin Heights.
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Nailing tricky art of writing personal verse
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Nailing tricky art of writing personal verse
I wrote a poem. I know, I know, but I was in my teens and if you don’t write poetry in your teens, when do you?
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Big digger makes for fast work
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Big digger makes for fast work
With the completion of the work being carried out on the western bank of the Taieri River by the Public Works Department, West Taieri will have nothing to fear from floods in the future.
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Flood lessons to be learned
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Flood lessons to be learned
The clean-up from the weekend’s torrential rain had barely started before the recriminations began.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
We need to confront the realities of the toxic willow
We need to confront the realities of the toxic willow
Willows are a menace that need to be tackled, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
More than buildings: preserving expertise
More than buildings: preserving expertise
A concerning report on Wakari Hospital’s Ward 10a should not overshadow the need to provide a safe, respectful service Diana Andrea Barron writes.
Messi is old, short and slow. So how is he still dominating?
Messi is old, short and slow. So how is he still dominating?
Lionel Messi’s mind moves faster than his body, Gert-Jan Pepping and Thomas McGuckian write.
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Temuka rangatira dies
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Temuka rangatira dies
Hemiona Torepe, chief of the Maoris of Temuka, died on Tuesday at the age of 77 years.
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The solid South?
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The solid South?
For some the prospect is tempting, for others it will be terrifying, but it is quite possible that New Zealand First could have two, or more, MPs in the South after the November 7 election.
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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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There are stories in books, but also stories of books
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There are stories in books, but also stories of books
Summer was the season of book sales in Central Otago when thousands of books changed hands at ridiculously low prices and good causes benefited as a result.
Why the hurry with council reform?
Why the hurry with council reform?
There is no need to rush local government changes, Tim Mepham writes.
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Whakaari in Edinburgh magazine
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Whakaari in Edinburgh magazine
Chambers’s Journal has some notes about White Island, which is characterised as the “horridest” place on earth, and one of the richest also.
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Horrors of ward 10a exposed
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Horrors of ward 10a exposed
Chief Ombudsman John Allen says he knows New Zealanders struggle with the idea torture is going on in places of detention in this country.