Public transport plans must deliver what citizens need
It is time to develop a Dunedin transport plan the public will embrace, writes Jules Radich.
Opinion
Flicking the switch on EVs
Flicking the switch on EVs
When you accelerate in an electric car it gathers speed rapidly. It would be positive if the numbers of electric vehicles took off this year in similar fashion.
Amazing polio cure by Ratana
Amazing polio cure by Ratana
The work of Ratana, the Maori faith healer, continues to attract great attention not only among the Maoris, but also the Europeans, and a private secretary is kept going hard answering scores and...
Opinion: Owning tourism businesses isn’t really a cash cow
Opinion: Owning tourism businesses isn’t really a cash cow
Darren Lovell’s piece about Queenstown’s stampeding elephant and how local businesses are hurting. Now let’s address some of the misconceived comments about tourism and business in a Covid-19 world, writes Brett Duncan.
NZ fast when it comes to Covid jabs? Sounds more like last
NZ fast when it comes to Covid jabs? Sounds more like last
Dear Uncle Norm. . .
Cheques checking out
Cheques checking out
Those of us who have been merrily swiping and clicking for years will not be perturbed cheques are expected to have checked out in New Zealand by the middle of this year.
Southern say: Political machine (slowly) stirs back to life
Southern say: Political machine (slowly) stirs back to life
Politics is something that has largely happened elsewhere for the previous five weeks, something for which we should all probably be very grateful.
Covid will dominate year again
Covid will dominate year again
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will preside over her first Cabinet meeting of the year next week, when she and her ministers will consider the Government’s agenda for the year ahead.
Barriers to vaccination must be overcome to end pandemic
Barriers to vaccination must be overcome to end pandemic
Patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap are the big barriers to global vaccination, Ilan Noy and Ami Neuberger write.
More aerial activities in the south
More aerial activities in the south
MR Mercer of the Aero Transport Company, Timaru, left Dunedin on Sunday afternoon in the Avro machine for Invercargill, taking Mr Mayo as a passenger. The company will be giving passenger flights...
More to health than labels
More to health than labels
Is a vegan diet healthier? There are five reasons why we can’t be sure, write Keren Papier, Anika Knueppel and Tammy Tong.
Optimism, ambition and realism
Optimism, ambition and realism
The nightmare is officially over. The appalling United States presidency of Donald Trump has finished. Joe Biden is in charge of the most powerful and most influential nation on earth.
Global pandemic response needed
Global pandemic response needed
There are few surprises in the second report from the independent panel set up by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to evaluate the international health response to Covid-19.
Striking gold in the Eastern Bay
Striking gold in the Eastern Bay
I met my husband at a wedding in Opotiki 24 years ago. I was a bridesmaid and he was a groomsman. Gin helped the beginning of the love match and a lot more than gin has helped him put up with me...
Joining forces
Joining forces
Sometimes, you need to make peace to make progress. And could sport, in that regard, provide a lesson for all of us?
Online woes the symptom, not the cause, of problems
Online woes the symptom, not the cause, of problems
London is full of Pops. From the area around City Hall to parts of the Olympic Park, there are dozens of "privately owned public spaces" — places that appear to be public but are owned by private...
Editorial: Only one way on one-ways
Only one way on one-ways
EDITORIAL:The Dunedin City Council’s plan to turn George St into a slow one-way street raised serious concerns about retail and central city viability, but there is a bigger threat looming.
How can we avoid digital overload?
How can we avoid digital overload?
Are too many online meetings and notifications getting you down? Olga Kokshagina looks at what we have learnt during the pandemic.
Drunks cause problems
Drunks cause problems
A man with a long thirst which refused to be slaked in the usual way, went into a Chinese fruiterer’s shop in George Street last evening to try the effect of a pound of apricots, which cost him...
Trumpism: outlier or end-product?
Trumpism: outlier or end-product?
How long will it take for the United States to get back on track after the Trump presidency? Peter Matheson considers that question.