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Rival proposes to help Amundsen

Roald Amundsen loads equipment before his sea and air expedition to the North Pole. — Otago...

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Rival proposes to help Amundsen

Mr Grettir Algarsson, who proposed to race Captain Amundsen to the Pole by using an airship is now hurrying his preparations forward in order to help Captain Amundsen.

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Questions remain on hospital capacity

Health NZ has released the breakdown in bed numbers for the new Dunedin Hospital. Image supplied

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Questions remain on hospital capacity

Almost four months after the announcement of the coalition government’s decision on the inpatient building for Dunedin hospital, the make-up of the beds has been released.

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Cartoonist's view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: elections, Gaza and flooding

Preparing for flooding in South Dunedin last year. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Letters to the Editor: elections, Gaza and flooding

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including unchecked election spending, the abhorrent genocide in Gaza, and South Dunedin's flooding issues.

Dodging kererū and sea lions: how we could be

A sea lion right at home in St Clair. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Dodging kererū and sea lions: how we could be

Chelsea McGaw pitches an aspirational and achievable vision for Dunedin.

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Thrown from Main Trunk Line . . .

A derailed AB steam locomotive and its tender lie upside down in a gully at Kakahi near...

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Thrown from Main Trunk Line . . .

Taumarunui, May 25: Shortly after 7 o’clock this morning a big AB engine weighing over 70 tons was thrown from the line on a bluff near Kakahi salmon hatcheries, about nine miles from Taumarunui.

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Having to change course, and not leaving

Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, right, greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Having to change course, and not leaving

A zombie dream has taken over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, or at least the extreme right part of it, which is the tail that wags the rest.

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Letters to the Editor: Queenstown, Luxon, and clean energy

Queenstown, circa 1985. Photo: ODT files

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Letters to the Editor: Queenstown, Luxon, and clean energy

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Queenstown's master plan, the depths of the Prime Minister's hypocrisy, and realising our greener potential.

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Beware the Budget black-hole burger

The current Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Dr Shane Reti. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Beware the Budget black-hole burger

Scientists, researchers and those across the science sector can be forgiven for engaging in synchronised expressions of mock-surprise and a slow, collective eyeroll after Thursday’s Budget announcements.

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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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Simmonds taking charge as Te Pukenga gets whacked

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Simmonds taking charge as Te Pukenga gets whacked

Vendetta is the Italian word for "revenge", and it was used quite a lot by Labour in the House on Tuesday.

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Runit craze should be nabbed in its infancy

Abraham Tulisi competes against Tapinga Junior Fahiua during the RUNIT Championship League at The...

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Runit craze should be nabbed in its infancy

Dumber than the film Dumb and Dumber, the “Runit” craze is crass and brainless.

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The secret diary of . . . the Budget

Nicola Willis presenting the budget in Parliament on Thursday. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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The secret diary of . . . the Budget

People think of the Budget as an economic response to the state of the nation. And traditionally that has been the case.

Within living memory . . .

Within living memory . . .

The Carnegie Gallery in the new arts complex built in Dunedin's old public library was opened by its owner, Paul Dallimore, in May 1985.

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NZ University beats Sydney

A New Zealand University player (left) about to unload during the team’s rugby match against...

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NZ University beats Sydney

The 6000 odd spectators who witnessed the game at Carisbrook on Saturday between teams from the New Zealand University and Sydney University were treated to a fast, spectacular game — in the last...

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Budget gambles on growth

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Budget gambles on growth

Every Budget is a juggle.

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Cartoonist's view — Yeo

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Cartoonist's view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

What looks like thrift risks exacting great cost

This year’s Budget was pitched as prudent and responsible, not a lolly scramble.

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We were born to run outside to escape from Highway 29

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We were born to run outside to escape from Highway 29

The tea towel, the glistening pint glass and the hands holding both fell still.

Govt has fewer options when back against wall

A govt has fewer options when its back's against the wall

Ever since I helped write Bill Birch’s Budget speech 30 years ago, I love Budget Day - the most exciting day of the year for an economics and politics nut like me.

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