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Letters to the Editor: earthquakes, mining and fishing

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Letters to the Editor: earthquakes, mining and fishing

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including quake mitigation in our lifetime, the basic principles of engineering, and dolphins and penguins as bycatch.

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Catabingo, the game no-one wants to play

Ice, football, super yachts — let’s play Catabingo. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Catabingo, the game no-one wants to play

How's the gloom?

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Looking at fine detail

Institute of Optometrists of New Zealand conference in Dunedin

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Iran may be pretending about nukes

A heavy water plant in Arak, Iran. Photo: Getty Images

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Iran may be pretending about nukes

The Iranian regime is brutal, fanatical and corrupt.

Who should decide the value of your local environment?

Arrowtown: planning changes may quiet local disagreement on development, Hugh Forsyth says. PHOTO...

Who should decide the value of your local environment?

Speeding up planning may stifle local points of view, Hugh Forsyth writes.

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Punish, yes, but appropriately

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Punish, yes, but appropriately

Comparing sentencing outcomes for the same offence is always a fraught exercise.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to the Editor: climate, gold and e-bikes

Truth and Parliament. Photo: Getty Images

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Letters to the Editor: climate, gold and e-bikes

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including prioritising climate over short-term thinking, the benefits of gold mining, and destroying the humble e-bike.

My message: laughter really is the best medicine

Sarah and Alex Ramsay having a right laugh. Photo: supplied

My message: laughter really is the best medicine

On December 16 I was sitting at my desk, 4.30pm, and having a right mozza.

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Mr A.H. Court’s launch Ruamano in the boat harbour, Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 9.2.1926

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Glistening white from stem to stern, her graceful, sweeping lines lending an added touch of charm as she rose to the ocean swell

Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers

Tūhura Otago Museum David Hutchinson warming up for his Cook Strait swim. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers

Museum directors should not have to swim marathons to keep the lights on, Ian Griffin writes.

Treaty could be best guide for communities towards resilience

Coming together at Ōtakou marae on Waitangi Day. Photo: ODT files

Treaty could be best guide for communities towards resilience

A better understanding of our past could help us build a more resilient future, Aaron Hawkins writes.

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Maturity and dispute resolution

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters watch proceedings...

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Maturity and dispute resolution

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday called the ongoing disagreement between his National Party and coalition partner New Zealand First over the proposed free trade agreement with India "a mature disagreement".

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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: Town Belt, mining, local services

A cyclist rides through the closed road on the corner of Preston Cres and Queens Dr. PHOTO: PETER...

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Letters to the Editor: Town Belt, mining, local services

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the Town Belt trial, mining and loss of local services lamented.

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A famous pub started life as a different pub altogether

Robert McLintock’s Ballarat Hotel (from 1931 the Vulcan) during the big snowfall of 1903. PHOTO:...

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A famous pub started life as a different pub altogether

Over summer the Vulcan Hotel at St Bathans has been busy — and rightly so, as it is one of the great goldfields pubs.

Canadian vision for middle powers

Not birds of a feather, Mark Carney and Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

Canadian vision for middle powers

Davos was a tale of two speeches, Richard Byrne writes.

A reality check of interim flood mitigation measures

A short-term flooding alleviation project under way. PHOTO STEPHEN JAQUIERY

A reality check of interim flood mitigation measures

Flood mitigation work in South Dunedin may not be all it is promoted to be, Neil Johnstone writes.

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Quartermaster-Sergeant Greenwood hauls down the Union Jack from the British general headquarters...

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Thousands of Germans packed the Cathedral Square at Cologne to witness the departure of the British troops.

An understated gem of the South — that’s Riverton

Riverton’s infamous bar across the Aparima Estuary mouth. PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES/OTAGO IMAGES

An understated gem of the South — that’s Riverton

If you’re looking for an affordable holiday destination for 2026 and one that also happens to be one of New Zealand’s best-kept secrets, then take my word for it. Visit Riverton.

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