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Letters to the Editor: homelessness, elections and mobility parking

The Oval tent village. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Letters to the Editor: homelessness, elections and mobility parking

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including what it takes to become homeless, Dunedin's "million-dollar" seesaw, and barriers to finding carparks.

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Why are some threatened by the use of te reo?

The cover of the book At the Marae. IMAGE: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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Why are some threatened by the use of te reo?

I am 70. A Pākehā woman. I am not likely to become a fluent Māori speaker.

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22 namesakes in rugby squad

A rugby fifteen all bearing the family name Soper, from Mataura Valley: (back row) David, James,...

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22 namesakes in rugby squad

New light has been thrown on the hereditary transmission of acquired characteristics by a remarkable football match which was to have been played at Balfour on August 8.

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The (mis)management of Donald Trump

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at their Alaskan summit. PHOTO: REUTERS

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The (mis)management of Donald Trump

It is like one of those slapstick comedies from the early days of silent films: the Keystone Cops movies, perhaps, or Buster Keaton’s various efforts.

My flighty ADHD is not actually a case of mind over matter

My flighty ADHD is not actually a case of mind over matter

My whole life I’ve believed that getting things done is simply a mind-over-matter thing — if you possess enough willpower you can force yourself through anything.

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Shadows over netball’s place in the sun

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Shadows over netball’s place in the sun

Netball has long had a special place for New Zealanders.

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The forgotten story of the other historic pub in Cardrona

The La Franchi family at Cardrona’s All Nations Hotel in 1883. PHOTO: HOCKEN COLLECTIONS

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The forgotten story of the other historic pub in Cardrona

The Cardrona Hotel is for sale and expressions of interest closed last Friday. I expressed interest but couldn’t afford it.

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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: cycleway concerns, voting, great exhibition

Mr & Mrs Te Rangi of Temuka at the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition. Photo...

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Letters to the Editor: cycleway concerns, voting, great exhibition

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including concern for businesses if the Albany St cycleway goes ahead, the right to vote and a great exhibition.

Is Hamas winning? It is not losing

Displaced Palestinians shelter in a tent camp in front of ruined buildings in Gaza City. PHOTO:...

Is Hamas winning? It is not losing

There are two wars going on in Gaza and Israel is winning neither right now, Ian Fletcher and Ian Baharie write.

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Fellow men join at Forbury

Race meeting at Forbury Park to welcome US Navy sailors during their visit to Dunedin. — Otago...

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Fellow men join at Forbury

Beautifully fine weather ushered in the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s welcome meeting to the visiting American naval men.

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Letters to the Editor: homeless, Māori words, protecting nature

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Letters to the Editor: homeless, Māori words, protecting nature

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including compassion for the homeless, Māori words in school books, and the use of 1080.

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Health plan doubts

Minister of Health, Simeon Brown. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Health plan doubts

Anyone ploughing through the 85-page New Zealand Health Plan document might wonder if the wait was worth it.

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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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Eliminating jobs and living on borrowed time

The Terminator — (Probably) not after us. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Eliminating jobs and living on borrowed time

As ever, we are living on borrowed time.

Mad as hell and not taking it any more

A Christchurch retirement village. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Mad as hell and not taking it any more

The government’s Retirement Villages Act review must put people before profits, Brian Peat writes.

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Education reforms and how they affect those in Hufflepuff

Exams can be stressful. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Education reforms and how they affect those in Hufflepuff

"C’S get degrees" was a comment I heard from a student 20 years ago.

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US sailors play ball

US Navy destroyer crews demonstrate baseball to Dunedin spectators at Carisbrook on August 17,...

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US sailors play ball

Not as many as might have been expected seized the opportunity of witnessing an exhibition of the great American national game of baseball at Carisbrook yesterday afternoon.

Spine and Punishment: A review of Swarbrick v Brownlee

Speaker of the House of Representatives Gerry Brownlee (file photo). Photo: VNP/Phil Smith

Spine and Punishment: A review of Swarbrick v Brownlee

Analysis: Last week, the Speaker made new rules and interpretations on the fly in punishing an MP who challenged the government to show some spine.

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Politicians behaving unpredictably

Speaker and National MP Gerry Brownlee Photo: RNZ

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Politicians behaving unpredictably

Nobody likes to become mired in the same old routine and act in a predictable way. As well as opening oneself up for ridicule for being dull, stale and boring, it is not good for keeping the...

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