Opinion

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Letters to the Editor: Palestine, buses and cycle lanes

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announcing New Zealand’s official position on Palestine state...

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Letters to the Editor: Palestine, buses and cycle lanes

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Winston Peters' failure to recognise Palestine, potential bus users in Mosgiel, and the changes to Albany St.

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A toddler-like tantrum should not be needed

Crying for a timely information act request. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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A toddler-like tantrum should not be needed

Petulance is not pretty. We might laugh out loud at a toddler.

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Carnival at Logan Park

A dress carnival at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition buildings, Dunedin, which featured ...

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Carnival at Logan Park

The spirit of carnival was abroad last evening for the curtain-raiser of the Exhibition

NZ international reputation at risk over Gaza

A Palestinian man seeks safety during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City. PHOTO: REUTERS

NZ international reputation at risk over Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu opposes a Palestinian state and the New Zealand government agrees, Robert Patman writes.

Douglas fir looms as the next wave of wilding conifer invasion

There’s a right place and time for Douglas fir. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

Douglas fir looms as the next wave of wilding conifer invasion

Douglas fir is the next conifer to threaten vulnerable land, Richard Bowman writes.

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Privacy matters

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Privacy matters

In an era where artificial intelligence is roaming cyberspace and gleaning people’s personal information as it wishes, privacy concerns matter now more than ever.

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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 Editor: Palestinian state, Trump cartoon, Charlie Kirk

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Letters to Editor: Palestinian state, Trump cartoon, Charlie Kirk

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including differing views on supporting a Palestinian state, Trump cartoon and Charlie Kirk.

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Luxing a ‘new’ word, but we’ve been doing it for 100 years

The amazing new Electrolux, in the 1920s. PHOTO: TE PAPA

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Luxing a ‘new’ word, but we’ve been doing it for 100 years

When language hits the headlines, I get as elated as Winston Peters whenever he finds himself in front of a mirror.

A little being done on housing but little being done

The Loan and Mercantile building. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

A little being done on housing but little being done

Ideas are fine but solutions to the homeless crisis in Dunedin remain elusive, Michael Gibson writes.

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Butter flies off the shelves

The New Zealand butter shop at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London. — Otago Witness, 6...

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Butter flies off the shelves

London: On the August bank holiday 45,000 people visited the New Zealand pavilion at Wembley, and 15,000 attended the cinema show.

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Gaza stand disappoints

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly...

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Gaza stand disappoints

Many will be questioning whether 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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Letters to the Editor: safe talk, Gaza and the university

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Letters to the Editor: safe talk, Gaza and the university

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the importance of "safe talk training", Jacinda Ardern's comments on Gaza, and upholding student democracy.

Tangled web of DNA, the humble glass of milk

Food or fraud, a glass of milk. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Tangled web of DNA, the humble glass of milk

Is bovine milk a human health food or a health risk? The answer is as clear as, well, a glass of milk, Ian Breeze writes.

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New weapon could tip things Ukraine’s way

Officials in the town of Foros, Crimea, take pictures inside a school building damaged in what...

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New weapon could tip things Ukraine’s way

Last February, Donald Trump and his heir apparent JD Vance launched a televised frontal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House, telling him that Ukraine had "no cards".