Sir Ian sets date, time for Jones to meet him in the ring
An open letter to Minister Shane Jones from Sir Ian Taylor.
Opinion
SUBSCRIBER
Covid-19 not going away
SUBSCRIBER
Covid-19 not going away
When the government announced New Zealand would be going into lockdown in 2020, it’s unlikely they would have imagined we would now be into the ninth wave of Covid-19.
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: mining, politics and fire
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: mining, politics and fire
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a Central Otago mine, the "social side-issues" distracting the Greens, and a community response to fire.
SUBSCRIBER
Keen to assemble local industry
SUBSCRIBER
Keen to assemble local industry
The fourteenth annual conference of the New Zealand Coach and Motor Body Builders Industrial Association of Employers was held in Kroon’s Social Hall yesterday.
SUBSCRIBER
Delusions of confidence not confined to gardening
SUBSCRIBER
Delusions of confidence not confined to gardening
The delusional gardener.
Iran’s heritage gives hope for the future
Iran’s heritage gives hope for the future
Iran can be made great again, former diplomat Paul Foster-Bell writes.
Hoiho face extinction in the wild, despite our best endeavours
Hoiho face extinction in the wild, despite our best endeavours
Does the hoiho really have a future in the wild, Tom Clark asks.
SUBSCRIBER
A snowball’s chance
SUBSCRIBER
A snowball’s chance
If Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is indeed a dead man walking — as many pundits and prognosticators have been claiming since late last week — he was striding out with quite a spring in his step...
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Two attempts to harm train
SUBSCRIBER
Two attempts to harm train
Palmerston North, March 9: What appears to have been a dastardly attempt to wreck the north-bound Limited Express was made last night, when an obstruction consisting of beams from cattle stops was...
Mine site ‘at the beating heart of our landscape’
Mine site ‘at the beating heart of our landscape’
The proposed Santana mine will mar a slice of paradise, Mike Horder writes.
The regions can be trusted to rule
The regions can be trusted to rule
We should fight to keep regional councils, Duncan Connors writes.
The Thing is just the thing, but just what is The Thing?
The Thing is just the thing, but just what is The Thing?
The find has the place in an uproar.
SUBSCRIBER
Hospital rebuild concerns continue
SUBSCRIBER
Hospital rebuild concerns continue
The government with all the answers to bungling on the Dunedin hospital rebuild remains unconvincing.
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: Trump, Vandervis and George St
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: Trump, Vandervis and George St
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the thin-skinned leader of the US, Cr Lee Vandervis and the great walk-out, and slipping over on George St.
SUBSCRIBER
Is the 80-year-long peace now a thing of the past?
SUBSCRIBER
Is the 80-year-long peace now a thing of the past?
The Trump/Netanyahu war in the Middle East will not spread any further, and nothing going on there threatens our collective existence.
SUBSCRIBER
Otago four wins nationals
SUBSCRIBER
Otago four wins nationals
The Otago Harbour, sparkling under the early sun, was an unusually animated stretch of water at 6 o’clock yesterday morning.
SUBSCRIBER
Enduring mystery of an icy disappearance
SUBSCRIBER
Enduring mystery of an icy disappearance
Just the other day, I was wandering through the Museum of Scotland when a small exhibition stopped me in my tracks.