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Editorial: Te Kāika needs to succeed

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Te Kāika needs to succeed

In October 2021 we editorialised that the rise of Te Kāika had been remarkable, and that its approach to delivering low-cost healthcare to the vulnerable had been vindicated by its spectacular success.

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Gone but not forgotten

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Gone but not forgotten

The ongoing police conduct scandal claimed its biggest and least surprising victim on Tuesday with the resignation of former commissioner Andrew Coster from his role as chief executive of the...

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Letters to Editor: listening to constituents, fears for stadium's future

Dunedin city councillors and Surrey St residents meet. Pictured (from left): Cr Jules Radich ...

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Letters to Editor: listening to constituents, fears for stadium's future

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the importance of listening to constituents and fears for our ratepayer-funded stadium's future.

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Rate-capping confirms National’s impoverished imagination

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Rate-capping confirms National’s impoverished imagination

Rate-capping is one of those right-wing policies that sound commonsensical at first but then turn out very badly indeed.

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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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Grey River menaces town

A ship berthed on the Greymouth wharf steams at half-speed-ahead to counteract the swift current...

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Grey River menaces town

Greymouth, December 4: The flood in the Grey River and its tributaries, resulting from the heavy northerly rains last night and this morning, nearly resulted to-day in the town being inundated, the...

Cap makes justice inaccessible

It should not cost a fortune to get a fair hearing in court. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Cap makes justice inaccessible

An unjust court system created by lawyers needs fixing, Bruce Curtis writes.

Online harassment from outside academia silencing Canadian health experts

Online harassment harms academics. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Online harassment from outside academia silencing Canadian health experts

Health researchers need protection from harassment, Heidi JS Tworek, Chris Tenove and Netheena Neena Mathews write.

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Rates cap performance

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Rates cap performance

It is not surprising the government thinks its plans to cap local government rates is a winner.

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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: pipes, puberty blockers and primates

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Letters to the Editor: pipes, puberty blockers and primates

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including when water pipes become too small, regulations for puberty blockers, and wise words from Jane Goodall.

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Serried ranks and technological wonders

Serried ranks, voting in favour of Joe Bennett’s advanced writing course. Photo: Jane Dawber

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Serried ranks and technological wonders

Before me rise the serried ranks of a university lecture theatre.

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Educational benefit of expo

Pupils from Macandrew Road School take a cooking class in the Department of Education...

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Educational benefit of expo

That the Exhibition offers an exceptional educational opportunity for old and young is recognised by all who have visited it.

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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges

Admiring what keen Southlanders can achieve in a morning

The Southern Coastal Charitable Trust, hard at work cleaning Oreti Beach. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

Admiring what keen Southlanders can achieve in a morning

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself standing at the entrance to Oreti Beach just before 7am on a Sunday.

Ian Taylor: NZ politics cycle of petty point-scoring and childish theatre

Leader Chris Hipkins at the 2025 Labour Party AGM. Photo: Anneke Smith / RNZ

Ian Taylor: NZ politics cycle of petty point-scoring and childish theatre

Watching the speeches from the Labour Party conference this weekend, I was struck less by what was said than by what was quietly, and consistently, left out.

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There’s still a long way to go

Riding on the Mainlander. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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There’s still a long way to go

Anyone who has spent time in London travelling on the Underground will be aware of the announcement which plays as trains pull into certain stations.

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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: speedbumps, rail and cyclists

Cycling in Central Otago. PHOTO: LINDY DAVIS

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Letters to the Editor: speedbumps, rail and cyclists

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including speedbumps at a dangerous intersection, the upcoming Mainlander rail service, and user pays for cyclists.

How best to improve local government?

Here today, gone tomorrow? Otago Regional councillors (back from left) Matt Hollyer, Andrew Noone...

How best to improve local government?

Regional councils exist for a reason and their possible scrapping must be carefully considered, Alan Somerville writes.

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