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Ignoring advice costly
The revelation the government repeatedly ignored warnings from Treasury about the cost of the proposed new medical school at Waikato highlights the government’s confused attitude to spending.
Opinion
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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: elections, Hamas and the Greens
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Letters to the Editor: elections, Hamas and the Greens
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including abandoning the election process, empathy with the Palestinians, and have the Greens lost the plot?
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A pleasant surprise at the petrol pump
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A pleasant surprise at the petrol pump
Surprise is good.
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Stanley, 6, found alive
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Stanley, 6, found alive
Oamaru, October 8: The community rejoiced yesterday
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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan
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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan
When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it even if his motives are selfish.
Cognitive dissonance reigns as the climate change see-saw rocks
Cognitive dissonance reigns as the climate change see-saw rocks
Be it real or imagined, are we prepared for climate change, Gil Barbezat asks.
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Thinking small on big problem
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Thinking small on big problem
The government is desperately searching for its mojo after a series of damp squib announcements.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: housing, the ORC and Auckland
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Letters to the Editor: housing, the ORC and Auckland
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the current community housing situation, funding the Otago Regional Council, and self help for Aucklanders.
Lamb processors sent off to the slaughter
Lamb processors sent off to the slaughter
The meat industry status quo cannot continue, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
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Exhibit delivered by air
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Exhibit delivered by air
One of the Defence Department’s exhibits for the Exhibition arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday at noon in the form of an aeroplane piloted by Captain Findlay.
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Democracy inaction
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Democracy inaction
It is easy to be cynical about the democratic process: jokes range from "no matter who you vote for a politician always wins" to "don’t vote, it only encourages them."
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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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Central snowfall brings with it the best day of the year
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Central snowfall brings with it the best day of the year
The first day of October. Last Wednesday it was. One month into the joys of spring.
Foreign policy transparency lacking
Foreign policy transparency lacking
New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, John Hobbs writes.
New legislation missed chance for fresh start
New legislation missed chance for fresh start
Robust change is needed at Fish & Game, Ray Grubb writes.
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Coleridge search continues
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Coleridge search continues
Christchurch, October 6: The search for the bodies of the three men killed in the Lake Coleridge tunnel disaster is being kept up unceasingly, and the new drive is expected to be completed tonight.
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Dim energy announcement
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Dim energy announcement
When it finally arrived, the government’s big announcement on the energy sector had all the oomph of a low-watt bulb.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.