In living memory
In living memory
A town of tents and motorcycles filled a hillside at the Idaburn Dam, near Oturehua in June, 1986, as the annual Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally got under way.
Opinion
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Patent nonsense in Parliament on a dusty Saturday night
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Patent nonsense in Parliament on a dusty Saturday night
Last weekend Parliament did what it always does on Budget week — sit until all hours of the day and night passing legislation under urgency.
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Seizing the Opportunity
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Seizing the Opportunity
One poll does not make an election, but this week’s Roy Morgan poll presented an enticing prospect for the Opportunity Party.
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Boer war commemorated
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Boer war commemorated
The service held yesterday afternoon on the Oval to commemorate the Peace of Vereeniging was largely attended.
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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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Freeloaders? So says you and whose crusading army?
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Freeloaders? So says you and whose crusading army?
‘‘Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hegseth?’’
Hard times and the Budget blues
Hard times and the Budget blues
Rising costs have many families at the tipping point, Robbie Moginie writes.
Public discussion, engagement required on NZ’s foreign policy, defence
Public discussion, engagement required on NZ’s foreign policy, defence
Are New Zealanders having a full and proper debate about foeign policy and defence questions, Graye Shattky asks.
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Vulnerable group poorly served
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Vulnerable group poorly served
The way Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) has changed services for intravenous drug users in the South has been a master class in how not to treat a vulnerable group.
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Fruit-bearing spurs
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Fruit-bearing spurs
Apples and pears bear their fruits on spurs which arise on the old wood.
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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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That which you promised will come to pass
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That which you promised will come to pass
Well, now, no-one else is going to say it so I’ll say it to myself: ‘‘All hail the great prophet’’.
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Take a study break on TV’s Love Island
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Take a study break on TV’s Love Island
Lectures for Semester 1 have officially ended, with first exams already begun.
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The looming threat of global war?
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The looming threat of global war?
A consensus has emerged, at least in Western media, that we are on the brink of a real war with the gloves off, maybe even a ‘‘world war’’.
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Govt fails 50,000 more children
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Govt fails 50,000 more children
In the movies, there’s always a hand with an iron-strong grip that reaches over the cliff edge, grabs the wrist of the poor unfortunate dangling there and painstakingly drags them back to safety.
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Canaries steal the show
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Canaries steal the show
The Dunedin Fanciers’ Club’s annual show of poultry, pigeons, canaries, dogs, cats and children’s pets was opened in the old Canadian Court at the Exhibition buildings yesterday morning.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
The source of courage and the pursuit of happiness
The source of courage and the pursuit of happiness
To stand against something as overwhelming as war requires courage, Olena Grubb writes.
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Geez Louise, being entitled does not mean you should take it
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Geez Louise, being entitled does not mean you should take it
If I were a more generous and high flying type, I might stage an intervention.
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Letters to the Editor: GST, gold and green energy
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Letters to the Editor: GST, gold and green energy
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including GST on food, hydro energy and the worth of gold.