Opinion

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    Out in the country

    University of Otago Rural Medical Immersion Programme co-director Dr Katelyn Costello. PHOTO:...

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    Out in the country

    For many in cities and towns the thought of escaping the traffic, the noise and the crowds and moving to the country is appealing.

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    All revved up

    Motor racing speed contest at Waikouaiti Beach: the first car race start. — Otago Witness, 9.3.1926

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    All revved up

    A gorgeous day, a perfect vista of sea, sky, and hill, a magnificent speedway of Nature’s own construction, the smell of petrol and burnt castor oil.

    In living memory

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    In living memory

    The wet weather did not dampen the spirits of the competitors in the first University College inter-floor tug-of-war, held in March 1986.

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    Diving in the shallow end

    Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ

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    Diving in the shallow end

    One of the oldest truisms about politics is that no matter how hard things might become for those who have been elected to office, it is much, much harder for their families.

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    Alcohol harm downplayed

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    Alcohol harm downplayed

    The press release headline about the latest attempt to tinker with the country’s alcohol laws highlights the lack of consideration of alcohol harm in the reform.