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Letters to the Editor: DCC, St Clair and the Celtic Cross

Stephen Mulqueen’s Celtic Cross. Photo: supplied

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Letters to the Editor: DCC, St Clair and the Celtic Cross

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including several ills of the DCC, upgrading the St Clair balustrade, and the sculptor behind the Queens Gardens cross.

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Sending redundancy back whence it came

One of the things in this photo is redundant to its meaning. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Sending redundancy back whence it came

He was sat on a park bench, hunched over.

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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils

The Department of Agriculture display in the government pavilion, New Zealand and South Seas...

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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils

Upwards of 50 of the children attending three or four of the schools in Queenstown and the immediate district set out this morning on their pilgrimage to the Exhibition.

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Iran war a series of miscalculations

Damage in a residential neighbourhood in Dimona, Israel, following a night of Iranian strikes....

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Iran war a series of miscalculations

Still not four full weeks into the war, and already Donald Trump’s ‘‘short-term excursion’’ has morphed into a global economic crisis and a region-wide war.

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Answer the what to do question truthfully

What to do? Careers Expo day at Otago. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Answer the what to do question truthfully

The question: "so, what are you going to do?" is a heavy one for students.

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$50 better than nowt?

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$50 better than nowt?

Word that the United States and Iran may have engaged in some form of discussion, albeit maybe not real negotiations, to end the war seems at first glance encouraging.

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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: gas, leadership and Lake Dunstan

Lake Dunstan, keep it clean. Photo: file

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Letters to the Editor: gas, leadership and Lake Dunstan

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the gas guzzlers of Warbirds Over Wānaka, the lack of leadership from Luxon, and protecting Lake Dunstan.

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Waking up to anxiety dreams and wake-up calls

A nightmare scenario. Photo: Getty Images

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Waking up to anxiety dreams and wake-up calls

Wake-up calls are not my forte.

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Running their own race

Scenes from the New Zealand Athletic Championships held at Caledonian Ground, Dunedin. — Otago...

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Running their own race

The New Zealand championships were favoured with fine weather, and in consequence two large attendances were recorded.

Telling communities about mining and quakes

Do the proposed Santana mine’s silver linings come with dark clouds? PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Telling communities about mining and quakes

There has been a lack of meaningful community consultation on the Santana mine proposal, Caroline Orchiston writes.

Long-term focus needed for country’s growth and confidence

Long-term focus needed for country’s growth and confidence

It's not every day the Finance Minister announces your next capital expansion, but that’s what happened last month.

Concerns raised as Otago partners with Israel-linked company

A new partner for the University of Otago is a major concern, Olivier Jutel, David Jenkins, Richard Jackson and Fairleigh Gilmour write.

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The new game in town

Sir John Davies Oval. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

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The new game in town

Welcome to the first ever game of the NZ20 cricket league.

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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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There is evil on the internet and we all need to be wary

Don’t fall for the scam key. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES

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There is evil on the internet and we all need to be wary

I am not much into computers although I have a laptop which I treat as a fancy typewriter able to send messages.

Getting the booze balance right

Appropriate alcohol policy is a balancing act. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Getting the booze balance right

New Zealanders should have a serious conversation about alcohol Nicole McKee writes.

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Grooming the Sphinx

Egypt’s Department of Antiquities staff repair the 5000-year-old Sphinx, at Giza, near Cairo. —...

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Grooming the Sphinx

The Sphinx is being cleaned and repaved by M. Baraize. He (the Egyptian Sphinx was not a she, but a very masculine person indeed) is now for the first time since Ptolemaic days being disencumbered...

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Letters to the Editor: alcohol, AI and Manage My Health

The Manage My Health app. Photo: Allied Media files

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Letters to the Editor: alcohol, AI and Manage My Health

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the Sale & Supply of Alcohol Bill, Invercargill's AI data centre, and the unmanageable Manage My Health app.

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China’s new language law solving a non-problem

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China’s new language law solving a non-problem

In Quebec the English-speaking minority used to call them ‘‘tongue-troopers’’: the government functionaries who come around to check that the French on signs in shops is in a typeface twice as big...

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