Obligation to be constructive in consultation reinforced
While there has been significant media coverage of ongoing industrial action by firefighters over pay offers, it seems there is more to this.
Opinion
In living memory
In living memory
Miss Kay Thompson (left) and Mrs Joan Cameron, reading resource teachers at Arthur Street School, warm themselves for the last time at the pot belly stove in the school's infant block. The stove...
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Methinks her speech is archaic
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Methinks her speech is archaic
Fascinated by language, what is Civis to make of Prime Ministers Christopher Luxon and Dame Jacinda Ardern?
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Scout hall opened
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Scout hall opened
The ceremony of opening the new hall for Boy Scouts was held on Saturday afternoon outside the hall, which is close to the St Kilda tram terminus. It is a substantial wooden structure 50 feet by...
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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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Blunt instruments of (climate) change
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Blunt instruments of (climate) change
Changing human behaviour has never been easy, especially when people are living a comfortable life and see no reason to upset that.
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Embracing opportunities
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Embracing opportunities
It is a cliche that Dunedin matters little in the national political scheme of things: its seats are reliably red.
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The stadium conundrum
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The stadium conundrum
The prospects of Dunedin’s flagship stadium, already under a cloud following the Dunedin City Council being asked to assist its finances and facing further stormy weather with the imminent opening...
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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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Failure breeds success
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Failure breeds success
Situated high up among the hills of Teviot, Otago is an artificial lake. In olden days its site was known as the Dismal Swamp, but some 30-odd years ago the idea was conceived of converting it into...
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Record, reasonableness should drive by-election choices
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Record, reasonableness should drive by-election choices
Lee Vandervis might be right. It might be time for the city as a whole to consider the best use and future for the Dunedin stadium.
The exceeding joy of a generous and prayerful relationship with God
The exceeding joy of a generous and prayerful relationship with God
God is the source of joy Christopher Holmes writes.
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Crisis cafe comes to Dunedin
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Crisis cafe comes to Dunedin
Yesterday's announcement of a Crisis Recovery Cafe in Dunedin for those in mental distress is welcome.
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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: stadium, BSA and solar
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Letters to the Editor: stadium, BSA and solar
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the diversification of Forsyrh Barr, the outdated Broadcasting Standards Authority, and the power of solar.
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Pie? Terrific, I’ll just get myself a glass
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Pie? Terrific, I’ll just get myself a glass
A reader has alerted me to a new product at the supermarket.
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Tramway profits well up
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Tramway profits well up
The results of the operations of the trading departments of the City Corporation for the financial year which ended on the 31st March last afford a great deal of satisfaction to the ratepayers.
Ditch the dams and fossil fuels, rethink nuclear power plants
Ditch the dams and fossil fuels, rethink nuclear power plants
In 2026, Earth is predicted to consume 29,000 terawatt-hours (29,000trillion) of energy which is equivalent to the Manapouri hydro-electric dam’s output for 4143 years.
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The tide goes out again in Hungary
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The tide goes out again in Hungary
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sent a message congratulating Hungary’s incoming prime minister Peter Magyar for having evicted long-serving populist leader Viktor Orban (aka ‘‘The Viktator’’)...