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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.
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: parking, alcohol and war
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Letters to the Editor: parking, alcohol and war
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the need for a parking review, milking money from alcohol consumption, and the pros and cons of the Iran war.
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Critters, fresh water and the endless growth agenda
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Critters, fresh water and the endless growth agenda
Parliament was in recess this week but the last few days have been anything but a break for members of the environment select committee.
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All revved up
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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.
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The secret diary of ... the fuel crisis
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The secret diary of ... the fuel crisis
By Steve Braunias
In living memory
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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Time for a takahē to top the tree
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Time for a takahē to top the tree
With the flood of grim environmental news — especially the quickening pace of climate change — it is worth pausing to celebrate two genuine conservation successes.
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Diving in the shallow end
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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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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, dogs and gold
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Letters to the Editor: Stadium, dogs and gold
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin's stadium, dangerous dogs and the value of gold.
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The strains of political widowhood are not our business
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The strains of political widowhood are not our business
‘‘Welcome to political widowhood’’ my husband and I heard when I was first elected as an MP way back in 2002.
‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail
‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail
Visitors who have recently travelled over the track from Lake Manapouri to Doubtful Sound report that the party of surveyors which is engaged there by the Public Works Department to ascertain...
Expose injustice, change hearts, transform mindsets and be a peacemaker
Expose injustice, change hearts, transform mindsets and be a peacemaker
Blessed indeed are the peacemakers, Paul Trebilco and Andrew Shepherd write.
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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.
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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: traffic, litter and stadium
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Letters to the Editor: traffic, litter and stadium
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including traffic management, a plea to clean up litter and Dunedin's stadium.
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Symbolism waiting for someone to find it
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Symbolism waiting for someone to find it
Signs and symbols, signs and symbols, which of us doesn’t love a sign or symbol?
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Burning US scientific credibility
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Burning US scientific credibility
In 1953, Ray Bradbury, an American writer, published a book entitled simply Fahrenheit 451.
When and where real rugby season starts
When and where real rugby season starts
You can tell the rugby season is getting close when the training lights flick back on across small town NZ, boots come out of the garage, and clubrooms slowly wake up from their summer sleep.