A nimby talking rubbish about what should be in her backyard
A nimby talking rubbish about what should be in her backyard
I have had a lot of roles over the years, but the one that’s taught me the most is being a so-called "nimby".
Opinion
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Forsooth! A lament for an old-time eccentric journalist
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Forsooth! A lament for an old-time eccentric journalist
It is a long time since I worked in a newsroom and I suspect today’s journalists work harder and have little time for arguing the merits of the Oxford comma, but in the old days there was room for...
Mahsa Amini symbol of wider issue
Mahsa Amini symbol of wider issue
Ending violence against women is the fight of our times, Aida Tavassoli writes.
We must say no to this new, industrial-sized gold fever
We must say no to this new, industrial-sized gold fever
Although he is a descendant of Otago miners, Russell Tregonning is left cold by plans for new pits.
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Turning down the temperature
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Turning down the temperature
A week ago the name Charlie Kirk would have meant little to many New Zealanders.
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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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Highway network grows
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Highway network grows
In his Public Works Statement, laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday, the Hon J.G. Coates says the expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 1925 exceeded that of the previous year, which represented a record for this branch of the department’s activities.
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NCEA consensus needed
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NCEA consensus needed
Education Minister Erica Stanford has much work to do to avoid proposed changes to secondary school qualifications and curriculums pitting rich and poor schools against each other.
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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: heritage, politics and the space race
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Letters to the Editor: heritage, politics and the space race
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the authority of the Southern Heritage Trust, a political movement for idiots, and taking humans to Mars.
Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants
Time for Te Pāti Māori to set out what it wants
Be careful of what you wish for, Gerrard Eckhoff writes.
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
Paris, September 13.
Technical details of law lack compassion
Technical details of law lack compassion
Proposed changes to the End of Life Choice Act are about love, compassion and dignity, Todd Stephenson says.
A wall of sound, a reminder of grief and of our progress
A wall of sound, a reminder of grief and of our progress
This month I went to the Koroneihana, the first anniversary of the coronation of the Māori Queen, Ngāwai-hono-i-te-pō, at Tūrangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia.
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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?
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Filters missing or plain obnoxious?
Some people with nothing useful to say just open their mouths and let the wind blow their tongues around.
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Letters to the Editor: government, voting and Charlie Kirk
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Letters to the Editor: government, voting and Charlie Kirk
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a government of "bottom feeders", a helpful guide to voting, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Within living memory
Within living memory
The Otago Rugby Football Union coaching trio of Greg Cooper, John Haggart and Russell Hawker covered new ground, in September 1985, when they conducted a coaching clinic at Columba College.
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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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Spanish, French advance on Rif
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Spanish, French advance on Rif
Madrid, September 12: The Riffs are strongly pressing Tetuan.
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The secret diary of . . . Stuart Nash
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The secret diary of . . . Stuart Nash
By Steve Braunias