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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.
Opinion
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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...
Student mag fundamental to uni community
Student mag fundamental to uni community
I like to think of myself as a writer, or at the very least, an aspiring one. As a child I entertained myself on long car trips by penning vicious limericks about my siblings, honing in on their...
New Zealand in this changing world — a trusted partner
New Zealand in this changing world — a trusted partner
The world is changing but New Zealand’s reputation for trustworthiness must remain constant Graye Shattky writes.
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Baffling back-out
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Baffling back-out
There has been little fanfare about New Zealand’s decision to formally reject amendments to international health regulations (IHR) drawn up after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Big game fishing
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Big game fishing
Mr Zane Grey's visit to New Zealand has attracted attention to catching the swordfish, a pastime that seems to be as fascinating as chasing the deer and following the roe. The well-armed swordfish...
More long-term certainty important for construction industry
More long-term certainty important for construction industry
Construction has always been part of Dunedin’s story.
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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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Out in the country
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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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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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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...