Opinion

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No-one can answer the Irish Question

Demonstrators taking part in a ‘United Against Racism’ rally in Belfast, after days of anti...

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No-one can answer the Irish Question

Last week’s violence in Northern Ireland, not really a ‘‘protest’’ but an organised pogrom, is being seized on by the British and international hard right as further evidence that ‘‘out-of-control...

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Early settler centenarian dies

Mrs Ann Watson, who died at Auckland on June 18, 1926 at the age of 100 years and three months....

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Early settler centenarian dies

Mrs Ann Watson, who reached her hundredth birthday in March last, died yesterday afternoon at the Auckland Infirmary, where she was admitted on the 2nd of this month.

Ian Taylor: Jones' mining sums don't add up

If mining is the key to funding public infrastructure then why did Otago have to campaign for a new hospital when the province is home to New Zealand’s largest gold mine?

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Immigration IT debacle

The latest scandal involving a multimillion-dollar public spend on dud information technology involves questions which extend well beyond those immediately involved.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo

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Finally now starting to see myself again

The weary trudge toward the end of the semester. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Finally now starting to see myself again

Our very first semester at Otago is officially done and this new routine no longer feels unfamiliar, but rather something akin to comfortability.

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The fake news about crossword clues

Mr Bennett embarks on the moral dilemma that is the daily crossword. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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The fake news about crossword clues

Fake. 7 letters. P-N-E-S.

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Ceremony, but shortage of pomp

Opening of Parliament: Minister of Defence (Hon F.J. Rolleston) inspects a guard of honour of...

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Ceremony, but shortage of pomp

Wellington, June 17: The ceremonies connected with the opening of Parliament were continued to-day, shorn of some of their customary splendour by the fact that his&nbsp...

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Given the obfuscations, denials and contradictory statements which have dogged the lead-up to this moment, we would not bet the farm on it, but it appears that peace might finally be about to break...

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo

The Manuherikia River and the Falls Dam

Falls Dam near the headwaters of the Manuherikia River. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

The Manuherikia River and the Falls Dam

Central Otago needs an economically sound and environmentally sustainable land use system, Phil Murray writes.

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There is more to solving OIA issues than using AI

Simeon Brown: a recipient of official information. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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There is more to solving OIA issues than using AI

Artificial intelligence help seemed momentarily enticing when I was stomping about effing and blinding about my latest Official Information Act frustration.

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