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An open letter to the people of Canterbury: CDHB in crisis

The Canterbury District Health Board is facing an unprecedented leadership crisis, writes Sarah Dalton, ASMS, Alistair Humphrey, CHMSA and Vanessa Weenink GP.

Opinion: Conspiracy theorists aren't the problem - it's the rest of us

Opinion: Conspiracy theorists aren't the problem - it's the rest of us

In the fight against misinformation, who is worse - the conspiracy theorist, or the general public? Ximena Smith argues it's the latter.

Trump gets NZ's 'big surge' all wrong

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Opinion: Trump gets NZ's 'big surge' all wrong

New Zealand has lessons to teach the US in the fight against coronavirus, but President Trump seems to be failing at his own version of distance learning.

Opinion: Send the Chch terrorist back to Australia in a prisoner swap

A minimum of 17 years is required for a murder committed as part of a terrorist act. Photo: NZH file

Opinion: Send the Chch terrorist back to Australia in a prisoner swap

Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost New Zealand millions. A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem, writes Alexander Gillespie.

The $445m scourge of the pokie machines

Poker machines have been in the spotlight this week with revelations of how much money they are sucking out of the economy.

Covid disruptions 'a blow to a country that is still struggling'

Former ACT New Zealand deputy leader and MP Dr Muriel Newman gives her views on the state of New Zealand politics.

Opinion: Tarras not an option - Boult

Queenstown is by a very long shot, the most visited area of this part of the world. PHOTO: GETTY...

Airport for Tarras plan fine, so long as it doesn’t happen

Plans for a new airport at Tarras just don’t stack up, writes former Christchurch Airport chief executive and Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult.

Little owl feeds on insects at dawn and dusk

Little owl feeds on insects at dawn and dusk

Who would have thought there is a resident population of owls around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, writes Tanya Jenkins.

Pros and cons to cannabis legislation, Police Association says

A police officer carries cannabis plants seized during a raid in Northland. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Pros and cons to cannabis legislation, Police Association says

Legalising cannabis may put more pressure on police resources and, if the pricing system is not correct, could fail to dent the black market, the Police Association says.

Opinion: The key election issue

Former ACT New Zealand deputy leader and MP Dr Muriel Newman gives her views on the state of New Zealand politics.

Opinion: Hospital car parking still an election issue

Passengers waiting in the rain for the Deans Ave park and ride. Photo: Martin Hunter

Opinion: Hospital car parking still an election issue

The debacle that is Christchurch Hospital car parking has become a political football again.

Kate Hawkesby: Legalising cannabis - why would we be so dumb?

"Why are we playing with fire here? Why would we want to normalise this and pretend the harms...

Kate Hawkesby: Legalising cannabis - why would we be so dumb?

OPINION:I was pleased to see some sense finally reported on the comparison between harm caused by alcohol versus that by cannabis.

Two referenda: Euthanasia and the recreational use of cannabis

Former ACT New Zealand deputy leader and MP Dr Muriel Newman gives her views on the state of New Zealand politics.

Opinion as well as science informs policy advice

The Christchurch Health and Development Study found 80% of the cohort, now aged 43, had tried...

Opinion as well as science informs policy advice

Christchurch Prof Joe Boden provides a view from inside the expert panel on cannabis ahead of this year’s cannabis referendum.

Opinion: When a spark sets off a mob

The dust-up between Christ’s College and CBHS supporters after their annual rugby match on Saturday is a classic case of a few stirring and the rest following.

Opinion: Alarmism

Former ACT New Zealand deputy leader and MP Dr Muriel Newman gives her views on the state of New Zealand politics and the Covid-19 pandemic.

On top of the glacier and the world, too

The ski plane lands on the Geikie Snowfield of Franz Josef Glacier.

On top of the glacier and the world, too

Former Otago Daily Times reporter LianeTopham-Kindley made the most of some post-lockdown deals over Queen’s Birthday weekend with a scenic flight from Mt Cook to Franz Josef Glacier.

Opinion: Election choices

In her weekly column, former ACT New Zealand deputy leader and MP Dr Muriel Newman gives her views on the state of New Zealand politics and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Opinion: Fighting the big boys

Opinion: Fighting the big boys

There should be no surprises Fulton Hogan is appealing conditions imposed when resource consent was granted to build and operate a big quarry on the outskirts of Christchurch.

A party in disarray

Todd Muller announced his resignation today, just 57 days after becoming leader of the National...

A party in disarray

COMMENT: National is now a party looking for a leader following a brutal week that saw Todd Muller's leadership and integrity severely tested, says RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson.

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