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Invaders from out of our space
Distance is a great friend of New Zealand’s.
Editorial
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Whither house prices
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Whither house prices
The new year regularly begins in New Zealand with various predictions about how house prices will track.
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Free vapes raise questions
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Free vapes raise questions
More than a year after getting the associate health portfolio, Casey Costello is still attracting negative headlines for decisions around smoking.
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The show must go on
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The show must go on
Living in fear of what someone else is doing or achieving is not a good way to spend one’s life.
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Rates and the South Dunedin library
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Rates and the South Dunedin library
If Dunedin City Councillors are to limit their rapid rates increases and soaring debts, they must be prepared to make hard decisions.
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Wahine toa, Dame Tariana Turia
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Wahine toa, Dame Tariana Turia
Dame Tariana Turia, who died last week, will not be easily forgotten, even by those who disagreed with her views.
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Wānaka brawl a wake-up call
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Wānaka brawl a wake-up call
Teenagers throughout history have found themselves in trouble with adults: defying the expectations of one’s elders is a rite of passage for most.
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A tale of two presidents
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A tale of two presidents
Observers cannot but be drawn to contrasts between politicians and their personalities.
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Big thinking needed on obesity
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Big thinking needed on obesity
As any New Year dawns, it is almost obligatory to vow to eat less and exercise more over the next 12 months.
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Recognising the great and their teams
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Recognising the great and their teams
The latest New Year’s Honours list is out, saluting New Zealand’s great and good.
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Foulden Maar return welcome
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Foulden Maar return welcome
Those involved in the battle for Foulden Maar will be excited at the welcome news research should resume soon at the site near Middlemarch.
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Just for one day
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Just for one day
We have barely finished one holiday and attention, politically speaking anyway, is already focused on the next one.
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Bird flu response praiseworthy
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Bird flu response praiseworthy
A welcome early Christmas gift to the poultry sector came on Tuesday with confirmation that no further cases of avian influenza have been found in Otago.
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No magic wand for health woes
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No magic wand for health woes
Health Minister Shane Reti may have wanted a magic wand from Santa to deliver some more positive headlines in the new year, but we fear he will be disappointed.
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Undoing what has been done
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Undoing what has been done
As Christmas loomed last year, leaders and staff at Te Pūkenga faced an uncertain future, knowing that the newly-elected government planned to disestablish the mega merged polytechnic.
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
Concern expressed by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier last week about the pace of change in prison culture is nothing new.
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The shaky ground beneath our feet
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The shaky ground beneath our feet
Another grim reminder has been handed out this week that we in the Pacific live on a ring of fire.
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A turning point, but in which direction?
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A turning point, but in which direction?
According to Finance Minister Nicola Willis the New Zealand economy is at a turning point.
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Controlling council spending
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Controlling council spending
It is easy for any government to get heads nodding in agreement by calling out councils for wasting money on projects deemed fanciful.
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Whatever next for the Duke of York?
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Whatever next for the Duke of York?
Another year almost past, another bunch of headlines about some dodgy stuff which a once-senior member of the British Royal Family has been involved in.