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Not quite paradise after all
In the well-known and much-viewed Air New Zealand safety video, many of the country’s most stunning landscapes are put forward as the "eighth wonder of the world".
Editorial
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Arch enemy in Wānaka
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Arch enemy in Wānaka
Coalition ministers win considerable sympathy when they decry the impediments to growth and development. Consenting (gaining permission) is so often difficult, time-consuming and expensive.
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More talk on supermarket competition
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More talk on supermarket competition
If politicians talking about taking a big stick to the supermarket duopoly worked, we would have seen major change years ago.
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Navigating choppy green waters
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Navigating choppy green waters
Strange things are happening in the environmental world.
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Southern Charity Hospital success
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Southern Charity Hospital success
It has been a long haul, but the Southern Charity Hospital is expected to open in the next few weeks.
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Choices for the Cook Islands
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Choices for the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands and New Zealand were looking forward to marking 60 years of the islands’ independence, but this has already been clouded by disagreement.
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Roxburgh will rise above the fire
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Roxburgh will rise above the fire
A dreadful blaze can come like a sudden death in the family.
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Trump and outside the box thinking
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Trump and outside the box thinking
Even though the Donald Trump roller-coaster was expected, the United States president is still shocking his nation and the world.
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Changing the guard at Health NZ
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Changing the guard at Health NZ
Whatever the details behind the resignation of Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora chief executive Fepulea’i Margie Apa, it is difficult to see her leaving making much difference to the woes of our...
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Letters to the Editor: parking, Palestine and women's sport
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Letters to the Editor: parking, Palestine and women's sport
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including free parking on Sundays, Christopher Luxon's stance on Palestine, and issues faced by women in sport.
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In one ear and out the other
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In one ear and out the other
A world without sound is isolating, lonely and frightening. In New Zealand, about 8000 people are profoundly deaf and more than 50,000 have difficulty hearing.
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A home of one’s own
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A home of one’s own
The ideological divide between New Zealand’s two main political parties is seldom more clearly demonstrated than in housing policy.
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Waitangi Day celebrations
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Waitangi Day celebrations
The build-up to this year’s Waitangi Day celebrations has been more fraught than usual.
Reality getting in the way of aspirations
Reality getting in the way of aspirations
Life is full of disappointments. Just when you think you are over the last one, and making progress, another one comes along to slap you in the face.
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Trading blows
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Trading blows
It is difficult to see exactly what United States president Donald Trump's tariff blitz is going to achieve.
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Paying for Sunday parking
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Paying for Sunday parking
Parking is one of those issues which councillors at local authorities around the country must dread dealing with.
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Hospital decision worth celebrating
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Hospital decision worth celebrating
Southerners, pat yourselves on the back.
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Letters to the Editor: energy, flooding and rates
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Letters to the Editor: energy, flooding and rates
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including spruiking the same old shibboleth, flooding issues caused by inaction, and holding the council accountable.
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Backpacking to buffoonery
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Backpacking to buffoonery
Quite where veteran activist John Minto spent his summer holidays is uncertain, but wherever it was apparently "heaps" of Israeli soldiers were on backpacking vacations there.
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Privacy law support
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Privacy law support
Members of the Justice Committee, up to their eyebrows in Treaty Principles Bill submissions, might have felt a little sentimental when they saw the order paper for Parliament’s first sitting day...