Obituary: final years made big difference
Obituary: final years made big difference
STEPHEN HOFFMAN Health advocate There was absolutely no reason that Stephen Hoffman and I should have met.
Mike Houlahan
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Happy Christmas, war is over. But has another started?
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Happy Christmas, war is over. But has another started?
Tuesday was either the day that the war on farmers ended or the day the war on nature started, depending on what side of the House you sit on.
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Negative growth predicted for financial year
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Negative growth predicted for financial year
If you had idly wondered why the government is so hell-bent on passing fast-track consenting legislation, Budget 2024 clearly answers your question.
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Prudent approach taken by Willis
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Prudent approach taken by Willis
As debut Budgets go, this was a pretty responsible effort. Nicola Willis only occasionally waved her magic wand and all the big spending initiatives - not that there were many - were signalled well in advance, and duly delivered.
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Balancing act beckons for Budget
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Balancing act beckons for Budget
Crafting her debut Budget has been all about striking a balance, Finance Minister Nicola Willis tells Otago Daily Times political editor Mike Houlahan.
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Yelling aplenty, and there is more to come
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Yelling aplenty, and there is more to come
During World War 2 there was a period called the "phoney war", where the Western Front stood idle for months before the fighting really started.
Conflict of interest allegations ‘defamatory’: Peters
Conflict of interest allegations ‘defamatory’: Peters
ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour has vehemently denied any wrongdoing by his Southland list MP Todd Stephenson in his role as a parliamentary private secretary.
New MP grateful to be a citizen
New MP grateful to be a citizen
Dunedin's newest MP began his parliamentary career with impassioned thanks to his adopted country.
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Not dragging the chain: the fast-track process speeds along
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Not dragging the chain: the fast-track process speeds along
They say that a fast game is a good game — but fast-tracking the game is another matter entirely.
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Reading books to escape from the unhappiness of one’s life
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Reading books to escape from the unhappiness of one’s life
As any school pupil or tertiary education student can tell you, there are few things more excruciating than having a teacher or lecturer going through your homework in public and picking holes in it.
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Going round a mulberry bush with hospital funding queries
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Going round a mulberry bush with hospital funding queries
Southern Say has highlighted the many attempts by our local MPs to get any indication at all from Health Minister Shane Reti that he'll deliver a National pledge to restore plans for the new Dunedin hospital (mostly) to the way they were.
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Yeah right — Penny Simmonds supports how the boss rolls
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Yeah right — Penny Simmonds supports how the boss rolls
The new government has had its first "Tui moment".
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament
From political exile to future member of Parliament, Francisco Hernandez has been on a quite a journey, Mike Houlahan reports.
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive
Parliament is in recess and the Prime Minister is sunning himself in Asia — which he may be very grateful for given the heat his government is feeling about its long-promised plans to pare back the public service.
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm
War has deprived thousands of southern families of loved ones, but not every war story involves a battlefield. Mike Houlahan explores the story of Otago farmer Frederick Hugh Russell.
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill
The James Shaw farewell tour kicked into high gear this week, as Parliament debated - and rejected - his New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to Sustainable Environment) Amendment Bill at first reading.
Review: Enthusiasm emerges in rock recollections
Review: Enthusiasm emerges in rock recollections
Thurston Moore, co-founder of US so-hip-it-hurts band Sonic Youth, would be ashamed of me.
Review: Taking stock of how fear has driven us
Review: Taking stock of how fear has driven us
Of the thousands of quotes about fear, perhaps the most famous is US President Franklin Roosevelt’s immortal line that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
MP demands government fulfil hospital promise
MP demands government fulfil hospital promise
Taieri Green list MP Scott Willis has demanded that the government commit to building the new Dunedin hospital, as promised.
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Acting regionally but with the broader electoral map in mind
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Acting regionally but with the broader electoral map in mind
In November 2019, two weary years after he became the minister for regional economic development, Shane Jones came to Dunedin and dished out $60 million of tax payers’ money on a variety of projects.