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A turning point in history?
The weekend Oval Office meeting where United States President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Ukraine is sending shudders worldwide.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: Ukraine meeting, speed and pollution
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Letters to the Editor: Ukraine meeting, speed and pollution
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including treatment of Ukraine president, speed restrictions and air pollution.
A debate our MPs should have
A debate our MPs should have
Sir Ian Taylor has written another letter, this time to Dr Claire Achmad, the chief children's commissioner.
Penguin may be falling foul of another local hero
Penguin may be falling foul of another local hero
Ken Steel has a theory why the hoiho is disappearing.
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Why our roadsides are awash with pointless reading material
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Why our roadsides are awash with pointless reading material
New Zealand has a literacy rate of 99% and as a consequence we are known as great readers, but we average only about five books each a year while Australians, often portrayed as slackers when it comes to matters cultural, each get through 10 books every year. So, what are we doing with our literacy that we are so far down in the book reading stakes?
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Porritt clears last hurdle
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Porritt clears last hurdle
London, March 2 (Received March 3, at 8.5pm): The Oxford sports have been concluded.
Open-cast mines are for keeps, so no to gold prospecting
Open-cast mines are for keeps, so no to gold prospecting
Opposition to gold mining is a moral duty, Richard Reeve writes.
No, judges are a law unto themselves
No, judges are a law unto themselves
Stephen Parker considers a recent Australian judgement on whether you can sue a judge.
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First as tragedy, then as farce: history repeating
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First as tragedy, then as farce: history repeating
Hegel wrote "all great world-historic facts and personages appear twice". It was Karl Marx who said Hegel forgot to add these repeating events happen "first as tragedy, then as farce". You know,...
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An odd anniversary
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An odd anniversary
Five years on from the confirmation of the first Covid-19 case in New Zealand, many might want to forget about the disease and its impact.
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Letters to the Editor: Civil liberties and Queenstown infrastructure
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Letters to the Editor: Civil liberties and Queenstown infrastructure
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the Treaty Principles Bill and policing protests.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Through the hoops
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Through the hoops
The Otago croquet singles and doubles championships were commenced on the Punga Club’s lawns yesterday morning in fine weather, but the lawns were heavy on account of the previous day’s rain.
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Letters to the Editor: School lunches, Trump, and the afterlife
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Letters to the Editor: School lunches, Trump, and the afterlife
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including America's changing policy in Europe, who should be eating Seymour's school lunches, and the meaning of life.
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The long and the short of it
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The long and the short of it
If there is one thing New Zealand voters value more than the right to elect the government of their choice, it is the right to vote out a government not of their choice.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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The Act leader and his day as the acting Prime Minister
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The Act leader and his day as the acting Prime Minister
It is not often that Invercargill is the centre of the political universe.
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The nasty din caused by misused alternatives
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The nasty din caused by misused alternatives
It's time to catch up on a few more of those missing emails sent to civis@odt. co. nz last year, notably those on word issues.
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Arresting development ill thought out
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Arresting development ill thought out
The Crimes Act 1961 is one of New Zealand’s most durable pieces of legislation.