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Letters to the Editor: camping, cycling and Israel

The Thomas Burns St freedom camping site. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Letters to the Editor: camping, cycling and Israel

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including freedom campers or free loaders, the poor uptake on cycling routes, and our response to Israel/Gaza.

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Kia Ora says ‘ka kite anō’

Kia Ora wins the 14-foot race at the Ravensbourne regatta on February 22, 1925. — Otago Witness,...

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Kia Ora says ‘ka kite anō’

The Ravensbourne annual regatta, held on Saturday afternoon, proved an attractive and successful function.

Within living memory

Within living memory

The Cromwell Mall is better than the best he saw recently in Australia, the member of Parliament for Otago, Mr W.E. Cooper, said at the town centre opening in January 1985.

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Mutts and moggies are ready for takeoff

A black Lab readies for take-off at Queenstown airport. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Mutts and moggies are ready for takeoff

Civis last week discussed differing cultural attitudes to animals as well as Air New Zealand.

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The secret diary of ... The Man Up Gang

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The secret diary of ... The Man Up Gang

Well look, what I would like to say to you about the Man Up protest against a Pride event at an Auckland library on Saturday is that they went too far.

Considerations on two sermons which each called for justice and mercy

Bishop Mariann Budde and United States President Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

Considerations on two sermons which each called for justice and mercy

Politicians don't always like sermons, Lynne Taylor writes.

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Sharing our super

Dunedin Animation Research founder Sir Ian Taylor wants the richest New Zealanders to consider...

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Sharing our super

Charity Share My Super has on board an enthusiastic supporter and promoter in Sir Ian Taylor, of Dunedin, the Dunedin Animation Research founder.

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Cartoonist's view — Yeo

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Cartoonist's view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Sean Yeo.

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Victorians open tour

Wallace (Victoria) delivers to Worker (Otago) in the intercolonial cricket match at Dunedin. —...

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Victorians open tour

The first Victorian team to play in New Zealand opened its tour at Dunedin yesterday with a match against an Otago eleven.

Faith, reason and human evolution

Visions of heaven and hell. PHOTO: CHARLES HIGHAM

Faith, reason and human evolution

Charles Higham contemplates taking tea with his ancestors.

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Extend core value of manaaki to the young and to the old

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Extend core value of manaaki to the young and to the old

One of the core values in Aotearoa New Zealand is manaaki.

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A tale of sound and fury and no deadline

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A tale of sound and fury and no deadline

I went to a gathering. Most of the gathered were my age or older and we talked about death. It was good.

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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: elections, gold and dead rats

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Letters to the Editor: elections, gold and dead rats

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including another year of local body elections, an emotional diatribe against gold mining, and to swallow a dead rat.

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Taking in sights and sounds of O-Week

Leith St during O-Week 2020. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Taking in sights and sounds of O-Week

The rite of passage that is the hedonistic alcohol-soaked privilege of tertiary education is an all-too familiar literary trope: Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and recent cinematic...

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The two different kinds of thieves

Congolese volunteers and former rebels gather at a rally to mobilise against the possible M23...

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The two different kinds of thieves

What is the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets?

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Mental health priorities

Matt Doocey, one of the ministers responsible for assessing the Royal Commission's...

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Mental health priorities

There was enthusiasm for the appointment of the first Minister for Mental Health a year ago.

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A Catlins adventure

The river junction where the Tahakopa and Maclennan Rivers join. Papatōwai is in the distance. —...

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A Catlins adventure

Much has been written concerning the lakes of Otago and Southland, the Hot Springs of the north, and the glacial wonders of the Southern Alps.

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Not quite paradise after all

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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".

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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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