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Iona wins second race

Auckland, February 1: Iona greatly enhanced Otago’s chances of annexing the Sanders Cup by winning the second race of the 1925 contest over a triangular course on the Waitemata to-day.

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Shane Jo-Jo sings Get Back as Parliament tunes up again

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Shane Jo-Jo sings Get Back as Parliament tunes up again

Parliament began for a new year on Tuesday with a show of unanimity, MPs from across the House joining in paying tribute to Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and the late Te Pāti Māori co-founder Dame Tariana Turia.

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The black hole of the neglected Civis mail

About 20,000 people had used the email tool on the website to contact councillors. Photo: Getty...

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The black hole of the neglected Civis mail

Civis readers are owed apologies for the absence of feedback on their feedback.

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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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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Letters to Editor: planting, biodiversity, bureaucracy

Readers argue that "mown grass and lawns are in essence a desert and simply a hangover from the...

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Letters to Editor: planting, biodiversity, bureaucracy

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including grassy embankments, all things biodiversity, and discussions of healthcare bureaucracy.

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Glacier tourism booming

A visiting guided party on the Franz Josef Glacier. — Otago Witness, 27.1.1925

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Glacier tourism booming

Mr H. Grenfell, of Oamaru, who had just returned from a visit to the West Coast, stated that the tourist traffic to the Franz Joseph Glacier this year was very heavy.

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DeepSeek’s unveiling carefully timed to surprise Trump’s US

DeepSeek is an artificially intelligent Chinese chatbot. PHOTO: REUTERS

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DeepSeek’s unveiling carefully timed to surprise Trump’s US

"Deepseek" is a pretty good name for an artificially intelligent Chinese chatbot.

Prevention our only viable option

Prevention our only viable option

BMI is a distraction from real obesity issues Cherie Stayner and Sir Jim Mann write.

Life and the eternal search for the right context and the correct door

Both permit access but only context provides the information to make the right decision. PHOTO:...

Life and the eternal search for the right context and the correct door

Having a concept of eternity aids in the context of personal relationships Richard Dawson writes.

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Privacy law support

The house of representatives. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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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...

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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: Gaza, the DCC and communication

The Peninsula shared path. Photo: ODT files

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Letters to the Editor: Gaza, the DCC and communication

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including what has led Israel to decimate Gaza, some ratings of issues at the DCC, and effective communication for all.

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Hooked by a moody waterfront photo

January days in Lyttelton. Photo: Peter Morath collection, Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum

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Hooked by a moody waterfront photo

Poignant is the word, deriving from the Old French poindre, meaning to prick or stab.

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Lake Logan nearly filled in

The New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition buildings under construction at Logan Park, Dunedin, as...

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Lake Logan nearly filled in

The weekly meeting of the directors of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition was held last night.

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Slide back to might makes right

Internally displaced civilians escape fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the...

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Slide back to might makes right

We seem to be drifting back into the world of "might makes right".

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An eye on a dollar, an eye on the road

Bus services under scrutiny. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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An eye on a dollar, an eye on the road

Driving blind is no way to make decisions about spending, especially spending other people’s money.

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Wish you were/weren’t here

Extreme sea level events that previously occurred once every 100 years, for instance, could...

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Wish you were/weren’t here

Earth may be a small planet, infinitesimal and inconsequential on the scale of the universe, but it is still big enough that none of us will ever be able to travel to every corner of it.

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Cartoonist’s view - Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Letters to the Editor: Seymour, the Bible and Uncle Norm

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. File photo

Letters to the Editor: Seymour, the Bible and Uncle Norm

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including David Seymour's healthcare proposal, getting inspiration from the Bible, and advice from Uncle Norm.

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