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Undoing what has been done
As Christmas loomed last year, leaders and staff at Te Pūkenga faced an uncertain future, knowing that the newly-elected government planned to disestablish the mega merged polytechnic.
Opinion
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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 Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain’s heresy that there is no Santa
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The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain’s heresy that there is no Santa
Last week, while conducting a religious education class for 10-year-olds at a primary school in Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire, England, the Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain told the children there was no...
Lessons from Canadian cousins
Lessons from Canadian cousins
Canada can offer lessons on sustaining journalism here, Paul Deegan writes.
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air
A beloved TV special still speaks to us, Stephen Lind writes.
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Bertie and Elizabeth visit Kenya
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Bertie and Elizabeth visit Kenya
The Duke and Duchess of York have arrived at Mombasa.
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
Concern expressed by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier last week about the pace of change in prison culture is nothing new.
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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: health cuts, the hospital and the humanities
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Letters to the Editor: health cuts, the hospital and the humanities
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the government's proposed health cuts, the hospital rebuild, and the withered remains of the humanities.
Forgotten histories and our medical collections
Forgotten histories and our medical collections
Remains in medical collections reveal a lot about societal inequality, Sian Halcrow and colleagues write.
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Santa sallies forth with gifts
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Santa sallies forth with gifts
By no means the least happy section of the community during the festive season are the children of the working people, for Santa Claus does not forget them. He sends each one of them an invitation...
Wakatipu and Wānaka water quality is ‘good’ — be worried
Wakatipu and Wānaka water quality is ‘good’ — be worried
Good is not good enough for water quality, Alan Somerville writes.
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
There are not many occasions when Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Green Taieri list MP Scott Willis agree on an infrastructure policy.
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The shaky ground beneath our feet
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The shaky ground beneath our feet
Another grim reminder has been handed out this week that we in the Pacific live on a ring of fire.
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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: cruise ships, the ORC building and the hospital
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Letters to the Editor: cruise ships, the ORC building and the hospital
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including emissions produced by cruise ships, the state-of-the-art ORC building, and how the hospital will be budgeted.
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
There are not many occasions when Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Green Taieri list MP Scott Willis agree on an infrastructure policy.
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Jarring and jolting as we await a waitron
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Jarring and jolting as we await a waitron
Unfamiliar uses of words and terms jar and jolt.
Within living memory ...
Within living memory ...
The St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool was launched into its second century by the Mayor of Dunedin, Mr C. G. Skeggs, in December 1984.
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Crash closes main line
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Crash closes main line
Wellington, December 20: The 5.30am goods train from Paekakariki ran into a slip near Ngaio and was derailed.