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Letters to the Editor: mining, growth and racial slurs

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Letters to the Editor: mining, growth and racial slurs

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the trade-off between mining and the environment, uncontrolled growth in Queenstown, and what is a slur?

Free Air New Zealand scenic tours from Dunedin

Unfriendly flight schedules are causing angst. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Free Air New Zealand scenic tours from Dunedin

So, I had cancelled this week’s article because I simply hadn’t had the time to do it, being overcommitted on travel and losing a fight with a wasp over the weekend.

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Dunedin’s new fire appliance

The Dunedin Fire Board's newest fire engine, a Leyland pump. Otago Witness, 17.3.1925

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Dunedin’s new fire appliance

A most efficient and modern piece of fire fighting apparatus has been added to the equipment of the Dunedin Fire Brigade.

We test drivers, so how about councillors?

It is a professional role being a city councillor. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

We test drivers, so how about councillors?

Amateurism is at the heart of issues with local government representation, Glen Morgan writes.

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Sailing in choppy seas

This Jiangkai-class frigate 'Hengyang' was among the Chinese flotilla sailing east of Sydney....

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Sailing in choppy seas

Over two-thirds of the world’s oceans are classified as international waters, not subject to the jurisdiction of any country.

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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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Confessions of a chocolate eater and a pastie lament

Could we add the Perky Nana to the impressive list of Kiwi ingenuity? PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Confessions of a chocolate eater and a pastie lament

I don’t "do" social media but much of the trivia which circulates on it rises to the surface and gets a run in mainstream media.

Expect the unexpected in healthcare and aged care

The unexpected world of healthcare. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Expect the unexpected in healthcare and aged care

Empathy and kindness would help us all, Dorothy Oorschot writes.

Temperatures rising but is the urgency?

A 2009 photograph of deforestation in Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

Temperatures rising but is the urgency?

There is no time to waste as the climate warms, John Drummond writes.

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City, port in expo site tiff

View from the east of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition buildings under construction at...

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City, port in expo site tiff

A difference of opinion has arisen regarding the terms of the agreement under which the City Council is to take over Logan Park from the Harbour Board.

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Wake-up call on privacy

Manurewa Marae vaccination centre, 08 April 2021. PHOTO: NZ HERALD

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Wake-up call on privacy

Every time there is scrutiny of a government agency’s careless handling of personal information, we hope the scandal will result in real improvement across the board.

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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: animal cruelty, democracy and coal

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Letters to the Editor: animal cruelty, democracy and coal

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a horrific case of sadism, a lack of trust in a failing democracy, and what are the alternatives to coal?

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Flooding the zone for a more reliable candidate

US Vice-president J.D. Vance. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Flooding the zone for a more reliable candidate

The planning for a hard-right takeover of the US federal government was detailed and meticulous, and its execution by Elon Musk and his young Silicon Valley storm troopers was ruthless and mostly...

The leading light of the US is not a beacon for us to follow

Elon Musk, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House...

The leading light of the US is not a beacon for us to follow

The United States is not a shining light, Harry Love writes.

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Play depicts faith teetering on the edge

Dorothy Martin and her followers, known as ‘The Seekers’, fervently believed that the faithful...

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Play depicts faith teetering on the edge

It’s 1954, and the world is ending. A suburban housewife from Chicago has been receiving messages from an alien force via automatic writing, and she predicts that a flood surpassing...

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