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Letters to Editor: hospital, railways, De Groot

Dunedin Hospital outpatients building. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Letters to Editor: hospital, railways, De Groot

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including ideas to sell and lease the new Dunedin hospital, suggestions to sell Dunedin Railways, and the continued omission of Ethan De...

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Anzac Ave loan referendum

Primary school girls in the 12 and under age group at the Dunedin Municipal Baths. — Otago...

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Anzac Ave loan referendum

Widespread interest has been aroused in the Highway-Lake Logan Loan poll today, and there is reason to believe that the vote cast will be considerably larger than that usually recorded on such...

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo

Making the most of trade shows: tips and tricks

Sarah Ramsay at the EMEX trade show in Auckland earlier this year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Making the most of trade shows: tips and tricks

As teased in my last column about the whirlwind of attending five trade shows in as many weeks, I’ve gathered some pearls of wisdom on trade show lessons and etiquette.

Meditating on perils of phone addiction

Cellphone addiction is real. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Meditating on perils of phone addiction

Xavier English reflects on the detox he didn’t know he needed.

We can blame Trump or we can speak out on climate change

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in lead-up to the 2024 American presidential election...

We can blame Trump or we can speak out on climate change

A Trump presidency has climate consequences, John Drummond writes.

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Reading, writing and thinking

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Reading, writing and thinking

Literacy limitations among those who should be the best educated — tertiary students — have always been an issue.

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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: National, haka, student fees

Prime minister and leader of the National party, Christopher Luxon. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Letters to Editor: National, haka, student fees

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the National party's view on race relations, the appropriateness of haka in parliament, and the university's decision to raise...

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Navy cheers for Jellicoe

Outgoing governor-general Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe takes a salute from a naval...

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Navy cheers for Jellicoe

Wellington, November 18: The Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe) paid a farewell visit to HMS Dunedin and Veronica this morning.

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Exciting invitation for a paper boy to deliver a paper

William Kitchen, writer, rogue and con man. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Exciting invitation for a paper boy to deliver a paper

Great news! I have been invited to deliver a paper.

Get real over planning wrangles

Butchers Dam, a reservoir near Alexandra, now only used for irrigation. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Get real over planning wrangles

Honesty and pragmatism are needed in regional planning, Lloyd McCall says.

Cold towels are needed to cool down Treaty fever

Te Pāti Māori MPs haka to Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. PHOTO: YOUTUBE

Cold towels are needed to cool down Treaty fever

Settling the Treaty debate cries out for leadership, Harry Love writes.

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Hospital future still murky

Chris Bishop says the RMA was well-intentioned but had not worked. Photo: RNZ

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Hospital future still murky

Seven weeks after Health Minister Shane Reti and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop came to Dunedin to scaremonger about the Dunedin hospital rebuild, we are no clearer about what will happen next.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon by Shaun Yeo.

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Walking our way towards a deliberately divisive conversation

The hīkoi reaches Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Walking our way towards a deliberately divisive conversation

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is an attempt to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi. Redefining it, not by what it says, not by what it means, but by what certain people want it to mean.

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Night out with the unapologetically political

Mo Chara and Moglai Bap of Irish hip-hop band Kneecap perform at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark...

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Night out with the unapologetically political

You'd think that by the ripe old age of 30, I’d have learned not to drink too much on a school night.

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It is never good when they are shooting at planes

Gunshot marks are seen on a Spirit Airlines aircraft which was shot at while attempting to land...

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It is never good when they are shooting at planes

It is a sure sign that things are not going well in a country when foreign airlines get shot at on their way into or out of the main national airport.

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Italy under dictatorship

A caricature of Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy. — Otago Witness, 13.1.1925

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Italy under dictatorship

Rome: The debates in the Chamber of Deputies during the past week were curiously unreal owing to the deliberate absence of the whole of the Opposition party as a protest against the dictatorship.

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Letters to Editor: Waitaki Boys, long grass, venues

Hall of Memories, Waitaki Boys’ High School. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Letters to Editor: Waitaki Boys, long grass, venues

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including climate change at Waitaki Boys High School, overgrown verges managed by the DCC, and the need for a student venue.

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