SUBSCRIBER
How to deal with a sinking ship
SUBSCRIBER
How to deal with a sinking ship
New Zealand Defence Force personnel are some of the best-trained and best-performed people in their respective fields worldwide.
Editorial
SUBSCRIBER
Thinking big in the 2020s
SUBSCRIBER
Thinking big in the 2020s
The coalition government is going for it with its Fast-track Approvals Bill and the 149 projects to be listed under it.
SUBSCRIBER
Climate change urgency missing
SUBSCRIBER
Climate change urgency missing
Along with all the heartache and mayhem major weather emergencies cause, there are also many moments when we can be proud of our fellow citizens.
SUBSCRIBER
Escalation fears grow
SUBSCRIBER
Escalation fears grow
New Zealanders watch developments in the Middle East with foreboding and helplessness.
SUBSCRIBER
Supermarket competition
SUBSCRIBER
Supermarket competition
There is logic to the rejected merger between Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island.
SUBSCRIBER
Getting on the case of Costello
SUBSCRIBER
Getting on the case of Costello
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s hands-off approach to dealing with any issues involving ministers outside the National Party looks increasingly silly.
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: Aurora, the hospital and Daffodil Day
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: Aurora, the hospital and Daffodil Day
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the decision to not sell Aurora, the ideology of the hospital build, and a thank you for supporting Daffodil Day.
SUBSCRIBER
Sophistry or bad Swedish rounding?
SUBSCRIBER
Sophistry or bad Swedish rounding?
Somewhere, deep within the darkest recesses of this government, a new department apparently lurks — the Ministry of Creative Accounting.
SUBSCRIBER
Here is the long-range outlook
SUBSCRIBER
Here is the long-range outlook
Not a single person in New Zealand is unaffected somehow by the caprices of our weather.
SUBSCRIBER
Build it once, build it right
SUBSCRIBER
Build it once, build it right
It was a simple message for the government, delivered by an estimated 35,000-strong sea of people surging their way through central Dunedin on a sunny Saturday.
SUBSCRIBER
Let southern voices be heard
SUBSCRIBER
Let southern voices be heard
Most hours of most days, Dunedin reverberates to the sound of a helicopter conveying a patient to Dunedin Hospital.
SUBSCRIBER
Aurora decision on the right lines
SUBSCRIBER
Aurora decision on the right lines
There is no simpler way of putting it: the Dunedin City Council’s decision not to sell electricity lines company Aurora Energy was the right one.
SUBSCRIBER
Spending more time at the office
SUBSCRIBER
Spending more time at the office
The government’s call for more public servants to return to the office rather than work from home has received a mixed response.
SUBSCRIBER
Spying and Sutch-like
SUBSCRIBER
Spying and Sutch-like
Curiosity is one of humanity’s greatest attributes.
SUBSCRIBER
Gang patch overreach
SUBSCRIBER
Gang patch overreach
While the coalition government wins public sympathy for "tough" action on gangs, human rights are at serious risk.
SUBSCRIBER
Privacy regulations lagging
SUBSCRIBER
Privacy regulations lagging
Several issues involving government agencies in recent weeks highlight how our privacy regulations and oversight are struggling to keep up with modern times.
SUBSCRIBER
Mr Radich goes to Wellington
SUBSCRIBER
Mr Radich goes to Wellington
It has certainly been an on-again, off-again, week for Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich and the campaign to stop the threatened erosion of services and facilities at the new Dunedin hospital.
SUBSCRIBER
Tackling crime
SUBSCRIBER
Tackling crime
It is a staple in the populist playbook. Crackdown on criminals and win votes.
SUBSCRIBER
Ake ake ake — A Forever Language
SUBSCRIBER
Ake ake ake — A Forever Language
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week began almost 60 years ago, nine years before a post office telephone operator’s use of the greeting kia ora resulted in her being demoted.
SUBSCRIBER
Wanted, dead or alive: Faster roads
SUBSCRIBER
Wanted, dead or alive: Faster roads
When your parents told you never to be a passenger in certain people’s cars, it must have been ministers in this government they were warning you about.