SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: ORC building and council spending
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including ORC building, democracy and council spending.
Opinion
SUBSCRIBER
Banking on Kiwibank?
SUBSCRIBER
Banking on Kiwibank?
Last week’s government banking announcements are small steps towards a more competitive industry.
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Road safety concerns us all — there are no exceptions
SUBSCRIBER
Road safety concerns us all — there are no exceptions
With the holiday season approaching the police have issued a warning that officers will be out in force to ensure rigorous enforcement of all road safety rules with multiple checkpoints and random...
SUBSCRIBER
Humanities, social sciences, bring in dollars too
SUBSCRIBER
Humanities, social sciences, bring in dollars too
Humanities research is incredibly valuable to universities and society, Benjamin Schonthal writes.
SUBSCRIBER
GG welcomed to Wellington
SUBSCRIBER
GG welcomed to Wellington
The Governor-General was welcomed at a civic reception in the Wellington Town Hall last night.
SUBSCRIBER
Greyhounds running out of track
SUBSCRIBER
Greyhounds running out of track
In a week when the political infighting over possible Cook Strait ferry replacements reached farcical fever pitch, a momentous display of unity in Parliament did not receive the attention it deserved.
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: the Marsden Fund and the hospital
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to the Editor: the Marsden Fund and the hospital
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the removal of Marsden funding from the humanities and social sciences, and the reality of the new hospital.
Tackling terrible disease through the medium of pedal power
Tackling terrible disease through the medium of pedal power
Andy Glynne-Percy is on the 31st day of a grand cycling adventure, biking from the very bottom to the tippy-top of New Zealand.
SUBSCRIBER
Superstitious peasants and unwanted emissions
SUBSCRIBER
Superstitious peasants and unwanted emissions
More than half the world’s people (4.3 billion) own smartphones, and practically everybody has access to one.
SUBSCRIBER
Overcoming the barrier of privilege, one power tool at a time
SUBSCRIBER
Overcoming the barrier of privilege, one power tool at a time
My brothers are the privileged ones in ways they don’t understand.
SUBSCRIBER
Samoan lawmakers meet new GG
SUBSCRIBER
Samoan lawmakers meet new GG
The party of visiting Samoan chiefs was received by the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson) and Lady Alice Fergusson at Government House yesterday morning.
SUBSCRIBER
Going slowly along the fast track legislation
SUBSCRIBER
Going slowly along the fast track legislation
Rachel Brooking was somewhere between heaven and hell this week.
SUBSCRIBER
Away with the ferries
SUBSCRIBER
Away with the ferries
It's in the running to be one of the most glib and self-satisfied announcements yet made by this government.
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to The Editor: God, geese and the gravy train
SUBSCRIBER
Letters to The Editor: God, geese and the gravy train
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including which humans God created in his image, a troublesome brood in Broad Bay, and a bizarre gravy train.
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
SUBSCRIBER
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
SUBSCRIBER
Massey, Fergusson link up
SUBSCRIBER
Massey, Fergusson link up
Wellington, December 13: The weather for the landing of the new Governor-general and his wife and daughter remained boisterous.
SUBSCRIBER
Debunking a feature of Dunedin Study show
SUBSCRIBER
Debunking a feature of Dunedin Study show
Although Civis has seen a lot about the astounding Dunedin Study, its fluoridation findings weren’t familiar.
SUBSCRIBER
Syria: what happens next?
SUBSCRIBER
Syria: what happens next?
Syrians are entitled to joy and exhilaration, at least for now. The loathed, murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad is no more.