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Letters to the Editor: Waitangi, parking and Trump

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Letters to the Editor: Waitangi, parking and Trump

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the silent Māori majority, the decision to end free parking on Sundays, and Trump's serial mendacity.

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In one ear and out the other

Listening is an acquired skill. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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In one ear and out the other

A world without sound is isolating, lonely and frightening. In New Zealand, about 8000 people are profoundly deaf and more than 50,000 have difficulty hearing.

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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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Sky high prices, non- pernickety pronouns

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Sky high prices, non- pernickety pronouns

Air New Zealand pricing rightly comes in for regular roasting.

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Nickels, dimes, and how to support regional development

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Nickels, dimes, and how to support regional development

Health Minister Simeon Brown was very keen to take a lap of honour last week for his Dunedin hospital announcement . . . well, he might have been had he been able to get his car out of the carpark...

Within living memory . . .

Within living memory . . .

Lunchtime crowds in Dunedin’s Octagon in January 1985 watched the Otago Rugby Football Union team take first place in the Speight’s Brewery tug of war competition.

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USS Co’s non-steam ship

Royal mail ship Aorangi, of the Union Steam Ship Co, at the time the world’s largest motor ship ...

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USS Co’s non-steam ship

San Francisco, January 26: The Union Steam Ship Company’s motor liner Aorangi has arrived on her maiden voyage to New Zealand and Australia.

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A home of one’s own

State houses being built in Dunedin in December 1948. PHOTO: EVENING STAR

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A home of one’s own

The ideological divide between New Zealand’s two main political parties is seldom more clearly demonstrated than in housing policy.

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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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Political gaslighting rejected by mums and grandmothers

Mana wāhine make their opinion known by turning their backs on David Seymour as he speaks at...

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Political gaslighting rejected by mums and grandmothers

Sure, you can invite yourself to the party but if you are going to be selfish and rude, do not expect anybody to listen to you sing, especially not your mum or your grandma.

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Southern city running short

View from the Invercargill water tower, looking west. — Otago Witness, 30.12.1924.

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Southern city running short

The position in regard to the Invercargill water supply has become a critical one owing to the prolonged drought and the inability of the pumping system to cope with the demand.

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Waitangi Day celebrations

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Waitangi Day celebrations

The build-up to this year’s Waitangi Day celebrations has been more fraught than usual.

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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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Meditations on the manly art of shaving

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Meditations on the manly art of shaving

As I run the blade across my face and neck, I think of things and I remember things. Most times the things just float across my skull and when I rinse the razor clean they’re gone.

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Space for everyone and friends to make

A Clubs and Societies Day in the University of Otago Link building. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Space for everyone and friends to make

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.

We have the power to demand better

Francisco Hernandez makes his maiden speech to Parliament. PHOTO: PARLIAMENT TV

We have the power to demand better

Migrant communities make an enormous contribution to New Zealand, Francisco Hernandez writes.

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Hospital upgrade or new build?

The 26-bed Naseby Hospital. At the time of its construction, it was the largest in the goldfields...

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Hospital upgrade or new build?

At a meeting of the Maniototo Hospital Board Thursday last, correspondence from the Director-general of Health was read relative to the proposals to erect a hospital at Ranfurly.

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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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Man and boy behind win

Mr G.A. Wiseman and Master Harry Nees, crew of the 14-foot racing dinghy Iona, winner of the...

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Man and boy behind win

By virtue of the interest taken in the Sanders Cup the contest has become New Zealand’s most important yachting event, and that Otago should have won the Cup is a matter of great importance in the...

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Taking the dubious case for US annexation of Canada seriously

Canadians at Donald Trump’s inauguration. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Taking the dubious case for US annexation of Canada seriously

President Donald Trump’s proposed imposition of 25% tariffs on all Canadian exports to the United States cannot be justified by the false claim that illegal immigrants and large amounts of the...

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