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Letters to Editor: government, Sammy's, Greens

The three leaders of the coalition government, Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon, and David...

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Letters to Editor: government, Sammy's, Greens

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including opinions on government, developments at the old Sammy's locale, and the Green party's relationship with democracy

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Landslide for UK Tories

Newly-elected British prime minister Stanley Baldwin. — Otago Witness, 11.11.1924

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Landslide for UK Tories

London, October 30 (received October 31 at 7.30pm): When yesterday’s Conservative victories turned to-day into a landslide which represented a turnover unequalled since 1906, all calculations were...

Residential aged care more important than ever

Ross Home, a PSO Enliven administered aged-care facility which is home for up to 124 residents....

Residential aged care more important than ever

Good residential aged care is more important than ever Robbie Moginie writes.

Get the Middle East back on track

The Tigris river flows through the once-powerful town of Hasankeyf, in Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS

Get the Middle East back on track

Middle Eastern countries can strive for better, Forough Amin writes.

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Hui sparks hope that the Maori poverty trap is avoidable

About one in 10 children are living in material hardship - defined as lacking access to six or...

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Hui sparks hope that the Maori poverty trap is avoidable

There is a lot of fear and dismay at the moment about the damage this government is doing to the hard-fought gains of tangata whenua and tangata tiriti over the past 30 or so years.

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Pointing the finger at subversive act

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Pointing the finger at subversive act

I am soon to teach a little writing course.

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Nearing the end of the windy road which has failed many

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Nearing the end of the windy road which has failed many

Oh, exam season.

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Tit for tat for tit for tat for tit...

Downtown Teheran wakes the morning after Israeli air strikes. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Tit for tat for tit for tat for tit...

It's more like a courtship ritual between exotic birds than a 21st-century war. First the Israelis assassinate Revolutionary Guard generals in an Iranian embassy on foreign soil. Tag. You’re it.

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Plunket donations coincide

Mr and Mrs R.A. Anderson's Gala St, Invercargill, residence, the second of two Southland...

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Plunket donations coincide

A public meeting was held at Invercargill on Wednesday evening to discuss and deal with proposals and offers by Mr W.D. Hunt and Mr and Mrs R.A. Anderson.

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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: hospital, tax and multiculturalism

Dunedin city councillors protest the proposed cuts to the new Dunedin hospital project. File...

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Letters to the Editor: hospital, tax and multiculturalism

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Dunedin hospital cuts, taxation policy, and multiculturalism.

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Proceeding carefully on self-certification

The changes will allow qualified trade professionals - including plumbers, drainlayers and...

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Proceeding carefully on self-certification

Wariness about government proposals which would allow builders, plumbers and drainlayers to self-certify some of their work is understandable.

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Endorsing endorsements

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Endorsing endorsements

Whether we like it or not, we build up our knowledge and understanding of the world, and our experiences, by continuously comparing and contrasting how X matches up with Y, which one is better and...

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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: Local waters and Gaza

The department wants people's thoughts on the Government's proposed plan to clean up waterways....

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Letters to the Editor: Local waters and Gaza

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including water quality, environmental plans and Gaza.

Redistributing a trillion or 10 in tax between one’s friends

Many hundreds of dollars. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Redistributing a trillion or 10 in tax between one’s friends

Bill Verrall contemplates some very big numbers when musing on New Zealand’s tax system.

Prostate cancer: an unfashionable killer

Prostate cancer explained. GRAPHIC: GETTY IMAGES

Prostate cancer: an unfashionable killer

November used to be celebrated as Movember as a prostate cancer awareness event, but moustaches seem to not be as widely cultivated as once they were.

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