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No magic wand for health woes
Health Minister Shane Reti may have wanted a magic wand from Santa to deliver some more positive headlines in the new year, but we fear he will be disappointed.
Opinion
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: Christmas, bad drivers and a shooting
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Letters to the Editor: Christmas, bad drivers and a shooting
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including reflecting on Christmas Day, a story of irresponsible driving, and the investigation of a Dunedin shooting.
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The frightening power of absolute authority
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The frightening power of absolute authority
"Tell me a story," I said.
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Wreck unrecoverable
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Wreck unrecoverable
The steamer Konini, which went ashore near Bluff in the early hours of Monday morning, is in much the same position as she was on Tuesday.
Bashir intent on restoring stability
Bashir intent on restoring stability
Who is Syria’s new prime minister and what will he do, Scott Lucas asks.
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Use the noodle or lose the noodle?
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Use the noodle or lose the noodle?
Graduation is a scary thing.
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Undoing what has been done
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Undoing what has been done
As Christmas loomed last year, leaders and staff at Te Pūkenga faced an uncertain future, knowing that the newly-elected government planned to disestablish the mega merged polytechnic.
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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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The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain’s heresy that there is no Santa
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The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain’s heresy that there is no Santa
Last week, while conducting a religious education class for 10-year-olds at a primary school in Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire, England, the Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain told the children there was no...
Lessons from Canadian cousins
Lessons from Canadian cousins
Canada can offer lessons on sustaining journalism here, Paul Deegan writes.
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air
A beloved TV special still speaks to us, Stephen Lind writes.
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Bertie and Elizabeth visit Kenya
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Bertie and Elizabeth visit Kenya
The Duke and Duchess of York have arrived at Mombasa.
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
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Corrections v the Ombudsman
Concern expressed by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier last week about the pace of change in prison culture is nothing new.
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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: health cuts, the hospital and the humanities
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Letters to the Editor: health cuts, the hospital and the humanities
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the government's proposed health cuts, the hospital rebuild, and the withered remains of the humanities.
Forgotten histories and our medical collections
Forgotten histories and our medical collections
Remains in medical collections reveal a lot about societal inequality, Sian Halcrow and colleagues write.
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Santa sallies forth with gifts
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Santa sallies forth with gifts
By no means the least happy section of the community during the festive season are the children of the working people, for Santa Claus does not forget them. He sends each one of them an invitation...
Wakatipu and Wānaka water quality is ‘good’ — be worried
Wakatipu and Wānaka water quality is ‘good’ — be worried
Good is not good enough for water quality, Alan Somerville writes.
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
There are not many occasions when Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Green Taieri list MP Scott Willis agree on an infrastructure policy.