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Confessions of a chocolate eater and a pastie lament

Could we add the Perky Nana to the impressive list of Kiwi ingenuity? PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Confessions of a chocolate eater and a pastie lament

I don’t "do" social media but much of the trivia which circulates on it rises to the surface and gets a run in mainstream media.

Expect the unexpected in healthcare and aged care

The unexpected world of healthcare. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Expect the unexpected in healthcare and aged care

Empathy and kindness would help us all, Dorothy Oorschot writes.

Temperatures rising but is the urgency?

A 2009 photograph of deforestation in Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

Temperatures rising but is the urgency?

There is no time to waste as the climate warms, John Drummond writes.

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City, port in expo site tiff

View from the east of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition buildings under construction at...

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City, port in expo site tiff

A difference of opinion has arisen regarding the terms of the agreement under which the City Council is to take over Logan Park from the Harbour Board.

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Wake-up call on privacy

Manurewa Marae vaccination centre, 08 April 2021. PHOTO: NZ HERALD

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Wake-up call on privacy

Every time there is scrutiny of a government agency’s careless handling of personal information, we hope the scandal will result in real improvement across the board.

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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: animal cruelty, democracy and coal

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Letters to the Editor: animal cruelty, democracy and coal

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including a horrific case of sadism, a lack of trust in a failing democracy, and what are the alternatives to coal?

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Flooding the zone for a more reliable candidate

US Vice-president J.D. Vance. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Flooding the zone for a more reliable candidate

The planning for a hard-right takeover of the US federal government was detailed and meticulous, and its execution by Elon Musk and his young Silicon Valley storm troopers was ruthless and mostly...

The leading light of the US is not a beacon for us to follow

Elon Musk, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House...

The leading light of the US is not a beacon for us to follow

The United States is not a shining light, Harry Love writes.

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Play depicts faith teetering on the edge

Dorothy Martin and her followers, known as ‘The Seekers’, fervently believed that the faithful...

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Play depicts faith teetering on the edge

It’s 1954, and the world is ending. A suburban housewife from Chicago has been receiving messages from an alien force via automatic writing, and she predicts that a flood surpassing...

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Visitors draw, visit late mate

Members of the visiting Victoria cricket team visit the grave in Dunedin of Harry Graham, who...

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Visitors draw, visit late mate

The Otago team put up a fine performance against the Victorian eleven at Carisbrook yesterday afternoon.

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Monday night political football proves to be a ratings winner

Rachel Brooking and friend. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

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Monday night political football proves to be a ratings winner

There are any number of ways you can measure how popular a political party is, polling being the obvious one.

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The world’s biggest problem (child)

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The world’s biggest problem (child)

What does it say about the country which brands itself as the "leader of the free world" that it could elect someone like Donald Trump to run it?

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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: camping, cycling and Israel

The Thomas Burns St freedom camping site. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Letters to the Editor: camping, cycling and Israel

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including freedom campers or free loaders, the poor uptake on cycling routes, and our response to Israel/Gaza.

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Kia Ora says ‘ka kite anō’

Kia Ora wins the 14-foot race at the Ravensbourne regatta on February 22, 1925. — Otago Witness,...

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Kia Ora says ‘ka kite anō’

The Ravensbourne annual regatta, held on Saturday afternoon, proved an attractive and successful function.

Within living memory

Within living memory

The Cromwell Mall is better than the best he saw recently in Australia, the member of Parliament for Otago, Mr W.E. Cooper, said at the town centre opening in January 1985.

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Mutts and moggies are ready for takeoff

A black Lab readies for take-off at Queenstown airport. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Mutts and moggies are ready for takeoff

Civis last week discussed differing cultural attitudes to animals as well as Air New Zealand.

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The secret diary of ... The Man Up Gang

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The secret diary of ... The Man Up Gang

Well look, what I would like to say to you about the Man Up protest against a Pride event at an Auckland library on Saturday is that they went too far.

Considerations on two sermons which each called for justice and mercy

Bishop Mariann Budde and United States President Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

Considerations on two sermons which each called for justice and mercy

Politicians don't always like sermons, Lynne Taylor writes.

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