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Mixed response on defence dollars

Space Minister Judith Collins. Photo: RNZ

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Mixed response on defence dollars

Although a recent poll found about half of voters considered New Zealand’s defence spending should increase, it is hard to judge how popular this week’s announcement on this has been.

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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, letter-writing and DEI gardens

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Letters to the Editor: health, letter-writing and DEI gardens

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including our failing public health system, the joys of hand-written letters, and the diversity of Mother Nature.

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Dire warnings about reaching 80 years

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Dire warnings about reaching 80 years

The only advice I’ve received about ageing came from my mother.

100 years ago from our archives

100 years ago from our archives

This is a pictorial column as Otago Daily Times was not published on Good Friday, 1925.

What’s so fishy about the 1980s?

A recreational fishing boat and a commercial fishing trawler at Cape Saunders. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

What’s so fishy about the 1980s?

New Zealand needs to deal with out-of-date fisheries legislation, Lisa Futschek writes.

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Count risks, rewards of new development

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Count risks, rewards of new development

Queenstown Lakes has a plan to require developers to contribute to affordable housing. Other councils are interested in this idea.

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The bad or the slightly better news?

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The bad or the slightly better news?

There is a lot to worry about these days, things that stop you going back to sleep in the night, that make you angry or afraid, or feeling simply helpless.

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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: lunches, taonga and rest stops

School lunches sent out under the new system. Photo: RNZ

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Letters to the Editor: lunches, taonga and rest stops

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the ingredients of school lunches, the meaning of the the word "taonga", and the state of public rest stops.

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Trump’s smashed system and the workarounds

US President Donald Trump holding the "Foreign Trade Barriers" document as he delivers remarks on...

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Trump’s smashed system and the workarounds

In 10 whirlwind weeks Donald Trump had already smashed the international system of rules and alliances that more or less kept the peace for the past 80 years.

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Consolidating season’s success

Otago men's cricket team for the 1924-25 season: (back row, from left) E.A. Hamel (umpire), A.V....

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Consolidating season’s success

The 1924-25 season may be regarded as one of the most successful seasons experienced in Otago cricket.

To pray or not to pray enduring dilemma

Ritual remains contentious Harry Love writes.

Pukeko stew to eggs with caviar: our community cook books

Community cookbooks are a glimpse of the way we were Tony Eyre writes.

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A plea for civility

Parliament’s debating chamber. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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A plea for civility

Politics, at whatever level, has often been a brutal occupation.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Them, those guys and who else?

The lack of supermarket competition is driving up prices. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Them, those guys and who else?

The structure of the New Zealand supermarket sector is a barrier to fair prices, Murat Ungor writes.

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Dum dee don’t. Is it the end for a bear of great fame?

A famous bear and Jim Sullivan. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Dum dee don’t. Is it the end for a bear of great fame?

As usual, Shaun Yeo was right on the money with his cartoon last Wednesday.

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Tariffs, free speech and Cookie Bear

Griffin's is removing mascot Cookie Bear from biscuit packs. Photo: Facebook

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Tariffs, free speech and Cookie Bear

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including tariffs, free speech and remembering Cookie Bear.

First municipal bus

A 26-seater Leyland motor bus just completed for the Dunedin City Corporation Tramways. —...

First municipal bus

One of the new buses now being constructed by Markham’s Motors for the Dunedin City Corporation is nearing completion, and it is hoped to have it on the road by Saturday.

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