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Letters to the editor: Govt health plans, ORC, and Gaza

Christopher Luxon has admitted he was holidaying in Hawaii last week despite his social media...

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Letters to the editor: Govt health plans, ORC, and Gaza

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the government's efforts to establish a third medical school at Waikato University and 2024-25 ORC rates.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Ask and you shall receive information

Katie Raven performs a set nestled between romance and contemporary fiction sections in Dunedin...

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Ask and you shall receive information

With the increasing importance of the difference between truth and opinion, and truth and lies, it is astounding our local councils rarely talk about libraries.

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All Blacks win at Belfast

New Zealand defeated Ulster by 23 points to 6.

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Chagos Islands: still not making sense

Fuel tanks at the edge of a military airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos...

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Chagos Islands: still not making sense

If you believe the British government (which you should never do), a new agreement will bring justice for the people of the Chagos Islands, who have lived in exile for more than half a century...

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Stop I did: in fact I often do, wondering

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Stop I did: in fact I often do, wondering

Our eyes met briefly in Meat.

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Land of the free, home of the brave?

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Land of the free, home of the brave?

Can you hear that? It’s the sound of the world holding its breath and hoping good will win out over bad, democracy over demagoguery.

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Letters to the Editor: ORC and George St pavers

The revamped George Street. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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Letters to the Editor: ORC and George St pavers

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including praise for the ORC and support for criticism of new pavers in George St.

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The latest chapter in an enduring story

The new South Dunedin Whānau Āwhina Plunket community hub. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

The latest chapter in an enduring story

The opening of a new community hub marks a new chapter in Plunket’s relationship with Dunedin, Fiona Kingsford writes.

Project 2025 or Mission 2025? Or regression v progression?

Project 2025 or Mission 2025? Or regression v progression?

John Drummond contrasts climate approaches from opposite ends of the political spectrum.

How to survive the gruelling conference circuit

How to survive the gruelling conference circuit

From every conference I've taken away a much deeper insight into the industries they are in and, importantly, our opportunity as a business to position ourselves within it, Sarah Ramsay writes.

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The fresh eyes of jurors

We raise the bar for jury trials at our peril.

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We like to line up — the line is drawn at queues in pubs

A rush for Cookie Time cookies. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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We like to line up — the line is drawn at queues in pubs

Not only are queues frustrating but the very word is annoyingly hard to spell.

How are we to respond to atrocities in the Gaza war?

A Palestinian carries an injured person following an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas...

How are we to respond to atrocities in the Gaza war?

Palestinian lives should matter, Peter Matheson writes.

We must do better for our nurses

Hospital staff need to be cared for and managed. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

We must do better for our nurses

Staff are the other casualties of an inadequate hospital, Mike Hunter writes in the fourth part of his six-part series.

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Cups hotly contested

The annual sports meeting of the Otago Girls’ High School was held at the Caledonian Ground yesterday afternoon.

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When the government wants to put every taxpayer dollar spent under intense scrutiny, so it is not funding dumb stuff, it is hard to understand why the third medical school proposal is not a dead duck.

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