Letters to the Editor: Waitangi, parking and Trump
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the silent Māori majority, the decision to end free parking on Sundays, and Trump's serial mendacity.
Opinion
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In one ear and out the other
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In one ear and out the other
A world without sound is isolating, lonely and frightening. In New Zealand, about 8000 people are profoundly deaf and more than 50,000 have difficulty hearing.
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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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Nickels, dimes, and how to support regional development
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Nickels, dimes, and how to support regional development
Health Minister Simeon Brown was very keen to take a lap of honour last week for his Dunedin hospital announcement . . . well, he might have been had he been able to get his car out of the carpark...
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Sky high prices, non- pernickety pronouns
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Sky high prices, non- pernickety pronouns
Air New Zealand pricing rightly comes in for regular roasting.
Within living memory . . .
Within living memory . . .
Lunchtime crowds in Dunedin’s Octagon in January 1985 watched the Otago Rugby Football Union team take first place in the Speight’s Brewery tug of war competition.
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USS Co’s non-steam ship
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USS Co’s non-steam ship
San Francisco, January 26: The Union Steam Ship Company’s motor liner Aorangi has arrived on her maiden voyage to New Zealand and Australia.
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A home of one’s own
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A home of one’s own
The ideological divide between New Zealand’s two main political parties is seldom more clearly demonstrated than in housing policy.
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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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Political gaslighting rejected by mums and grandmothers
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Political gaslighting rejected by mums and grandmothers
Sure, you can invite yourself to the party but if you are going to be selfish and rude, do not expect anybody to listen to you sing, especially not your mum or your grandma.
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Southern city running short
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Southern city running short
The position in regard to the Invercargill water supply has become a critical one owing to the prolonged drought and the inability of the pumping system to cope with the demand.
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Waitangi Day celebrations
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Waitangi Day celebrations
The build-up to this year’s Waitangi Day celebrations has been more fraught than usual.
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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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Meditations on the manly art of shaving
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Meditations on the manly art of shaving
As I run the blade across my face and neck, I think of things and I remember things. Most times the things just float across my skull and when I rinse the razor clean they’re gone.
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Space for everyone and friends to make
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Space for everyone and friends to make
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
We have the power to demand better
We have the power to demand better
Migrant communities make an enormous contribution to New Zealand, Francisco Hernandez writes.
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Hospital upgrade or new build?
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Hospital upgrade or new build?
At a meeting of the Maniototo Hospital Board Thursday last, correspondence from the Director-general of Health was read relative to the proposals to erect a hospital at Ranfurly.
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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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Man and boy behind win
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Man and boy behind win
By virtue of the interest taken in the Sanders Cup the contest has become New Zealand’s most important yachting event, and that Otago should have won the Cup is a matter of great importance in the...
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Taking the dubious case for US annexation of Canada seriously
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Taking the dubious case for US annexation of Canada seriously
President Donald Trump’s proposed imposition of 25% tariffs on all Canadian exports to the United States cannot be justified by the false claim that illegal immigrants and large amounts of the...