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Paying more to come to NZ
The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy has certainly risen sharply; from $35 to $100. It was only introduced in 2019.
Opinion
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Letters to Editor: hospital, ORC, Christianity
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Letters to Editor: hospital, ORC, Christianity
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including progress around the Dunedin hospital build, political jargon, and the place of Christianity.
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Cartoonist's view - Yeo
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Cartoonist's view - Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
Yes, we have often failed, but Jesus still remains the only real answer
Yes, we have often failed, but Jesus still remains the only real answer
Christianity has let itself down but as a society we still need Jesus, Peter Cheyne writes.
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When no King on Plunket throne
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When no King on Plunket throne
Wellington, September 5: The Plunket Society resolved that, in view of the increasing demands by the Government on Dr Truby King’s services, the need for an understudy should be considered without...
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Netanyahu running out of options
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Netanyahu running out of options
Six Jewish hostages were murdered by Hamas last week just before the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reached them, and a controversy has erupted in Israel about whether Prime Minister Binyamin...
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Manaakitanga and the Kingitanga — lessons from a tangi
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Manaakitanga and the Kingitanga — lessons from a tangi
I have been at the tangi of Kiingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII at Turangawaewae Marae this week. It has been an extraordinary experience with thousands of people coming to pay their respects.
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Stop hospital plan changes
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Stop hospital plan changes
If the coalition government wants southern people to believe it is serious about addressing infrastructure deficits, it could stop mucking around over the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
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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: heritage, potholes and boot camps
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Letters to the Editor: heritage, potholes and boot camps
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including heritage protection for the good of all, inadequacy in dealing with potholes, and do boot camps actually work?
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The combined wisdom of 137 years
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The combined wisdom of 137 years
Fred and I were playing squash.
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Jottings on ladies’ fashion
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Jottings on ladies’ fashion
Several models of tailored dresses lately have shown a desire for more fullness of line, cleverly contrived by wide godots, often of two different materials fitted into the dress very like the...
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Get them enrolled in Dun101 course
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Get them enrolled in Dun101 course
The sad reality of student life is that almost no-one cares about Dunedin as much as I do.
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Crossing the line
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Crossing the line
Politicians are often accused of liking the sound of their voices too much and of getting carried away with their own importance.
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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: mental health, morality and shame
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Letters to the Editor: mental health, morality and shame
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including mental health callouts, a harvest of shame, something puzzling about the PM, and a left-leaning media bias.
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Running away no respite from fourth form Latin
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Running away no respite from fourth form Latin
The fourth former in me longs to run away to join the coalition Cabinet, preferably as a New Zealand First or Act New Zealand minister.
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Visiting students draw match
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Visiting students draw match
Unusual interest centred on the Association Football match at Carisbrook yesterday between an Otago representative team and the visiting team from Chinese universities.
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Third time is not lucky for nationalists
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Third time is not lucky for nationalists
With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago.
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Combining southern councils
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Combining southern councils
The optimism of those pushing for local government rationalisation in Southland and Otago is to be admired.