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Today's cartoon from Voyager award winning cartoonist Shaun Yeo

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Being able to change your mind is a good thing. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES We have to be able to recognise when we are wrong and be prepared to change our mind, Lynne Taylor writes.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left) meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington last week. PHOTO: REUTERS Is involvement in Aukus now a foregone conclusion, Marco deJong and Robert Patman ask.

Maori party politician Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is the nation's youngest elected MP. PHOTO: Supplied Barriers to Māori representation in local and regional government have been dismantled very slowly over the last decades.

I have previously written about the significant increase in the costs of building bridges (38%) and roading (27%) over the past three years.

A Dunedin homeware retailer says a "very challenging" economic climate has forced them to close their doors, and warns the challenges for business are far from over.

Ryan Egerton in action for Arrowtown against local rivals Wakatipu at Jack Reid Park last weekend. PHOTO: CASWELLIMAGES.COM Five questions for Arrowtown captain Ryan Egerton.

Owaka captain Tyler Hammer charges into the Toko defence during the Southern Region club rugby game in Owaka on Saturday. PHOTO: KAYLA MCKENZIE PHOTOGRAPHY This weekend marks the end of the first round in the Southern Region club competition with numerous sides jostling for positions on the […]

Star Rugby Club president Andrew McHugh The feature game in round four of the Southland premier club competition tomorrow is between Woodlands and Star.

Zingari-Richmond are flying after three consecutive wins. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON There is something in the air up at Montecillo.

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Dahlia "Fire Mountain" is putting on a stunning display at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Fashions change. One such example in the world of horticulture is the spectacular comeback of the dahlia.

Gillian Vine visits a garden packed with edibles.

Otago Boys High School rector Richard Hall has taken aim at parents taking their children out of school. PHOTO: ODT FILES Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including education techniques, the government's job cuts, and the news of the ODT

Portobello, a popular weekend resort on Otago Peninsula. — Otago Witness, 20.5.1924 The glorious weather yesterday attracted many hundreds of people to the various harbour resorts, and the ferry services, which ran extra trips, were much patronised.

Excelsior’s Matia Qiolevu slams a try home last season. PHOTO: KAYLA HODGE Excelsior would love nothing more than to exact revenge for last year’s final.

Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing Andrew Bayly speaks at the 2024 Southland and Otago Regional Engineering Collective summit at the Otago Polytechnic Trades Training Centre yesterday. PHOTOS: LINDA ROBERTSON Dunedin's engineering and manufacturing sector could provide the […]

Who is New Zealand’s most underrated athlete? Otago Daily Times sports reporters go in search of the biggest aces up the nation’s sporting sleeve.