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The new Dunedin hospital. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Regular readers may recall a month or so ago Southern Say highlighted the many attempts by our local MPs to get any inkling of an indication at all from Health Minister Shane Reti that he will deliver on National’s campaign pledge to restore the plans for the new Dunedin hospital (mostly) to the way they were.

Otago representative football team (left) and the visiting Royal Navy team. — Otago Witness, 13.5.1924 The return match between a combined team from HMS Dunedin and HMS Dauntless and an Otago eleven was placed at Culling Park on Saturday before some 300 spectators.

Nicola Willis. PHOTO: ODT FILES Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including incredulous decision-making, borrowing money to give to the rich, and a biblical perspective on world events

Today's cartoon from Voyager 2023 award winning cartoonist, Shaun Yeo.

What is it about popularity that is so important?

University Albion A will put their title on the line against their club-mates this morning.

Grace Namana hauls in the ball against Mainland Tactix defender Jane Watson during an ANZ Premiership game. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Grace Namana has never been afraid of hard work.

Photo: Peter Mcintosh Autumn is turning to gold the leaves of a row of poplars in Earnscleugh, near Alexandra. 

Earthworks at the Luxmore industrial subdivision are progressing well, a development spokesperson says.

Displaying the last of the farm location books which are for sale are Brian Gray of Wyndham and Cheryl Clearwater, of Lumsden. PHOTO: NINA TAPU A fundraising venture first hatched when The Beatles were at their peak is heading into retirement.

Photo: Getty Images So, who is Taylor Swift singing about? 

Photo: Getty Images Nigel Slater warms things up for autumn with a comforting baked pear dessert and a wholesome, sustaining savoury tart.

Zendaya has lobbed tennis chic into the fashion mainstream, writes Lauren Cochrane.

We need to care about the tiniest of creatures to support our aquaculture industry.

PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN Last weekend, I was reflecting on mortality, as I am sure everyone sometimes does.

Photo: Getty Images Despite their users numbering in the millions, there’s little science to tell us whether dating apps work. But that might be about to change, reports Laura Spinney.

NEECO electric jug, bought from the Waitaki Electric Power Board, together with an electric hot plate for the sum of approximately thirty shillings, 1934. Photo: Waitaki Museum It’s time to appreciate the other New Zealand pottery, Henry Buckenham writes.

Photo: Stephen Jaquiery In my first column for Mana Wāhine last year, I shared that a recent discovery was that my grandmother had spent her first years living on ancestral land, immersed in her Māori world.

Armed police attended the mall where a young woman was reportedly injured. File photo: RNZ A female youth has been taken into custody after an assault this afternoon at the Bayfair Shopping Centre in Mt Maunganui that left shoppers terrified.