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Bob Carr. Photo: RNZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters has received a legal letter on behalf of Bob Carr informing him they intend to launch legal action against him.

Armed police responded to an assault call-out in Christchurch overnight and cordoned off part of a Mairehau street.

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King By Phil Pennington The Education Ministry is promising to do more about asbestos problems in schools, with tighter controls over detection and removal.

Photo: John Spurdle By Niva Chittock Christchurch city councillors say they are listening to the public and have every intention of funding the cash-strapped Arts Centre, despite it being left out of the draft Long Term Plan.

Photo: Gerard O'Brien A cyclist was left with blood on his clothes after a confrontation with a motorist turned violent in Dunedin.

Chair Solutions which suffered a fire in July has asbestos in the roof and now workers in the are angry after receiving a positive test for asbestos coating their work vehicles. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The Education Ministry is promising to do more about asbestos problems in schools, with tighter controls over detection and removal.

Photo: Getty Images International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers.

They say you can’t beat Wellington on a good day.

Former prime minister John Key. PHOTO: THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD I enjoyed reading Gerrard Eckhoff’s column on property rights this week (ODT 29.4.24).

Bleached coral at the Costa dos Corais in Japaratinga, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS "Without extinction, there would likely be insufficient ecological ‘space’ available for new species."

PHOTO: ODT FILES A gathering this Sunday proclaims an essential aspect of Christian faith Gabriel Chan writes.

Gillian Vine gets a whiff of Autumn.

Phyllocladus alpinus ‘Cockayne’s Blue’ The conifer collection at Dunedin Botanic Garden contains a large number of dwarf conifers of various shapes, sizes and colours.

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As we all know, Otago is a province replete with high achievers.

Todays cartoon from Voyager award winning cartoonist Shaun Yeo

Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon, David Seymour. PHOTO: ODT FILES Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including corruption indexes, Hamas debates, and the new George St playground

School children are shown an anti-aircraft gun on Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 13.5.1924 Welcome as rain still is in these parts, the change that took place in the weather early yesterday was most disappointing to all who desired to take advantage of the opportunity of inspecting the Dauntless and Dunedin.