1 week ago Letters to the Editor: Taxes, scrapping art, sentinel events

John Middleditch's 'Water Sculpture' (1980) was on display at Dunedin Public Hospital. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including paying taxes, plea not to scrap art and sentinel events.

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1 week ago Family concerned for welfare of missing Christchurch teenager

Have you seen Jodi? Photo: Police Police and family members are asking for the public's help to find a missing Christchurch teenager.

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2 w. ago National MP heralds 'cremation day' for Treaty Principles Bill

Tama Potaka says the bill will not get past a second reading. Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ  National's Māori-Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka welcomes the second reading of the Treaty Principles Bill as the legislation's "cremation day".

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3 w. ago All Treaty Principles submissions to be added to public record

Parliament has unanimously agreed to allow all submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill to be added to the public record. By Lillian Hanly and Russell Palmer of RNZ Parliament has unanimously agreed to allow all submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill to be added to the public record, after a last-minute motion was moved by ACT MP Todd Stephenson.

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3 w. ago Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend hearing over haka protest

Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke was among those to perform a haka at Parliament after the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill in November last year. Photo: RNZ By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira and Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ  Three Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a tense haka in Parliament during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year say they are refusing to attend a hearing with Parliament's Privileges Committee over concerns their "fundamental" legal rights are being ignored.

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4 w. ago How a UC runner set the pace for teen's four minute mile record

Ethan Smolej during Sam Ruthe’s (black singlet) sub-four minute mile attempt in Auckland. PHOTO: MICHAEL DAWSON/ATHLETICS NZ When Ethan Smolej stepped off the track at the halfway mark of the ACA Mile Night in Auckland, he wasn’t disappointed – he knew he had done his job perfectly.

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