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Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand has made "a finely balanced decision" at the UN. Photo: RNZ New Zealand has voted in favour of a resolution to broaden the Palestinian role at the United Nations General Assembly.

Photo: Getty Images Green building advocates say winter power cuts wouldn't be an issue if New Zealand's housing building standards were not decades behind most other countries in the OECD.

North East Valley’s Sarah Scott and Taieri’s Blair Barringer were the big winners at the Bowls Dunedin awards at the Taieri Bowling Club last night.

Otago Nuggets guard Zaccheus Darko-Kelly in action during a National Basketball League game against the Wellington Saints at the Edgar Centre recently. PHOTO: BLAKE ARMSTRONG The NBL trade window opens tomorrow night and sports writer Adrian Seconi argues the Otago Nuggets should look at making some sort of change.

Ewen MacIntosh. Photo: Getty Images A gifted actor, Ewen MacIntosh transformed a character originally envisaged as a bit-part into an increasingly important fixture in renowned British television sitcom The Office. 

Stan Bowles at the start of the 1973-74 football season, August 22,1973. Photo: Getty Images A maverick who, arguably, never reached the heights he was capable of, Stan Bowles lit up British football in the 1970s.

American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist Eric Carmen, former member of The Raspberries, performs at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom on November 10, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: Getty Images Power ballad king Eric Carmen penned All By Myself, regarded by many as the saddest song of all time, but his range was broader than the tear-jerker.

Horlicks wins the 1989 Japan Cup for David O’Sullivan, ridden by son Lance. Photo: RNZ DAVID O’SULLIVAN  Horse trainer   From unlikely beginnings, David O’Sullivan became a towering figure in New Zealand horse racing.

Photo: Peter McIntosh Poplars near Roxburgh show off their autumn colours as winter creeps ever nearer.

Liam Coltman. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery/ODT files Hipsters rejoice.

Southern Steel wing defence Renee Savai’inaea goes for a ball during an ANZ Premiership game. Team-mates Kate Heffernan (left) and Whitney Souness (right) watch. PHOTO: MICHAEL BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY Renee Savai’inaea is one of the Southern Steel’s unsung heroes.

The Highlanders bond ahead of their Super Rugby match against the Crusaders at Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Here is a simple message for the Highlanders tonight.

Photo: Getty Images Civis is alarmed by the fall in New Zealand’s reading standards.

Todd Stephenson. Photo: Facebook As any school pupil or tertiary education student can tell you, there are few things more excruciating than having a teacher or lecturer going through your homework in public and picking holes in it.

Alhambra (left) and Kaikorai rugby club teams. — Otago Witness, 10.6.1924/1.7.1924 There has always been a specially keen rivalry between the Kaikorai and Alhambra teams, and their meeting at Carisbrook on Saturday was anticipated with considerable interest.

After nearly three years of construction, an upgraded one-way George St is open and ready for business. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the outcome of the George St revamp, the CODC's annual plan, and should Aurora be sold or retained?

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

On no account has winter started yet.

Photo: Getty Images Golf correspondent Michael Minty looks ahead to this weekend’s round of the metropolitan senior A pennant series.