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The Walker home is being demolished. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the poor decisions of the QLDC, some excellent news for Aratere, and a warning to all the Aurora naysayers.

Image: Getty Images The break-up rehabilitation industry is in high demand but the truth is you can’t force someone to love you again, writes Eva Wiseman.

The Craigdarroch snuff mull. Photos: collection of Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Robert Burns’ legend was large enough to encompass fiction, writes Sean Brosnahan.

Graphic: Getty Images Do we really need to tip? Are air kisses still a thing? What about yoga sweat?

Image: Ian Griffin My morning and evening commutes from and to home in Portobello give me lots of time to ponder.

Alejandra Parra, GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean’s zero waste and plastics adviser, at a Dunedin recycling hub recently. Parra says the solution to plastic pollution is making less of it in the first place. Photo: Gregor Richardson A final opportunity to turn back the plastic tide is just months away.

Photo: Love Food Hate Waste Good hot food is essential to surviving winter.

Holly Arrowsmith sings of her changed world on Blue Dreams. Photo: Si Moore A crack band of musicians, writers and poets and motherhood are powering Holly Arrowsmith’s new album, she tells Tom McKinlay.

A scene from Cairn by The Game Bakers. Graphic: supplied A deceptively simple control system underpins this alpinist adventure set on a single deadly massif, writes Lewis Gordon, of The Guardian.

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. Photo: RNZ Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has urged party faithful to build the biggest Green movement the world has ever seen.

Scott Barrett after the match against Fiji at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. Photo: Reuters All Blacks captain Scott Barrett is likely to miss the start of the Rugby Championship after injuring a finger in the recent test against Fiji.

Scott Barrett after the match against Fiji at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. Photo: Reuters All Blacks captain Scott Barrett is likely to miss the start of the Rugby Championship after injuring a finger in the recent test against Fiji.

John Herdman says he will cooperate with Canada Soccer's internal review of the drone spying allegations. Photo: Getty Images Former Canada women's team manager John Herdman says news Team Canada staff used a drone to spy on an opponent's practice is "a surprise and a shock," and he is "highly confident" that such practices did not occur under his watch.

Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while being helped off stage after an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. Photo: Reuters Donald Trump's former White House physician has disputed a suggestion by the director of the FBI director that shrapnel, not a bullet, could have caused the injury to the Republican presidential candidate's right ear during an assassination attempt.

A mission to get a disabled duck back on its feet has proven a waddling success.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins: "I think most New Zealanders want to see us come together. I think most New Zealanders want us to work on improving outcomes for Māori." Photo: RNZ Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says the coalition government is unfairly targeting Māori and "enough is enough".

  Sailing athlete Jo Aleh and track cyclist Aaron Gate proudly held the flag for New Zealand as the team sailed down the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden Photo: RNZ The coalition government has released its Q3 action plan (July 1 to September 30, 2024).  The plan includes beginning public consultation on reform of the Holidays Act and deciding, at a cabinet level, on legislative amendments to clarify the employment status of contractors.

Discussing in Dunedin this week their various governance roles are Jo Hay (left), from North Otago, and Trish Oakley, Sarah Ramsay and Lauren Semple, all of Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The highs and lows of governance were discussed at a luncheon in Dunedin this week. Business editor Sally Rae reports.

  Flagbearers Jo Aleh and Aaron Murray Gate with the New Zealand team on the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Photo: Getty Images Sailing athlete Jo Aleh and track cyclist Aaron Gate proudly held the flag for New Zealand as the team sailed down the Seine during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics.