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A dried lake as drought strikes the island of Sicily. PHOTO: REUTERS New Zealand is ignoring climate warnings, John Drummond writes.

Great Kiwi literature ... Julius Vogel and Hairy Maclary. IMAGES: ODT FILES Jacinda has written a book, and most bookshops have it in their non-fiction shelves, unlike all political parties’ election manifestos which are, quite rightly, to be found in the fiction section.

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Sometimes the police are their own worst enemy. As much as we yearn for confidence in them, they let us down.

Siena Mackley. PHOTO: ODT FILES Queenstown runner Siena Mackley has joined a select club.

Former Otago rower Ben Mason (left) and Finn Hamill celebrated their World Cup bronze in Italy yesterday. PHOTO: ROWING NZ Former Otago rower Ben Mason won his first elite international medal in dramatic fashion at the opening world cup regatta.

Ria Bond is standing for the Invercargill mayoralty in October's election. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Invercargill mayoral hopefuls are coming out of the woodwork in what is shaping up to be a full field.

A soon-to-be-obsolete copper wire telephone. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The owner of a remote Maniototo farm and distillery is calling a move to deregulate copper networks in rural New Zealand "farcical" and potentially dangerous, but a Chorus boss warns today’s copper is less reliable than people think.

Kaka Point playground project committee members at the playground yesterday are (from left) Bronwyn Maguire, Kate McKeever, Anna Cross and Kim Ryan. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISON A new Catlins playground will have a significant cultural leaning, including verse from a well-known local poet.

Creation Signs signwriter Brianna Hart and manager Riki Shuttleworth hold their awards at the New Zealand Sign and Display Association Awards in Nelson on Saturday. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED They had to think big and now they have won big.

Presenting a cheque for the Otago Hospice from the Oxo Cubans are (from left) band manager Mark Laughton and band members Marcel Rodeka, Doug Wright and Chris Hudson, as Otago Community Hospice chief executive Ginny Green looks on. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON The memory of a late Dunedin musician will live on thanks to donations to a charity close to his heart.

Liberton Christian School pupils Oscar Pol (front) and Alexander Steenkamp raised a collective $2070 for World Vision by biking 40km and walking 40km respectively. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Spending 11 hours walking 40km around Otago Harbour to raise money for people living in poverty was the least he could do, a Liberton Christian School pupil says.

Francisco Hernandez. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON The government has been accused of setting up polytechnics to fail after the revelation that almost one in 10 jobs have been cut in the past year.

Musselburgh School pupils and artist Ana Teofilo celebrate the unveiling of the school’s collective artwork at an assembly yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN The talents of the entire Musselburgh School have been combined for a new artwork.

A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes and a school at the impact site following a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, Israel. Photo: Reuters Iranian missiles struck Israel's Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, killing at least eight people and destroying homes, prompting Israel's defence minister to warn that Tehran residents would "pay the price and soon".

Planned anti-discrimination law changes are about fairness and common sense, the NT government says. Photo: Getty Images Telling a questionable joke at a pub will not land people before an anti-discrimination complaints hearing under an Australian territory's proposed new laws.

The bodies of Cory Breton (left), 28, and Iuliana Triscaru, 31, were found in a large metal toolbox in a dam in Kingston, Brisbane. Photo: Queensland Police Two men accused of murdering two people by drowning them in a toolbox have blamed each other, an acquaintance or a witness for the killings at their trial's end.

Contents of the unaccompanied bag. Photo: Supplied / Customs Customs officers at Auckland International Airport have prevented about 25 kilograms of methamphetamine from hitting the streets.

Photo: RNZ / Maja Burry The Transport Agency is warning motorists to take care with black ice and freezing temperatures expected to cause issues in the Mackenzie Basin this week.

Methven resident Paul Dixey is calling on the council to impose stricter regulations on holiday rentals. Photo: LDR / Jonathan Leask By Jonathan Leask, Local Democracy Reporter A Methven resident fears an epidemic of Airbnb owners flouting the rules and over-running residential areas.