New Zealand is efficient and world leading at producing primary commodities like milk, fruit, timber, fish ...
GrownUps Columnists
Growing Standard Roses
Continuing our series on different types of roses, this month we look at standard roses, sometimes ...
Opinion: Politicians and the truth
The Oxford Dictionary defines truth as “in accordance with fact or reality” which raises a few ...
Entertaining, Oily Rag Style
Living within your means does not need to mean going without. Entertaining can be expensive, but ...
Opinion: Electric cars – A passing fad or the way of the future
At least as a minor contributor and maybe more, I think electric cars are going to ...
Opinion: The “Auckland” housing crisis
If the housing crisis is a crisis it now extends well beyond Auckland, but that is ...
Opinion: Immigration – An age old issue
There are some issues that get at least parts of the population much wound up and ...
Opinion: The US Presidential elections – Signs of a broken system?
Americans now have what I think is an appalling choice of candidates for the next US ...
Cellaring and assessment of wines: some personal experience
In my last wine article I talked about collecting wines, and of course if wines are ...
Musings from the Golden Oldies Office: September 2016
We at the humble Golden Oldies Sports Office in Takapuna have plenty to preoccupy our opinion ...