OPINION: The behaviour of the petrol market in New Zealand seems to be a perennial issue ...
Our People, Our Country
Reality TV competitions – real or contrived
OPINION: Popular TV today is dominated by reality programmes and I guess that mirrors to some ...
Ninety-nine years and still cruising along
When 99-year-old Bruce Powell arrived at our house for lunch with his daughter Sue and great ...
A universal charge for water – a political minefield
The announcement by Jacinda Ardern that Labour would charge for all water use through some sort ...
Knowing when to go – a key question for sports stars and others!
OPINION: The reality of life is that as people get older their abilities reduce – and ...
Playing “pass the parcel” with risk in construction
OPINION: There was an interesting article in the newspapers very recently on the sharing of risk ...
What is an environmentalist?
OPINION: In some quarters “environmentalist” is a dirty word and that’s understandable when you see extreme ...
The art of day-dreaming
I’ve always liked to day dream. I take walks without music blaring in my ears, I ...
The basics of parenting are pretty simple…
One thing that is very apparent after more than 20 years of parent education is that ...
Part 6 Innocents abroad: England’s Midlands
Follow the travel diary of Val and Rosney (The Man) as they travel to the UK via Vancouver one ...