When 99-year-old Bruce Powell arrived at our house for lunch with his daughter Sue and great ...
Our People, Our Country
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 ...
Is this the demise of Labour given the latest disastrous poll?
OPINION: Even given Labours’ generally poor polling performance 24% is a new low and has certainly ...
Your oily rag tips, questions & low cost motoring
The Oily Rag team are back again with tips to help you save on gardening, fuel ...