Continuing our series on different types of roses, this month we look at standard roses, sometimes ...
Life
Articles all about our country, your favourites like food, wine, family, your home, gardening, retirement living and yes, something about pets also.
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 ...
Local Fears, Global Anxieties
If you want to, there is always something to worry about – we can worry about ...
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 ...
Problem Solving
If your child is struggling with a problem, you could step in and solve it for ...
Opinion: The “Auckland” housing crisis
If the housing crisis is a crisis it now extends well beyond Auckland, but that is ...
Happy Birthday to Women’s Suffrage
Today in 1893, New Zealand women became the first in the world to gain the right ...
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 ...