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A headline on the front page of the Herald yesterday read V-Day. A reference to the first day of vaccinations, and an obvious...
I have come full circle with my love of the America’s Cup. There is no other competition like it right? I’m always on board...
I had an incredible experience last Tuesday. I went off on my own and did the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, which is one of...
The Wiggles hit the news this week. Turns out they had a few issues with their visa application, and by the time it was granted,...
So this is our final show of the year, and what a year it’s been. 2020 has brought uncertainty, and challenged us emotionally,...
In May, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed that a Trans-Tasman bubble with Australia could realistically be in place...
On Monday, WorkSafe New Zealand filed charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari/White Island eruption on December...
Next Friday, I’m lucky enough to be taking a few days off, and with a group of girlfriends, I'm heading to Karamea to fast-pack...
On Friday the provisional results of our two referendums were announced - 65.2 percent of us overwhelmingly supporting the...
Yesterday I had a moment when I almost screamed; what is this blimming pandemic doing to us? What kind of people are we becoming? What...
Ben Harper has been on the music scene for three decades – a career that’s taken him across many genres, from blues, rock...
As the two major parties in the New Zealand election continue to argue over their accounting and budgeting skills, I can’t...
Is it just me or has the world starting to lose its sense of humour just a little? This week The Recorders and Early Music...
As students returned to school in the Auckland region this week, those in years 11 to 13 who are participating in NCEA, voiced...
Six months ago this week, Covid 19 landed in New Zealand. Since then we’ve been fighting it with plans that have been regularly...
I wasn’t at all surprised this week to hear the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) confirm that thousands of nurses working...
There was quite a bit going on this week, so the Prime Minister deferred the dissolution of Parliament to Monday. Not a surprise...
So here we go. The 2020 election campaigning has officially started. There’s six weeks until voting day and please, please...
This morning I spoke with Lauren Bell and her Australian husband Gerry. The couple had been living and working in the UK...
I’ve been thinking a lot about confidence this week, because if there’s one thing that has been on show this week - one word...
24/7 police presence at every one of the quarantine and managed isolation facilities was announced by Air Commodore Webb...
It’s been a week of PR spin at work, hasn’t it? A week of optics, of controlling the narrative whether it was the Minister...
So it was an interesting week in our house; I use interesting as a euphemism. My daughter woke up at the beginning of the...
I watched a fun new movie this week called The Trip to Greece – it's out in cinemas now. It stars Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan,...
