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I was looking forward to today, and then I read something. A report from RNZ into Waka Kotahi, the agency charged with leading...
I was delighted to come back on a short week to ease myself back into it with Matariki and really looking forward to heading...
Why is it, and how is it, that you can get away with murder in this country? You'll have heard in our news that a charge...
I have to say looking at the Herald this morning, you wonder whether the Government, whether the media, whether I, have a...
I moved to the North Shore of Auckland in November of last year. After years and years of living in the central city it was...
Well, you can't say all those millions spent on PR consultants and market researchers and communications advisors and spin...
If a politics wonk was to ever put the time and effort into ranking the best and worst of New Zealand parliamentary speakers,...
We all know that the first 1000 days are the most important days in a child's life. Forget saving up to send them to the...
We've been talking about this for what seems like months now, young people involved in brazen daylight and midnight robberies...
I have to say it was an absolute horror show on the roads again. In a way, I don't know why I'm why I was surprised because...
It was worth a try, I suppose. I understand the concept of policing by consent, but surely that only works when you're trying...
A new policing unit is finally ready to tackle retail crime. Everything from ram raids to robberies to shoplifting. The intention...
You would have to wonder if Plunket's days are numbered. The iconic parenting organisation that is as Kiwi as Buzzy Bees,...
Now you might have heard this on Drive yesterday. The Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling for a temporary wind...
Two Brothers by Ben Elton It’s inter-war Berlin and a new mother has just been told that although one of her twin boys was...
Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is bored, restless and a little depressed. Even the...
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin Five years after Ian Rankin retired his iconic, anachronistic detective, Rebus...
Valerie: The Autobiography by Valerie Adams Gifford and New Zealand’s golden girl, Valerie Adams thought they had the perfect...
This Way Of Life by Sumner Burstyn This is the book of the multi award winning documentary of the same name. It’s the tale...
When In Rome by Nicky Pellegrino Popular local author Nicky Pellegrino is back with her latest novel and fans will not be...
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne Daniel Hunter is a successful, young solicitor in London whose specialty is the defence...
A Wanted Man by Lee Child I promise this is the last Jack Reacher novel I review. But given that this is the year that the...
This is, not to put too fine a point on it, a book about bullshit. How advertisers, governments, religious leaders and big...
If you're looking for a Father's Day present this would make the perfect gift, especially for a dad who loves hunting and...
