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So no Capital Gains Tax. An old French philosopher once said: "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" It means the more...
As the Easter and Anzac Day break approach and the nation continues to reel after the events in Christchurch on March 15,...
It is quite something to walk into a kitchen at 6.30 in the morning to discover your partner in tears. And then, when asked...
What a fantastic weekend I had. Due to a couple of reasons I went for a big ramble all around the hinterland yesterday. Travelling...
When we come to the end of the week, I often look back on all the events and developments that we’ve talked about on air...
Yesterday I started the programme with an opinion piece where I said the government has offered the teachers as much as they...
Yesterday I wondered whether Education Minister Chris Hipkins had too much on his plate. This was taken by some to be Labour...
Over the events of March 15th, I have been very impressed with the concern shown around our mental wellbeing by so many parties....
I am the son of a teacher. One of the old fashioned kind. The teacher who left school at 17, went to Ardmore Teacher’s Training...
Well it’s obvious that virtue signalling and political correctness is alive and well in this country, and it’s not where...
So now we have a new measure of child hardship and poverty in New Zealand. Stats NZ has come up with a survey that asked...
Two stories from the "do they think we’re stupid?" file. Last week I wrote a very popular piece about the Mongrel Mob in...
So I’ve had a gorgeous 30 hours in the Wellington catching up with my youngest and enjoying the capital’s street life. I...
For the third Friday in a row tears have been shed as the nation mourns a crime than still amazes us happened here. The last...
The Mongrel Mob has been making headlines lately. And some of those headlines have been what I think most would say “strangely...
My cross to bear is that I’ve been a public supporter of public transport. I’m not your average Newstalk ZB host. I regularly...
Isn’t it great when you hear grown-ups talking about the issues of the day and making sense? It’s something you don’t hear...
So some friends of mine went to an anti-Islamophobia rally this weekend, and then they walked out. Now, these are lovely,...
So here we are, seven days down and just minutes away from a nationwide moment of remembrance. As I reflect on the week...
It’s been a long week. One of the longest I’ve ever experienced in talkback because of the roller coaster ride of our feelings...
So yesterday the Prime Minister stole my line. But she said it better. "He sought many things from his act of terror, but...
Dame Anne Salmond, the historian and New Zealander of the Year in 2013, has come out with an opinion piece today in response...
So it comes to my time to give thoughts on the terrible events that started on Friday. There are two ways to do this. One...
Anyone who didn’t hear the interview between Mike Hosking and Waihi Kindergarten head teacher Kate Mullaney this morning...
