Phil Goff was interviewed yesterday on TVNZ's Q + A programme and asked, 'where-to-from-here' for the Hard Labour Party?' One of the questions was for his thoughts on how the John Key government's handling of the recession and what he'd do about tax-cuts.... Read More

Another milestone was achieved in Tauranga's spectacular growth this week with the opening to the public of the second harbour bridge. The flyover leading to the new bridge will be open before Christmas. Contractor Fletcher Construction has done... Read More

This story is for all you poor people who think I lie around in the sun (ooops excuse the pun) and do nothing, but enhance my salubrious girth. Here is what I found on google the other day, and do not read any further if you are having trouble sleeping... Read More

Michael Caine plays a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home. Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, the film charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Caine's proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed... Read More

Windows 7 will be released in October. Have to say I now look forward to October in a big way and it's not because I will be buying a new computer with Windows 7 on, I already have it running in a virtual machine on my Mac, and used it today to do a... Read More

The second harbour bridge opened in the weekend with much fanfare and a classic calm, sunny Tauranga day. Depending on whether you like thronging masses or not, it was either a great place to be, or a good part of town to stay away from. Let's hope... Read More

Going before Parliament is the change to the RMA regarding the trimming of trees, not nearly the stake through the heart of the RMA needed, but a start nonetheless. Ecologist Graeme Platt makes a great case, 'The fundamental provocateurs in the conflict... Read More

Why listen to me? - Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman offers the most devastating slap-downs of the war on drugs ever written. He once told Bill Bennett, Bush Senior's drugs tsar, you are not mistaken in believing that drugs are a scourge that is... Read More

Who knows the story of The Emperors New Clothes? It is a story where everybody knows what is really going on, the Emperor is walking down the street naked, but they pretend they don't notice because it would be in bad taste, or offensive, or detrimental... Read More

Friday night saw one of Australia's great sporting, after dinner speakers, at the Te Puna Tavern. Terry played 9 times for Australia and played 131 first class matches, taking 389 wickets as a leggie. His present fame is probably two-fold. He... Read More

The war on government welfare is becoming more and more difficult to wage. That is because the enemy is becoming less and less distinct. At a glance, government welfare is that provided by Work and Income, which administers social security encompassing... Read More

After months of anticipation, the sixth NZCT AIMS Games kicked off on Sunday with a glittering opening ceremony at Queen Elizabeth 2 Youth Centre. The NZCT AIMS (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools) Games were established in 2004 to provide... Read More