The Age of Stupid is Fanny Armstrong's (Mclure) newest movie and was three years in the making. Produced by John Battle (In the Shadow of the Moon), Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old... Read More

There's quite a fuss over a cedar tree in Otumoetai that's giving the homeowners grief. The Tauranga City Council has decided to cut it down. And good on them. It's become quite a pain for the good folk who live there now. I'm sure the original homeowner... Read More

Strange what is deemed newsworthy these days; a bouquet of course to SunLive who gave fantastic coverage of the A1 Homes NZ Squash Open which took place at Bayfair last week. All the professional players had a remarkable time and let's hope we can... Read More

BOP and Te Puke star Ben Williams has had a productive season playing and coaching for VOC in Rotterdam. VOC are on top of the Dutch 10 team national league, Hoofdklasse. Nathan Astle was another star at the Rotterdam club along with former NZ coach... Read More

I know it's too early to call but judging by some media commentators the recession seems to be over. (Hooray for the crystal ball reading commentators!) It seems a little odd that having gone through the worst recession for some time that within a... Read More

Recently I have talked about how business can't afford to ignore this thing called social media. Some people reading this blog may have thought 'that doesn't apply to me, it's for Americans'. Here is something to consider though: When Cadbury changed... Read More

One of the first rules I learned as a bartender was there are three things you never discuss in a bar: religion, sport and politics. Being American and a beer lover, it was a proud moment to see President Obama discussing race relations over a couple... Read More

Last Saturday night I was ringside at the Tauranga Boxing Club fight night in Judea. A full house witnessed an entertaining programme starting with ten amateur bouts, followed by three corporate contests, with the night finishing with a short, sharp... Read More

The recent furore over the generosity of income support paid to sole parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) is symptomatic of an undercurrent of discontent within our society. Put bluntly, taxpayers are sick and tired of supporting people who... Read More

There is a four letter word that seems to be haunting everyone during this period of economic readjustment (aka recession), one that is certainly not a new word but one that has been forgotten over the 'golden years'. That four letter word is 'RISK'.... Read More

Professor Rajeev Kohli of the Columbia Business School has stated, 'Expatriates from the major cricket countries spend so much money on buying pay-per-view cricket matches, that the USA is the second-highest broadcast revenue earner in the world, next... Read More

The District Plan review continues - sometimes it's almost like a recurring bad dream. To many of you it will appear to be a non event having little effect on your day-to-day lives. But to others, who will be coming to Tauranga in the future, it may... Read More