I choose to believe the scientists trying to give us bad news about climate change.

One of the biggest stories circulating the newsroom this week is the 16-year-old Kiwi girl whose self-penned song Royals has hit No1 on the United States Billboard charts.

The other day I beat up a chair. I was in a foul mood and things weren't going my way, so I threw the chair on to the ground and I kicked it and stomped on it.

Doubtless, the country's coroners may feel the messages contained in their findings are not getting through.

I'm only ever a yachting fan when the America's Cup is on and right now my lack of knowledge of the sport is causing some frustration.

It is encouraging to see Coroner Wallace Bain take action over the ongoing failure of mental health support systems in relation to the death of two young Tauranga men.

Tauranga recreational fishers have so far adopted a pragmatic view of the Government cutting the snapper catch limit from nine to seven per day.

"I am the one in ten. A number on a list ... Nobody knows me, even though I'm always there, a statistic, a reminder, of a world that doesn't care."

When I was younger they called me lighthouse, ginger nut, stop sign and carrot top.

Before I had children the most precious thing I carried in my car was my morning flat white.

Thousands of school children are in Tauranga this week to take part in a locally grown success story: the NZCT AIMS Games.

I love a bargain, but it irks me when people want something for free at a cost to others.

Saturday night's test match between the All Blacks and Springboks should have gone down in history as one of the all-time classic encounters between the world's two greatest rugby powers.

Suddenly everyone has a flat screen television and I remember when 29-inch TVs were the hugest things on earth, writes Marcel Currin.