It's easy to be paranoid one minute, then completely forget the next.

Local roads were never built and are not maintained to take state highway traffic.

I heard a noise and put my ear to the dish and I swear I heard it crying out for bacon.

A good ban is equitable, affecting rich and poor, says Vaughan Gunson.

When cash in hand is not good enough.

New road can sustain a higher speed limit. But 80km/h is too high for the southern side.

But turning off or tuning out isn't an option.

Golf and lathes and rowing aren't me but Ralph Waldo Emerson got it right when he said...

One trial showed a 43 per cent reduction in red light running at red light camera sites.

Kevin Page takes a bath, but fails to clean up.

New parking zones across the city will reduce the 16 existing zones to three.

The answer has something to do with poetry.

"The grass has seeded, died and withered to straw. It would need only one spark..."

Too many years talking means the cost of four-laning has gone up, writes Shane Reti.

Car names can provide hours of fun Wyn Drabble discovers

Do you struggle to choose between yoga and pastrami?

Pharmac played god. They put themselves above everyone else, says Dr Reti.

If the drone comes again I shall shoot it.

Can you tell when your driving behaviour is getting dangerous?

Our continued population growth dictates the need for upgraded infrastructure and housing.

Dream of a dry dock in Whangārei may be about to be realised.

For the birds the days pass unnamed, the years uncounted. And this still pleases us today.

Check out the safety of your holiday vehicles, have a happy holiday and consider others.

Mayor still waiting to see Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group report.