I, like most of us, had never contemplated a mass shooting of this scale in New Zealand.

And with the memory comes not only full sensual detail, but also full emotional detail.

Our sense of peace has been shattered by the intrusion of this unspeakable evil.

March 15, 2019 marks the day we work harder to be a tolerant, open multicultural society.

Technology helps Kevin Page get to the top.

COMMENT: Whangarei District Mayor Sheryl Mai "dispels myths" over new Civic Centre.

A couple of book collectors travel the world seeking the authors' signatures

Survival forces shaped you and me and the dog and the dinosaurs.

A better understanding about speed around the different stages of road repair is needed.

Isn't vaccinating our children against meningitis a government responsibility?, asks MP.

In the age of the internet, privacy is a duck so dead it's dripping yellow fluids.

Jonny Wilkinson sniffs out dog ownership - it's mostly all about love

A power outage leaves our columnist held hostage by an automatic garage door.

Plan Change allows development down to 500sq m if land is serviced, 2000sq m if it is not.

Greta Thunberg: "We are striking because we have done our homework and they have not."

In the end I pulled the magic plastic from the wallet and did the deed.

Half of the 2019 Northland road deaths had occurred on roads in Whangārei District.

Americans can't find New Zealand on a map anyway. Now, they don't have to.

Over the past 20 years $1 trillion of capital income on houses, land has not been taxed.

There's nothing like a good dose of farm life to humble your children.

A column should be topical and relevant, a challenge when you're writing it in advance.

Trump cannot reason, cannot frame a sentence, he's about as funny as colo-rectal surgery.

Government needs to reject half measures and use a range of tools to get the job done.

COMMENT: I'm thinking I might be on to a money-spinner with this banana lark.

While we are all proud of our own heritage, we are also proud to be New Zealanders.

Sometimes it's safer to be 2IC.

Toilet talk - why can't they all be unisex?

Predicting the future, getting it right and getting no credit for it.

Government goal of free driver training for secondary students makes sense.

We are not talking about the price of a packet of chips here, this is a vital commodity.