We're all looking for a balance between work, family, creativity and political engagement.

Boomerang Child and Builder Boy need a ride to and from a party. They're grown ups now...

The hands of prejudice and intolerance have no place in our society.

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

GST on new builds, work on existing homes, is contributing to homes being more expensive.

Out of the blue comes a wolf whistle.

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."

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

On behalf of the world's insects, please consider your use of synthetic pesticides.

The road was wet and slippery in places, particularly in the Dome Valley.

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?