COMMENT: So long as I don't appear in Secret Diary for third week in a row, I'll be happy.

Why can't all businesses aim to have a positive social or environmental impact?

Words can be loaded with meaning — and they may be locked, loaded and aimed at you next

A man who shouts and yells is strong and passionate but a woman who yells is hysterical.

If found guilty, race-fixers should get what they deserve: loss of licence and jail time.

Lamb, venison and kiwifruit best performers over past year as export returns increase.

Economic commentators are conflating what is better termed economic "churn" with growth.

It's time for forward-looking citizens to take over from the bunch holding us back.

Climate change may not end human civilisation but it may make it pretty uncomfortable

Negative comments ignore all the hard work, sweat and tears that go into achieving success

The Israelis are adamant Palestinians cannot return, regardless of international law.

A Mrs P deprived of sleep is not a lady to be trifled with. The term is "Ratty Dragon".

The district council has again served the ratepayers of Whanganui very poorly.

District would be better off if councils had followed horticultural advice 100 years ago

Streets, waterways and beaches are strewn with the plastic detritus of our convenience.

An open economy can lock a nation into commodities that suffer diminishing returns.

China is detaining and "reprogramming" Muslims in Xinjiang on a very large scale.

By doing little or nothing, we invite the inevitability of increasingly frequent floods.

Are those who donate not entitled to see "proof of purchase"?

The nation's colourful yet sorry history is literally centred on seabird droppings.

When our resident cobbler needed to retire, he couldn't find a buyer

There used to be nearly 50 Starbucks in NZ; now there 22

There are also ways music can be twisted into a weapon.

I can see no reason at all why there cannot be a "Rainbow" Bar in the new club.

You don't have to buy the brand of Destiny Church to acknowledge the work it is doing.

The Messara report will be contentious but ignored at the industry's peril

What is happening to New Zealand's racing industry?

On many occasions since Treaty, Māori have been treated as slaves without legal rights.

School's move should spark discussion about what a free education is.

"I see you, I hear you, I am sorry for my generation's failure to change."