The Royal Wanganui Opera House owes an everlasting debt to the late Derick Matthews.

Councils have perfected pretending they're doing something meaningful about water quality

Around a quarter of Americans who were raised as Muslims have left the faith.

Wonder at the prospect that we are not alone and what possibilities await us as a species.

Wanganui's future economic wellbeing is being controlled by Taranaki farmers.

Cosby created a fictional model that inspired others to become their best selves.

Sallies in the front line as Kiwi kids go without the basics

Held up at a railway crossing? Think again before you curse those trains.

OF is something to cherish. We all get older, and it depends on what you want from life.

We urgently need to reinstate a Wildlife Enforcement Group

There's more thrown being rubbish on the road berms. What happened to "be a tidy Kiwi"?

Readers have their say on religious intolerance; racial 'privilege'; and Israel Folau

I'm chilled, laidback, likeable ... your affable First Bloke, but I don't brag about it

Is it too soon to be closing access to NZ's oil and gas reserves?

It's not easy looking good with a baby bump

I'm amazed by the media and content that is an insignificant puddle of dross.

How to spot an internet addict

Dressing gowns get a dressing down at cinema where sartorial style matters

A dog has fallen down the city centre drain ... and a horse ... and two gentlemen

Some may argue that this is saving capitalism, but evolution is better than revolution.

The greatest mentors in my life never had to explain themselves. They led by example.

Not all autistics are locked into being Rain Man people (from the movie).

International trade and communication have superseded Commonwealth ties.

Our Government would be overjoyed if we all upped-sticks and moved across the ditch.

Four weeks is plenty of time to study cracks appearing in coalition government

Ardern's "acceptance" of Trump's missile strike on Syria was diplomacy at its best.

From solemn parade to 'positive patriotism' - how Anzac Day has been kept alive

Nurses are at the front line of health services, from the cradle to the death bed.

Overpopulation, coupled with land growing export crops, raises the spectre of famine.

I'm all for personal choice, but I deem butt-picking inappropriate, so I go out for a word