So this is my last column but I will probably still get up early, fighting my pyjamas and write, says Marcel Currin.

People should not be let off scot-free and if they are never going to pay the fine another punishment is only fair. However, it seems that fines are often a waste of time.

I'm not a tattoo guy but I really like the idea behind the semicolon tattoo. It is the superhero story of punctuation, writes Marcel Currin.

Amy Wiggins writes: The site of the Tauranga City Council campus on the corner of Willow St and Wharf St is the perfect spot for some sort of community space or cultural hub.

Marcel Currin writes: I wonder what our new digital habits will do to our cultural history over the long term.

Just over the hill, in Rotorua, a flag debate has been raging, but the flag in question holds some rather nasty connotations.