There needs to be a dining and fashion focus for Tauranga city. That's the way to go. Downtown needs to have a unique selling point, writes Amy Wiggins.

It is the hardest thing to maintain your composure when someone you are speaking to takes an abrasive turn, writes Marcel Currin.

The dark humour does the rounds. We read the same jokes again and again but they still make us smile. They express a shared understanding, writes Annemarie Quill.

The latest property figures came as a bit of a shock even though I have suspected it was heading that way for some time, writes Amy Wiggins.

Do you watch Game of Thrones? This immensely popular TV series can be seen as an allegory for climate change. Marcel Currin tells us why.

Prospective home buyers need to be able to save more than $95,000 to achieve a 20 per cent deposit. Pretty tough going for a young family, writes Dylan Thorne.

Some people are able to cheerfully smash their way through any old cup of dirt. I wish I could be that indiscriminating but no, I'm a bit of a snob, says Marcel Currin.

A British motorist was fined more than $2200 this week and became the first person in the country to be convicted in court of hogging the middle lane of a motorway.