by Craig CooperEditor The scheduling mistake that has seen paracyclists given seven weeks notice of a world championship event suggests

The hostage crisis continues. Melania's slanty eyes mutely beg for deliverance, but despite so many thousands of women marching on

This week I have been experiencing the expectation of a great financial windfall. At one point I even wondered whether I should just

We all make mistakes, we're all human - even police officers. It has been reported this week that in the nine months to September

In my childhood memories of Christmas holidays the sun is always shining, it's never raining and cardigans aren't required. It's

Online shopping generally works well for me and often the goods arrive the very next day. Even most of my many purchases from other

Ciao bella, I'm sure going to miss you. And you are bella, beautiful beyond the postcard paradise that New Zealand often pretends

by Craig Cooper, Editor Bill English should be at Te Tii Marae this Waitangi Day. And by not being there, he's avoiding part of his

On the Sunday of the big bike racing weekend, I needed to get up Spencer Rd to check out the Party on the Hill escapades which brought

Your definition of obscenity may be what Donald Trump is accused of getting up to in a hotel in Russia. Mine is about the money

I'm sick. Right in the middle of summer. I feel like excrement, if you know what I mean. But because I'm the modern day equivalent

Research showing two New Zealanders have more wealth than the poorest 30 per cent of the adult population should give us pause for

Please do not be alarmed but the latest nutrition news is that green tea might not be that good for you. That's right, green tea

Northland District Health Board chief executive officer Dr Nick Chamberlain's opinion piece (Advocate, January 5) regarding this current

The naming of finalists for the Halberg Awards provokes quite some debate across the sporting sphere as to what really makes the supreme

I've joined the Fitbit Brigade. Yes, I'm now officially one of those people who walk round looking at their wrist every half an hour

It's only natural that over the holidays, when people unwind, they puff on weed and dream beautiful dreams, like making fortunes out

Kiwis are renowned for our hospitality, and it's a character trait we take pride in. Aside from the not-so-small matter of our epic

Do you remember those Ronald McDonald advertisements that used to be on TV with the whole McDonald's clan preaching "make it click?" I

Some of my best friends are old white guys. I'm a daughter and sister of old white guys. I shacked up with a latte-coloured one

I think (and I hope) there is one common factor in all of our lives that has, at some stage, and in some form, created something special

In this slightly bewildering day and age of social media you can't say or do anything. Especially if you're having a meal at some

Waitangi Day has provided an insight to the character of successive prime ministers ever since Norman Kirk made it a national holiday.

The baying of young males on the wind, and the distant, delighted squeals of young girls on the pull, told me the New Year was imminent

The rodeo travelling circus is well under way. Competitors and animals are now on the road, taking animal torture to venues all over

If decorating the Christmas tree is the most exciting time of the year, then felling it is surely the most gloomy. There are few

Imagine being called Anal, 3rd, Lucifer or 4real. Eleven Kiwi babies have narrowly escaped being called these awful names. And it's

In terms of important issues facing mankind at present, constructing a gate to keep a dog in would not rate particularly highly but

What's wrong with this picture? Resident Medical Officers (RMOs or doctors in training) strike for better hours. DHBs agree to

Well I never! Whatever next! My first pair of $1.50 jandals lasted two days! Yes, I know some readers of last week's piece were