Dylan Thorne: Cellphone users put us all at risk on the roads
Everything we do involves some degree of risk. Cycling to work, crossing the road, going for a run. Mostly, these activities are
Everything we do involves some degree of risk. Cycling to work, crossing the road, going for a run. Mostly, these activities are
Turning 18 is a big deal in New Zealand. Once you're 18, you can drink, vote, smoke, buy scratchies, place bets at the TAB or use
I'm all for anything that will save children from being abused or, worse, killed at the hands of those who are meant to be cuddling
They've been the best of times, surely, free of war and famine, well fed and medicated, never needing to bother about things that
Kaitaia teenager Nina Griffiths has an ally in Mike King. And the pair have an ally in this media outlet. The causative factors
You might have felt that political correctness had got as silly as it could get, that it had reached a plateau and settled. Not so
Observation and knowledge of reality are topics that raise all sorts of prickly philosophical questions, chief among them the one
"It is not responsible for newspapers to publish calls for class warfare, extortion and disorder like this. The Northern Advocate
Northland's winter throws up all sorts of oddities on our beaches. In the past month we've had whales, albatrosses and now turtles
Driving through the Hutt Valley I often think of Noel Coward, who dropped the withering comment, "Very flat, Norfolk", into bitchy
As a society we seem to be getting more and more lazy. Far-fetched as it may seem, it does make me wonder if one day we really could
It's a sport that's traditionally been associated with the most macho of attitudes. Rugby players are meant to be tough, staunch
What better way to encourage people to recycle than by paying them to do it. That is essentially what Tauranga City Council voted
This week I celebrated yet another birthday. Perhaps celebrated isn't quite the word though I did enjoy a beverage. Or two. You don't
It's hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme
It's a mind-blowing level of corruption, even for Russia. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has revealed that
The digital enlightenment has arrived and it has brought unto us ... Pokemon? Really? And the point of the game is to loiter round
The primary health hazard arising from smoking has historically been disease and health ailments caused by cigarette smoke. We can
Sideline abuse is one thing. Being threatened with a knife is a different kettle of angry, angry fish. Or, in the case of Northland
A Whangarei freedom camping bylaw was in danger of heading down the path of elitism, so it's good to see our decision-makers back
Everyone should watch Fox News a few times a year, if only to be reminded of why women have legs. It's certainly not for walking. I
If you weren't alert, you might have missed Maori Language Week. I didn't. I added two new sentences to my Maori arsenal: "One language
To be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about this Pokémon Go craze that is sweeping the world and has even had an impact
It's long been said that it takes a village to raise a child but if you read the updated 21st-century manual it seems that all it
What happens when the 40 per cent stop paying rent? What would happen if they go back to their landlords and say "hey this is what
It's alarming that a national charity that supports children in need says it is struggling to keep up with demand. The number of
In the last episode, our friend Doris (64) bolted from the Emergency Department (ED) at Whangarei Hospital after three hours, before
A new $1 billion fund to fast-track infrastructure development by councils could do much to solve the growing problem of housing affordability
So, the feared education hiatus is upon us. The cold gap we speak of in hushed tones - the two-week nether world of winter school
With $40 million up for grabs, Lotto was a major topic of conversation last week but it made me wonder how it is any different from