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Kerre McIvor: Privacy laws hid deported killer
Kerre McIvor says it might be a really good idea for our government to sort out a way for the community to be alerted to the criminal expats walking among us.
Kerre McIvor says it might be a really good idea for our government to sort out a way for the community to be alerted to the criminal expats walking among us.
It is impossible to protect so many people over that amount of territory no matter how rigorous and comprehensive security procedures may be.
Champagne corks - and questions - were being popped as this country became the 13th in the world to allow gay couples to marry, writes Kerry McIvor
Men of integrity do not plant evidence in murder investigations, writes Kerre McIvor.
Kerre McIvor says the suggestion that hospital food be prepared centrally and shipped nationally is absurd.
Kerre McIvor wonders: Does John Key go out of his way to make life difficult, just to spice things up?
The heavier a plane is, the more av-gas is needed to fuel it.
Kerre McIvor: I was going to submit a column this week decrying the declining standard of grammar and spelling based on a new English study - and the incorrect choice of the word gaff/gaffe in a headline on my column last week.
On Thursday night, while Jesse Ryder lay in intensive care in Christchurch Hospital after a savage and apparently random beating that has left him fighting for his life, I drove home from work just after midnight.
The father of a 15-year-old injured in a car accident in the early hours of last Sunday has lashed out at emergency services staff, accusing them of teenage accident fatigue.
I really didn't think the Novopay debacle could get any worse - but the decision by Talent2, the company that runs Novopay, and the Ministry of Education to sic debt collectors on to teachers who have been overpaid was mind-numbingly stupid.
There have been times, and I know it's a little weird, when I have been so overwhelmed with work, travel and obligations that I yearn for a nice, quiet hospital bed.
I don't know about you, but the Census was a bit of a letdown for me.
The 87 people biffed out of Eden Park during last weekend's cricket one-dayer against England were in good company.
Observant readers (and I'm not expecting there to be many on Sunday mornings) may have noticed my byline has changed this week.
Life's not fair. And most of us, from the age of 3 onwards, understand that concept. The TAB wouldn't offer you any odds for the meek inheriting the Earth.
Associate Social Development Minister Chester Borrows has come out this week, all testosterone engorged and righteous.
Too much of anything is bad for you and most of us know that.
For a while there, listening to the witty and eloquent speeches, you could imagine that this was just another milestone in the career of an extraordinary broadcaster.
Apart from the claustrophobia of being imprisoned in a cell, I imagine the worst thing about being incarcerated would be the stultifying boredom.
By the time you read this, I'll be a married woman.
It was a regular old pussy riot on the airwaves this week after Gareth Morgan launched an attack on domestic cats.
We love our pets, here in New Zealand, but not half as much as they love them in other countries.
For many parents, grommets are a godsend - although kids aren't the only ones who need the procedure. Adults get grommets too and find their life is infinitely easier with their improved ability to hear.