Frank Greenall
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Frank Greenall is a Whanganui-based writer.
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Frank Greenall: Apocalypse in the Avenue
Frank Greenall: Life can also be fun and fancy-free. But not too much at the moment.
Hey mums, what about cloth nappies?
The reliance on mountains of consumerist gimcrackery beggars belief.
Frank Greenall: Coronavirus – a drastic dress rehearsal
Frank Greenall: There's a much bigger bogeyman than coronavirus at large.
Frank Greenall: Kindness is a way to crack family dysfunction
Meth and synthetics have become national scourges, leading to family breakdowns.
Humans - the mistake that keeps on taking
Malaria alone continues to wipe out about 400,000 humans per year.
Bernie's new New Deal ... the next US President?
Admire him, or be flabbergasted he reckons he's still got enough gas in the tank.
Should Winnie swap his suit for a T-shirt and fishing rod?
COMMENT: The battle scars are starting to show. Maybe it's time Peters stretched back.
Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.
Frank Greenall: Mike Moore and the trade vs aid dilemma
Now we have the plight of the "working poor" where even double incomes aren't enough.
Beware the aliens … they are us!
Be scared. Malevolent aliens are already here. They're us.
Frank Greenall: Greta Thunberg's story has a familiar ring
A young Frenchwoman also took up a noble cause.
UK's John Bull is back, and Boris is full of it
Beware of what you wish for – you may rue it ever came true.
Your dystopian nightmare: How cellphones can send teens stir-crazy
The smartphone's more than just an enabler. It's now also an intensifier.
Climate change, a Titanic struggle
If a popularity poll is indicative of voter priorities the planet's well and truly rooted.
Best of 2019: Frank Greenall: An avalanche of issues
There have always been and will always be a gazillion issues happening at any one moment.
Frank Greenall: Ad-free TV? Just do it!
"Public service" broadcasting is hard to define, but most people know it when they see it.
Comment: Move Auckland before the volcanoes blow
Get out before Vulcan wakes up and hammers Auckland property values once and for all.
Why we need a battleplan to avoid climate change disaster
The Industrial Revolution was a game plan that gave us the power to trash the planet.
Frank Greenall: Why it makes no sense to import certain products
Economists worth their salt, argues Frank Greenall, are few and far between
Frank Greenall: Gangs need pathways out
12 months out from the election National cranks up the hoary old spectre of the gangs.
Why NZ's mood rises and falls with rugby
Comment: Why does success or loss on the field have such an effect on the nation's mood?
Comment: Don't fret about the ABs... it was just fake news
Did the All Blacks really lose to England? Or was it fake news?
Frank Greenall: Hooked on pantomime of NZ politics
Are our politicians in fantasy land? And will there be a fairytale ending to it all?
Frank Greenall: Abandoning Kurds opens door for Isis to rise again
A totally trashed Iraq still bears chilling witness to the damage a loose cannon can do.
Frank Greenall: Waking up to climate catastrophe is like turning around an ocean liner - slow
Cliches become cliches because they often contain basic truths.
Nail salons - the new boom industry in Whanganui
Frank Greenall discovers nails are the new boom industry in Whanganui
Evaporated milk prices leave farmers crying over spilled profits
Comment: Not for the first time, hard-working farmers are feeling hard done by ...
Comment: Can PM Ardern avoid a Lermontov style disaster?
The open waters of Cook Strait beckoned. What could possibly go wrong?
Frank Greenall: KiwiBuild gone with the wind
KiwiBuild housing was affordable only if you had access to a six figure income.
Frank Greenall: Bring out the local bodies
Commentator Frank Greenall's take on the local body elections.
Frank Greenall: Not too late to clear Peter Ellis's name
Comment: I think it's time this lingering miscarriage of justice was just kicked to touch.
Woodstock - If you can remember it, you weren't there
Woodstock - If you can remember it, you weren't there, as the saying goes.
Frank Greenall: Tales of whales, trails and fails
Frank Greenall reflects on those few degrees of separation that bind us all.
Sleepyhead's workers' village: When wasn't enhancing the health and wealth of your workforce not great for business?
Sleepyhead's plan for workers is admirable; hopefully it will inspire other businesses.
Frank Greenall: One Cook, too many critics
Captain James Cook would probably be embarrassed by the attention we still accord him.
Frank Greenall: Ministry of Comics ... Now! Kapow!
It wouldn't surprise me if we didn't soon also have a Ministry of Working Groups.
Frank Greenall: Budget puts wellbeing first
It's false language used to describe false economics, but most don't see any dichotomy.
Frank Greenall: Monty Python's Dying Circus ...
The idea was for a sufficiently diverted public to forget to blame those responsible.
Frank Greenall: The Devil's in the retail ...
Israel's no slouch in reminding those what certain fate awaits them
Frank Greenall: It's the Stars and Gripes ...
Frank Greenall sees an bit of Basil Fawlty in politics
Comment: National security? Who needs qualifications?
Aftermath of the mosque massacres exposed an elephant in the room, says Frank Greenall.
Frank Greenall: The game of the name ...
The horrors of the Christchurch mosque massacres continue to ripple.
Frank Greenall: Tragically, we asked for it …
Comment: Legislation stupidly made mass murder weapons available, and now we've paid price
Frank Greenall: City fails baffled economist
Last week we hosted a wandering economist, Cameron Bagrie
Daring to do something different …
Full credit to a SWAT team and Robert Muldoon for trying to find innovative solutions.
Frank Greenall: Capital Gains? ...Ping the real culprits!
Frank Greenall on the Tax Working Group and Capital Gains Tax.
Frank Greenall: Breaking up is hard to do
Winston Churchill, were he still alive, would be a rampant Brexit Remainer.
Frank Greenall: Cows got talent too
Could New Zealanders ever do the Wilde thing and lay off slaughtering animals?
Frank Greenall: Laver, a man of tennis note
Djokovic, Nadal and others play on in the shadow of the Australian superstar of the 1960s.
Bastia Bulletin: First the Blitz, now the Splitz
The receding tide of former imperial glory has long been slipping out, seemingly unnoticed
Frank Greenall: The Devil in Johnny's detail
NZ's first rock 'n' roll star Johnny Devlin (from Whanganui!) wowed the kids in the '50s.
Frank Greenall: British bulldogs start cat fight
Larry's nemesis is a feline who hangs out further down Downing St at the Foreign Office.
Frank Greenall: Saying no to the Masters of War …
In this brainless clash of imperial hubris, colonial troops were expedient cannon fodder
Maseratis save planet …
Frank Greenall on the Apec conference in Papua New Guinea.
Frank Greenall: We could tap into Motunui
How come we've got nearly half our fuel needs in our own back yard but we don't use it?
Frank Greenall: You just couldn't script it
Perhaps art visits us daily in the guise of reality TV with all its vacuous grotesquery.
Frank Greenall: Another savoury & sausage roll safari
What's lacking is simply the political will to address causes that are already known.
Frank Greenall: Laughing all the way to the Banksy
Such is the arcane terrain of the postmodern, deconstructivist art world.
Frank Greenall: Down but coming round
The Terror was particularly well preserved, even down to intact cans of preserved food.
Frank Greenall: Roulette wheel spinning as property investors use houses as casino chips
Inevitable crash will be painful but houses may be homes again, not investors casino chips
Frank Greenall: Try counting what matters
Economic commentators are conflating what is better termed economic "churn" with growth.
Frank Greenall: Nauru - where guano always happens
The nation's colourful yet sorry history is literally centred on seabird droppings.
Frank Greenall: Catch-22 alive and well in Parliament
Beehive thefts and Beehive leaks have been keeping police busy lately.
Frank Greenall: Penne for your thoughts
Flying Spaghetti Monster devotees reject "crazy nonsense" while enjoying life.
Frank Greenall: Monthly confidence trick
'Oh, no ... we've got another business confidence survey to do.'
Frank Greenall: Windy City does conga line
Some may be unaware the capital is in commuter meltdown mode, writes Frank Greenall.
Frank Greenall: Winnie rises to the bait ...
Peters' competing thoughts periodically jam his gears, and his coherency loses traction.
Frank Greenall: Hi-jinks with the old gang
The word "gang" has several connotations, but not all definitions are necessarily criminal
Frank Greenall: Good buddies do business
Frank Greenall on the relationship between Trump and Putin
Frank Greenall: World Cup theatrics v real football drama
Awfulness in the underworld as World Cup melodrama plays out.
Frank Greenall: We're myth-makers, believe it or not
Something's rotten when someone works a full week and still has to rely on food parcels.
Frank Greenall: Sphinx showing its true age
Research challenges long-held theories and beliefs about the ancient world.
Frank Greenall: Bordering on madness
For legions of refugees on the run from slaughter, it's raining every day.
Frank Greenall: Bantam and the warthog
There is evidence that rumours of an insidious North Korean shrink-ray may be true.
Frank Greenall: Nature's call on dairying
Too many cows? Will the M. bovis disease have a silver lining?
Frank Greenall: Work towards end to recidivism
Frank Greenall looks at our prison system.
Frank Greenall: Predator creditors on the prowl
Regular columnist Frank Greenall discuss the debt predator
Frank Greenall: Less tooth, more nail . . .
Jacinda, you've got a nice smile, But for the next couple of years I don't want to see it.
Frank Greenall: Choreography of peace and harmony
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize should be Red Velvet, South Korea's popular girl band.