Wimmin - what do they know? They can have babies - yes. They say they can do anything - but we, the Misogynists Exclusive Network

To my shame I was confronted with another example of my almost complete ignorance on a slice of New Zealand history - this time with

I'VE noticed recently on social media at least one Whanganui District Council candidate complaining about other candidates' political

The rapid strides in technology can undoubtedly be a huge boon to education, but the latest proposals by the New Zealand Government

The glittering alloy biscuit that passes for the Olympic gold medal these days is a poor cousin of the pure gold specimens last awarded

HERE'S the thing about trucks - they're big and they're heavy. Yup, no real surprises there. But what is surprising is the number

LAST week Prime Minister John Key announced the formation of a new superspy agency -- a combination of the GCSB which was designed

THE Rio Olympics are over ... that's it for another four years. Hope you enjoyed them. There were some great sporting moments - not

At about the same time as snow closed the Napier-Taupo highway we were in Melaka, acclimatising to the heat and quizzing locals about

There is an urgent need to tackle the problem of Vulnerable Political Strategy ... Those who proposed the name of Ministry for Vulnerable

Well, there were a couple of surprises when the nominations closed for local body elections. No fewer than 33 candidates have been

Last week I used the truism, actions speak louder than words. Whether you know them as truisms, adages or sayings you heard growing

I guess I need to be careful what I say about Aucklanders. After all, many of the residents of New Zealand's biggest city fly or

IT HAS sometimes struck me that there are people in Whanganui who have an inferiority complex about their home town. As if they need

I'M GRATEFUL the Olympics only last a fortnight -- watching all that highly fraught determination to propel bodies, horses and bicycles

With our current employment rates at 90.4 per cent, a whole lot of us are spending significant time and energy in our place of work

THERE are lots of good things to be said about Whanganui, and it's worth repeating that we're beautifully situated with the beating

LAST week Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Minister for Maori Development Te

I HAD malaria once, and it was extremely unpleasant. I had been working in Yemen, but I contracted it while flying home on a Dutch

TWO American elections ago, during their primaries when Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton for the candidacy of the Democratic Party

I remember (only just) when my night didn't even properly start until after 9pm. IT'S probably not especially cool to admit this

By Philip McConkey AS MOST of us are aware, United States party conventions have been taking place over recent weeks. Among the many

NEGOTIATING with a gun to your head cannot be easy ... Is that why Whanganui chief executive Kym Fell was unwell over the weekend? Mr

MONDAY Monday caucus. They filed in, dragging their heels, yawning, scratching, sighing. They were a bit more animated than usual. I

THERE has been much talk of late about the "no show - no dough" proposal for Whanganui council members when it comes to attending

WHAT can I say when there is so much that needs to be said? I could begin with a horsey haw-haw response to Mark Todd saying he lost

IN medicine, something that grows until it kills its host is called a cancer. Something that is in balance, doesn't use up all its

FIRST discovered in that wonderful decade, the 1950s, Kapuni has been providing natural gas for New Zealanders for more than 50 years. To

IN an age of professional sportspeople, every action will create a reaction because the lives of those individuals are front and centre. The

They are calling it Woeful Wednesday - or maybe it should be Terrible Tuesday, depending if you are on NZ time or Brazilian time. Either