FOLLOW the Yellow Brick Road ... Dorothy (Anne Tolley) was no longer in Kansas but in Otara on a journey to find the answer to inequality. Following

Over the years I've never made a secret of the fact that I call it like I see it. My no nonsense approach has meet with criticism

In Liverpool they sing You'll Never Walk Alone; in Patea they sing Poi E. When I arrived in Patea more than 30 years ago to work

AWHILE back I was talked into attending a live Super Rugby game -- the Hurricanes against the Blues at Wellington's Cake Tin. The

LAST week Prime Minister John Key announced a plan aimed at making New Zealand predator-free by 2050. At the heart of the programme

NOW that both political parties have chosen their nominees for president, the US public can look forward to 100 days of raucous campaigning

By Fred Frederikse I AM not a great musician, but to quote Kinky Friedman: "I like hanging around with musicians because they have

By Scott Lee WHAT if I said: "Everyone is already wealthy." Would you respond: "Go on, Scott -- you're having a laugh." Or would

By Anna Wallis Air Chathams and Whanganui Airport have certainly started things off with a bang. There was a large crowd out at

MONDAY At the end of the day I think the majority of New Zealanders will feel good about this Government's abrupt and laughably half-baked

The bright sparks of Whanganui converged on the War Memorial Centre on Wednesday evening where their creative credentials were given

The notion that if we want action on a specific issue it requires a Minister of the Crown to have personally experienced it has been

Curtains. Not a very sexy topic. Nor is moisture management; but both are essential for warm, healthy, environmentally-friendly homes

I was so excited to read John Maslin's piece on Pensioner Housing, earlier in the week, until I actually read it. No offence to the

Don't be so eager to leave, says former Youth MP Timothy Rowe I LOVE Whanganui - the river where I used to train, the schools that

Ah, the sweet smell of success. Whanganui could create a tourist attraction by turning Virginia Lake into a treatment pond.

By Paul Brooks There is little realism in a format designed to titillate the voyeuristic ... What is it about television bosses and

By Mark Dawson ACCIDENTS will happen ... no matter what. So it becomes a question of how much we want to invest in limiting the

THE decision by the Ministry of Health not to fund pepi-pods doesn't seem right. Arguing that the worth of the pods in saving babies

By Fred Frederikse SOMETIMES I get the urge to write columns again ... The lack of a deadline meant I no longer had the commensurate

OBSERVATION and knowledge of reality are topics that raise all sorts of prickly philosophical questions, chief among them the one

Time is always my enemy ... I have so much to do and such little time to do it in. Right now I am around about half way through

"School Bans Clapping." Had I read that headline a year ago my blood would have boiled. PC or not, today I just laugh at such stories

MONDAY Donald Trump: Hello, Cleveland! Thank you all for coming here today for the most ably organised Republican convention in

I once read the editor of a gossip magazine brightly assert that knowing what celebrities are up to creates a relationship with them

Two bigots walk into a bar. They front up at the counter and order drinks. They had never met before but after an exchange about the

Venerable Whanganui councillor Sue Westwood is likely to step down at the October local body elections after many years sterling service. In

By John Maslin UNITED States presidential wannabe Donald Trump's wife may have taken things too far with a speech at this week's

By Mark Dawson WHILE a number of families have -- much to our collective shame -- struggled to put a roof over their heads, there

By Professor David V Williams An open letter to Minister of Corrections Judith Collins I WRITE to in regard to your decision, and