Reading the coroner's report on the death of hitchhiker Dagmar Pytlickova had an eerie feel to it.

I admit freely I was cheering for Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup final.

Singapore is called the "City in a Garden" and having had my first experience of it this week, I have to agree that is exactly what it appears.

This week, rather than writing about business, I have decided to turn my attention to the upcoming local body elections.

As I write, the country waits to see if the Kiwis can pull off one more race, before the other team of Kiwis racing on behalf of some other country can catch up.

Ordinarily, I wouldn't bother to take issue with a fellow columnist, although it's always open season on politicians.

The potential removal of the decile rating system for schools is a mix of the good, the bad and the indifferent.

What is happiness? It's an awfully big question when some of you will still be struggling with "what shall I have for breakfast?"

The two candidates' meetings run by the Chronicle for would-be Wanganui district councillors have been well attended and informative, sometimes inadvertently so.

Maori have embraced the internet and the worldwide web wholeheartedly since its development in the 1980s

Well, there you go - we have a new Labour leader and all seems right with the world again.

This year's commemoration of 9-11 was almost completely overshadowed by America's rush to war with Syria.

For those workers worried about the undermining of their rights under the new Employment Relations Amendment Bill, there could be worse around the corner.

As I write this I am babysitting three of the cutest kids serendipity could provide, while their father works in his home office up the hallway.