It makes a nice change to see a coffee chain in Wellington being excoriated on social media for raising the price of a flat white by ten c...

I was recently enjoying a drink with my wife and my employers at the Ashburton Hotel; we had just finished a fun day at the races courtesy...

One of my favourite things about social media is the easy access it gives me to information from government departments: WINZ, IRD, Customs...

I recently spoke at the Senior Prizegiving for our local college, I did this partly because I’m the Board Chair and it was expected of me a...

I imagine there was a collective sigh of relief from farmers up and down the country at about 11pm on Saturday night. I imagine this becau...

Last month I attended a water meeting in Ashburton hosted by David Parker, Labour’s spokesman for water and the environment. The meeting h...

Deadlines being what they are, this column was written before I had attended the meeting on water with David Parker It’s strange to b...