I've always bought free-range eggs. I've never thought twice about it. If I'm a bit strapped for cash, I will forgo eggs, rather than

Have you ever walked past someone and said to yourself: "geez he looks familiar - in fact he looks just like me?" I remember watching

As a society we seem to be getting more and more lazy. Far-fetched as it may seem, it does make me wonder if one day we really could

What better way to encourage people to recycle than by paying them to do it. That is essentially what Tauranga City Council voted

It's hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme

It's a mind-blowing level of corruption, even for Russia. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has revealed that

Over the weekend I went to the greatest game of rugby I have seen. It wasn't the skills, or the score, that made it so outstanding

United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg recently told the New York Times that if Donald Trump became President she would

You've got the whole world in your hands, was a huge hit in the '60s and it could be making a comeback. If you can rewind the memory

Everyone should watch Fox News a few times a year, if only to be reminded of why women have legs. It's certainly not for walking. I

YOU would think that Barack Obama must be counting down the days until his term as United States president comes to an end later this

National believes New Zealanders deserve high-quality health services and delivering better services remains our top priority. At

It's long been said that it takes a village to raise a child but if you read the updated 21st-century manual it seems that all it

This month we are celebrating 75 years of women being in the New Zealand Police. As a police reporter for more than 10 years, I once

How many more feasibility studies does it really need to create the vibrant city heart Tauranga residents have been promised for many

While New Zealand has its race issues, they cannot compare with what is going on in the United States at the moment. Here people

It's alarming that a national charity that supports children in need says it is struggling to keep up with demand. The number of

Nothing changed at 8.01 on Saturday night other than my dreams got put on hold when the loot from Lotto went in three different directions

There is a new door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson on the block. But they come knocking through your computer and phone. Overseas

We need to have a wee korero, Aotearoa. If you are reading this and don't know that korero means talk, then it's even more needed. It's

There is no question something needs to happen to revitalise Tauranga's central business district. It's a beautiful spot but there

Both my grandfathers made it back from the Somme, which is miraculous. Commemorations this past week for that appalling waste of

Sometimes the Sensible Sentencing Trust fails to live up to its name. It thought it had a "gotcha" when it asked the Corrections

Many New Zealanders are concerned about housing and housing affordability. It's certainly a challenge. The Government is working hard

It's well established that weather has a major impact on mood. Which is why everyone should just leave me the *@!* alone right now

One of the difficult things about writing a weekly column is coming up with interesting things to present to get people thinking about

Call it entrapment if you like, but something's not quite right about the Lotto fever. With Powerball's first division expected to

Not a lot impresses me these days. I guess it's the combination of having seen and experienced so much by so many in such a small

One of my first jobs at the Rotorua Daily Post 20 years ago was calling our lovely kaumatua Anaru Rangiheuea to ask for his comment

The Government has taken a good step forward in attempting to increase the amount of emergency housing available in the region. An