A British motorist was fined more than $2200 this week and became the first person in the country to be convicted in court of hogging the middle lane of a motorway.

Andrew Bonallack writes: If there's one thing the debacle with the Conservative Party has demonstrated, it's that politics is not a game for amateurs.

Hopefully Jetstar will review its decision not to include Tauranga in its initial list of provinces it is considering for a regional service, writes Dylan Thorne.

For a quick lesson in how to sabotage your own credibility see British biochemist Sir Tim Hunt has resigned from his position at University College London, writes Marcel Currin.

No one wants the new highway to become a race track for boy racers who will put other lives at risk, writes Amy Wiggins.

Not everyone has found the ambiguity of Lewis Road Creamery's breast milk labelling as funny as we did. In fact, breast feeding advocates have slammed it as "unacceptable".

Danielle Nicholson writes: While Lecretia Seales' High Court case was going on, I didn't broach the subject with friends although it was on my mind a lot.