Now that we've finished sniggering and tut-tutting, has anyone learned anything from this Len Brown nonsense, aside from how to enjoy a really juicy scandal?

If a tide of debt swept many of the old guard from the Tauranga City Council, then those who were elected to take their place should take it as read

You've got to hand it to the marketing people at New World: those mini-supermarket toys are a huge hit with the kids.

I've sat through my share of Tauranga City Council meetings and admit a lot of what goes on in the debating chamber is what a colleague refers to as SBB.