A campaign to clean up Whangarei's Hatea River is continuing the good work of environmentally-minded Northlanders who have long fought

Part of my life, as survivor of a chain of dead people, is custodian of family flotsam loaded with memories that become more fragile

So much of our livelihoods are now linked to the digital space. Our primary industries compete globally using information and communications

by Craig CooperEditor There are some moments in sport that stay with us for life. You know the ones, those memories that bring us

It has been an upsetting week. Expectations got turned upside down, uncertainty about the future now abounds and (in the opinion of

I'm not prepared for a natural disaster - the only time I ever have been is when a flatmate took it upon herself to set up a flat

Trade Me can help you with your Christmas shopping. No, of course it's not too early, especially when you consider New Zealand

It's not often that I agree with Winston Peters but he made a valid point this week. The New Zealand First leader is calling for

A bottle of gin - Bombay, every November for the rest of my life. That's what I won on Wednesday when Trump led the carnival campaign

141116NZHMMQUAKE12.JPGDamage at CentrePort in Wellington, caused by yesterday's 7.5 South Island earthquake. PHOTO/Mark Mitchell will

The timing was right: catch the momentum of the American election, and eclipse it. The role model was right: Donald Trump. The man

by Craig Cooper, Editor It's hard to pass your driving test in Whangarei apparently. It shouldn't be easy, but commenters on our

Many people around the world are still wondering how on earth Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States. It is safe

A couple of motoring stories tickled my fancy recently (yes, of course I have a fancy). That means it's time to put this trusty

by Craig CooperEditor Young rugby player Jordan Kemp was given the OK to head back out on to a rugby field with a ticking time bomb

I heart the people who make inspirational T-shirts and kitten posters and then spread them liberally via the internet. You know

The notion of sustaining the life of a landfill is a sound one. If you are filling a hole in your backyard with rubbish, it makes

I fell on last weekend's report of Paul Henry's latest gaffe less with outrage than relief. What a happy change from what Americans

If you regularly read this space, you might remember a column from a few months back about my (rather successful) rose hospital. Well

You can't miss Steven Adams. Even if you don't see the visual cues of the 2.13m behemoth with a sleeve tattoo and caveman-like hair

Guy Fawkes was a bit of a rebel. He did after all try to kill the King of England. The fact that he and the other Gunpowder Plotters

Duco Events made the right decision in withdrawing its application for assistance in funding boxer Joseph Parker's title fight in

Planes, Trains and Automobiles . . . great name for a movie and the Hollywood folks did it justice back in 1987 through director John

After what must have been months of keen detective work, police have uncovered a coven in Maungaraki, the Lower Hutt suburb where

Two of my daughters and their families live in the same suburb as Dreamworld. You can see the giant drop from my youngest daughter's

The name says it all: Dreamworld. It is a place not just apart from reality, but better than it. Kids long to go there and adults

Last Saturday, for the first time in a long time, I forgot the All Blacks were playing a test match. I didn't watch the haka or the

What is the soundtrack of your life? We all have one, but few of us stop to consider this, and even fewer could compile it if compelled

Last week's description of travel woes prompted a number of readers to share similar stories with me. I thank them. They all suggest

By Craig Cooper, Editor Someone in Hikurangi knows who has six-year-old Tyree Walters' PlayStation and they should give it back. It's