KILLER clowns. You couldn't make it up. The craze for people in clown costumes to jump out and scare the bejesus out of passers-by

TODAY'S column is dressed in a black T-shirt and wearing large black boots - a word roadie that comes out on to the page saying: "Testing

THE local body elections are over and the dust is settling. There were those who were never interested, and about 60 per cent of

WELL done, Whanganui. Take a bow ... and a pat on the back. Our voter turnout for last weekend's election was the highest (preliminary

ONCE more, the people have spoken. Or at least some of the people have spoken. This election was no exception to typically poor local

HOW many Whanganui firms can boast 100 years in business? Imlay can, and next month the Heads Rd industry will celebrate a century

In a doctor's waiting room, I was drawn to a copy of Time magazine whose cover featured two adjoining gold bands held together with

ER, digital city? The epic fail by Whanganui District Council to deliver the local body election results at 3pm on Saturday certainly

New Zealand's economic growth rate is the third fastest in the OECD these days, which is something to be proud of. It's important

YESTERDAY was World Homeless Day, an annual day that we should not have to mark, but our Government acknowledges that homelessness

WHAT is your understanding of the concept of "sustainability"? At the end of August, the government released its Draft National Strategy

I HAVE a big question for you as you sit there enjoying your newspaper, but it's one that leads to an even bigger one. Firstly, did

WHENEVER a royal tour is announced, a frantic round of preparations is triggered. Ocelots are force-fed truffles and left to marinate

THE future of New Zealand (and possibly the world, for that matter) hinges on a seesaw that sits the environment at one end and the

IN THE GAME of 500 the first thing you learn is the importance of the trump. I wonder if the same can be said in the American political

THE potential for cross-party approach to tackling the effects of deprivation on children is there but without some genuine commitment

IF YOU would like New Zealand to again say "No" to Trans Tasman Resources, the company that would like to create an open-cast iron

TOURISM is growing rapidly and it plays an increasingly important role in the expansion of our local economies. The numbers of tourists

CUTTING: It looks like business as usual in the Bahrain desert oilfield of Sakhir, but Opec will cut production by 700,000 barrels

YOU ARE in hospital. You are in critical care. The doctor in charge of your future has worked seven nights in a row, for 10 hours

THERE'S an undercurrent of anger influencing Wanganui's upcoming elections. Frankly, the whole town seems pissed off, and it doesn't

FOR the second time in less than a week it's been proven that the kids are all right. In fact, the kids in Whanganui are more than

Every election is important in its own way ... Ours - for district council or Horizons or the district health board - may pale in

Kym Fell replaced Kevin Ross as Whanganui District Council chief executive in January not unaware of the complexities and controversies

I MISSED the past two Whanganui Musicians' Club "first Friday of the month" club nights as we were going to and then coming back from

I HAVE never advocated that people who routinely feed low doses of antibiotics to livestock should be executed without trial. That

LATELY this column has focused on serious matters. Columnist colleagues are writing about local body affairs but there is another

Good golly, Miss Molly! When I read the 203-page independent review of the WTTP by Robert Domm, I breathed a sigh of relief. It was

About two years ago I recall writing a column about reality TV where I sarcastically predicted we would soon have a show called The

DONALD TRUMP Greetings planet Earth. I come in pieces. Excuse me a moment while I receive a message from another dimension. I