Not all autistics are locked into being Rain Man people (from the movie).

International trade and communication have superseded Commonwealth ties.

Our Government would be overjoyed if we all upped-sticks and moved across the ditch.

Four weeks is plenty of time to study cracks appearing in coalition government

Ardern's "acceptance" of Trump's missile strike on Syria was diplomacy at its best.

From solemn parade to 'positive patriotism' - how Anzac Day has been kept alive

Nurses are at the front line of health services, from the cradle to the death bed.

Overpopulation, coupled with land growing export crops, raises the spectre of famine.

I'm all for personal choice, but I deem butt-picking inappropriate, so I go out for a word

Readers get it off their chest -- bad language; news reporting and fluoride facts

How's the weather with you ... and what does it all mean?

Donations that are far from generous -- dumpers plague the op shops

It's bad enough subsidising Aucklanders' sorry arses, now we've got to feel sorry for them

Ardern learning the language - and lessons - of international diplomacy

COMMENT: I'm the victim here. Intolerant people are hating on me.

There can't be a new Cold War; the Russians don't have the resources to hold up their end.

The Dublin St Bridge's new LED lighting has turned out to be a disaster.

We may well have pockets of citizenry who do not meet the definition of First World.

A cheeky request sees the nation's media chasing Whanganui woman

The crucial stats pertaining to general quality of life for Maori have been in free fall.

No matter how much is spent making roads safer, incompetents will still cause accidents.

Waiting lists are out of control, with a waiting list being created for the waiting list.

The Facebook wizard has reassured the timid lions, tin men and scarecrows of Congress.

I will buy locally from a business I trust, and my money will stay in the community.

Russian-speakers must accept that Latvia's endangered language and culture come first.

Central government needs to devise a new system, and what more appropriate time than now?

COMMENT: Industry anger with Govt baseless given global shift away from fossil fuels.

In the country there was no food problem but no money for essentials like medicine.

Jacinda Ardern has established herself as one who will be praised for generations to come.

For a time I'm as happy as I was when I discovered Australians really do cheat at cricket.