OPINION: As if I am not busy enough advising the council on its communications strategies, I have now been roped into also providing the council with some relationship counselling.

Lucky for us, Martin van Beynen could be just the man the Christchurch City Counil needs.

The Holden doesn't get out much these days, mainly because it needs its own petrol tanker toddling on behind so it can be refuelled between service stations.

MARTIN VAN BEYNEN - © Fairfax NZ News

I don't really have a problem with the council exporting jobs, even small ones, to other cities like Palmerston North.

Should you ask questions you don't really want to know the answer to, asks Martin van Beynen.

Martin van Beynen celebrates the arrival of Tintin, as it coincides with an industry rethink on what skills its reporters need in the coming era.

Martin van Beynen finds a little bit of fat has transformed his life.

Someone has just had the brilliant idea of adding to all the fun by holding a competition for the best Christmas-decorated portacom.

OPINION: The famous United States columnist HL Mencken once described democracy as the "theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard".

My first thought when I saw Josie Olsen carrying a white cross on State Highway 1 near Timaru was not "What have we here?".

I find myself agreeing with the fundamental point Prime Minister John Key is making about the teapot tape.

If you've ever wondered what goes on behind closed Italian doors, Martin van Beynen has a few good ideas.

Martin van Beynen is shocked to realise that a general election is only a few weeks away.

How generous of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) to be putting on buses so we can finally see what has been done to our city.

Since when is the Rugby World Cup not real life, asks Martin van Beynen.

What consititutes diversive racist claims, wonders Martin van Beynen.

Preparing the last supper for the family was important for Martin van Beynen.

Life is sport and you will be more successful if you live like a sportsman writes Martin van Beynen.

It only animals could talk, what might Happy Feet have said?

There was a time when being Dutch in New Zealand meant one of several things, says Martin van Beynen.