Opinion
Beauty and frailty bound together
In a week in which I seemed to find plentiful new reasons to feel grumpy, Boris Johnson came to my rescue.
Let's give everyone opportunities
OPINION: I'm not sure I remember exactly how Mum used to say it, though she said it often.
Focus on 'the least of these'
Fair warning, I'm going to quote the Bible to you somewhere in this column.
Privileged to be a father
The airport was all too familiar but something seemed different at the end of a long, draining day in the air.
On a statue's limitations
Statues can become a monumental problem as attitudes shift, columnist Derek Burrows writes.
Empathy key to functional society
It's been dawning on me that at times in my life people must have seen me as a smug, insufferable little snot.
Time to get your head around policy
EDITORIAL: There's a healthy degree of irony in the debate fuelled by Gareth Morgan's uncalled for "lipstick on a pig" jibe at Jacinda Ardern on Sunday.
I underestimated Timaru's people
OPINION: The origin of the quotation "may you live in interesting times" has long been debated by literary academics.
Council should adopt a living wage
OPINION: There's a council by-election coming up and no candidate supports the one policy that would have sealed my vote
Let's rediscover strength together
OPINION: The best way for us all to face an uncertain, scary future is together
Let's make the right 'choices' as a society
I was thinking this week of the kind of society we should be and I thought of a poem.
Nothing Fawlty about UK cuisine?
Derek Burrows is surprised so many (or perhaps so few) Spaniards enjoy British food.
Our blackest days in battle
OPINION: It was the 100th anniversary of the start of an assault that led to one of the blackest days in NZ military history on Monday.
Turei's confession courageous, response not so
OPINION: How ironic that one of the biggest uproars of the election campaign so far has come as a result of a politician telling the unvarnished truth.
Stuck in an expectant holding pattern
Trade and the future of the traditional OE will have been on Kiwis' minds during Boris Johnson's visit.
Empowered by a groundswell of gratitude
It's been going on for about a month now, except when I forget, but that happens less often these days.
Top talent on display
South Canterbury Drama League's new show Showstoppers 2 covers music from range of stage shows.
Music to a trainspotter's ears
The $50,000 grant to investigate reinstating the Christchurch-Invercargill passenger rail service is music to my ears.
Envappy for those not at catpacity
I've had a linguistic epiphany in the last week, but I'm trying not to get over-emojical about it.
Reid's prison marriage beyond distasteful
OPINION: Liam Reid got married in Auckland's Paremoremo Prison on Tuesday morning. Let that sink in for a while.
Chasing down a refund gone wrong
I've just received news of a tax refund from the IRD. That's good news, isn't it?
Holding thumbs you don't have clunkies
It was an icy morning and the bed was all too cosy, but I had to wallydrag myself from its captivatingly comforting grip.
Common themes to global challenge
Nuffield scholar Ryan O'Sullivan shares his observations after exploring the state of global agriculture.
Seven-second rule is a myth
OPINION: Today's subject is something else high on many people's priority list – sex.
Defalcation may lead to absquatulation
OPINION: Ever done one of those exercises where you're asked what historical character you most wish you could have been?
