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Some of the British tourists accused of bad behaviour seen in Hamilton two weeks ago.

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Terry Sarten: British tourists behaving badly

2 Feb, 2019 12:00pm
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Terry Sarten: Is there such a thing as an incomplete rascal?

Marie Kondo, the 'organising consultant', has a popular TV series on cleaning up, organising and de-cluttering your home.

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Terry Sarten: Start decluttering by ignoring all things you're told you should be doing

27 Jan, 2019 2:00pm
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There is far too much talk about clutter, and it is time to declutter your thoughts.

Who has the best red tape - Britain or Europe?

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Terry Sarten: Red, red tape ... tying Britain up in knots

19 Jan, 2019 11:00am
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The whole Brexit debacle contains a number of interwoven factors.

Terry Sarten (aka Tel) is a writer, musician and social worker. Feedback welcome: tgs@inspire.net.nz

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Don't lose your direction in life, find and follow your moral compass

14 Jan, 2019 12:30pm
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Don't lose your moral compass, writes Terry Sarten.

Trump, going down? This year might be his last as US President.

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Terry Sarten: Trump to be impeached and other bold predictions for 2019

5 Jan, 2019 8:48am
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What will go up, down, sideways or be gone for good in 2019?

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Who's been naughty and who's been nice? How does Santa know?

31 Dec, 2018 3:00pm
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Christmas has passed and, once again, a major question remains unanswered ...

If you have any further information it would be great to hear from you.

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Terry Sarten: Home for Christmas in 1944

22 Dec, 2018 11:00am
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From a second-hand book found in a shop in Bulls ...

Flashback to 2016 and Britain's Sun newspaper celebrates Brexit.

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Terry Sarten: Brits bewildered by Brexit

16 Dec, 2018 11:00am
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Brits seem to be bewildered by Brexit. Leave or Remain, have a second referendum?

Feeling crotchety and cantankerous? Hone your skills with the Curmudgeon 101 study course.

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Terry Sarten: Get really tetchy with Curmudgeon 101

8 Dec, 2018 8:00am
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Terry Sarten and focusing on bloody-minded sheer grumpiness

US band known as Threatin ... not so famous after all. Photo / supplied

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Terry Sarten: Fake it till you make it

25 Nov, 2018 6:09am
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Terry Sarten on hype and hyperbole

The laws of aerodynamics - thrust, pressure and airflow, with no bad dancing.

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Terry Sarten: The Laws of social dynamics

10 Nov, 2018 3:00pm
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Dancing, alcohol and the Laws of Social Dynamics

Industrial-scale farming has impacted badly on the environment.

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Terry Sarten: Dangerous and delusional myths laid bare in land of the long white lie

4 Nov, 2018 12:00pm
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New Zealand has spent a lot of time immersed in myths of our own making.

A public figure who put himself out there, but is Jami-Lee Ross fair game?

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Terry Sarten: The Secret Diary of a Secret Diarist

28 Oct, 2018 4:00pm
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Terry takes on the Secret Diary of the Secret Diary of Steve Braunias

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Terry Sarten: 'I've got the power'

21 Oct, 2018 6:00am
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"What kind of power would sir be looking for?"

Art Jam: Christina Emery (left), and Sarah Williams talk about new art event.

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Terry Sarten: We're jammin' -- 24 hours of art set to go off

13 Oct, 2018 10:00am
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A lot can happen in a 24-Hour Art Jam

A refugee from New Zealand arrives in Nauru - he's accepted their lei, will he accept their values ...?

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Terry Sarten: Diversity a core value - except for NZ First

6 Oct, 2018 3:00pm
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With the values they propose, it is unlikely NZ First MPs would be let in the country

Profits are up, but business confidence is down - go figure.

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Terry Sarten: Business confidence down? It's crocodile tears and cries of martyrdom

29 Sep, 2018 3:00pm
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Ordinary punters pay their inflated corporate salaries every time we buy a piece of cheese

The galley ship rowed by slaves - new technology in olden times and maybe a blueprint for modern corporations.

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Terry Sarten: Corporate slavery ... when blue sky thinking meets a paradigm shift

22 Sep, 2018 11:16am
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When blue sky thinking tangles with a paradigm shift it can mean frictionless redeployment

Boris Johnson makes his point by using terrorist imagery when writing about Brexit. Photo / AP Photos

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Terry Sarten: Locked, loaded and aimed at you next

14 Sep, 2018 10:12pm
4 minutes to read

Words can be loaded with meaning — and they may be locked, loaded and aimed at you next

Metallica - turn it off, I ll tell you everything.

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Terry Sarten: The weaponising of music: torture for the soul and your ears

8 Sep, 2018 5:00pm
4 minutes to read

There are also ways music can be twisted into a weapon.

The world passes you by as you gaze at your smartphone

TECHNOLOGY

Terry Sarten: To the ramparts comrades, let's reinstate the art of conversation

2 Sep, 2018 7:00pm
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Communication requires dialogue. Txting doesn't count.

Simon Bridges - spend first, count the cost later.

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Terry Sarten: Politicians are going places ... at our expense

26 Aug, 2018 2:05pm
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Politicians going places: No budget, no pre-approval ... and they're spending our money

Lucky Bar in Wilson Street - just one facet of the creative energy sending a buzz around Whanganui.

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Terry Sarten: Time travel with 2020 vision ... it's looking good

5 Aug, 2018 8:00am
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The Goldilocks effect will see Whanganui booming by 2020.

Speech - it's free, so get it while you can

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Terry Sarten: Free speech - get it now before it's all gone

21 Jul, 2018 2:00pm
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The truth waits to be found but is not as shiny as a well-polished lie, so we miss it

Ask Dr Google how the internet is dumbing us down.

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Terry Sarten: Shaky, shonky world-wide-wisdom network

14 Jul, 2018 7:00pm
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The internet is awash with conspiracy theories

He may think sockless is sexy, but women are advised to tiptoe round the barefoot man. Photo / File

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Terry Sarten: Banal and bizarre ... you can add that to my list

7 Jul, 2018 12:00pm
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Terry presents his own list of the 10 Worst Pieces of Advice.

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Terry Sarten: Once you get into adolescence the mistakes come thick and fast

23 Jun, 2018 12:16pm
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Living the Life of a Mystic or Living the Life of a Mistake

(From left) Christina Emery - MC for the show, Carla Donson - Women's Network Manager, Cushla Robson - Women's Network volunteer, Airini Beautrais - poet and Charlotte Melser - musician.

Soul-stice Songfest gig at Lucky Bar

20 Jun, 2018 11:16am
2 minutes to read

Gig for Women's Network tonight

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Terry Sarten: Land of the long right rip off

9 Jun, 2018 4:00pm
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If life is a race then some NZers are starting well back in the running.

Miriam Clements (far right) with various models at a Fight for Life event in 2007.

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Terry Sarten: Is Miriam on to a Shore thing?

2 Jun, 2018 7:00pm
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North Shore wants independence from New Zealand ... so let them go

Transport Minister Phil Twyford has admitted using a cellphone on a plane after the doors were closed.

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Terry Sarten: With Hubris Unlimited you're special ... and the rules don't apply

27 May, 2018 10:00am
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'Being a politician and a minister I am beyond the rules that apply to others.'

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Terry Sarten: Imprisoned by old ideas

19 May, 2018 7:00pm
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NZ's prison population today is 10,588 — up from about 8000 four years ago

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Terry Sarten: Live life and live longer

12 May, 2018 5:00pm
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Live music is good for your health, argues Terry Sarten.

Thermo-nuclear missile trajectories mean MAD by WMD.

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Terry Sarten: A mass delusion about mass destruction

5 May, 2018 5:00pm
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Terry Sarten discusses the return of a MAD cold war policy

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Terry Sarten: Amazed by what passes for news

28 Apr, 2018 3:00pm
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I'm amazed by the media and content that is an insignificant puddle of dross.

Can't decide whether the weather is occasional showers or occasional sunshine.

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Terry Sarten: Some blue sky thinking ... with occasional showers

22 Apr, 2018 3:00pm
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How's the weather with you ... and what does it all mean?

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Terry Sarten: A family of guitars

14 Apr, 2018 1:00pm
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Terry Sarten is off to Nelson to play at a special guitar event – the Resonator Festival.

TYPE CAST: Immigrants - please stay in line.

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Terry Sarten: Hey immigrants, please keep in line

8 Apr, 2018 12:00pm
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is ethnic profiling deciding who comes into NZ and who stays out?

National MP Erica Stanford is backing a private members' bill to change the school decile system

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Terry Sarten: It's not where we are - it's how we get there

2 Apr, 2018 1:00pm
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National MP's bill to change school decile system missing the point

HEROIC OPPORTUNITY: Wonder Woman - doing great things but in need of some financial support.

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Terry Sarten: Women's Network full of heroes and searching for more

25 Mar, 2018 12:00pm
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You, too, can be a hero -- or even a super hero - by supporting this wonderful network

VOTE FOR US: There's a good case for 16-year-olds having their say at the ballot box.

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Terry Sarten: Sweet 16? You can have sex ... but you can't vote

17 Mar, 2018 6:45pm
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It's true -- politics seems incredibly boring compared to sex

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping, one must choose one's words very carefully

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Terry Sarten: China reacts to subversive power of the humble letter 'N'

3 Mar, 2018 12:08pm
4 minutes to read

Severe censorship part of Chinese leader's move to be president for life

TICKED OFF: Pushing a button is a gesture not a commitment.

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Terry Sarten: Love is a pavlova; like has lost its flavour

24 Feb, 2018 2:00pm
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Love is devalued; liking has become meaningless, but hate is still hate

BRUSH STROKES: Try a splash of privilege - and lay it on thick.

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Terry Sarten: Coat of white privilege endures as others suffer wear and tear

18 Feb, 2018 10:00am
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The price of privilege varies ... and it's all about colour

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Terry Sarten: I am brilliant ... and humble with it

10 Feb, 2018 3:00pm
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Terry Sarten is so good he can't keep quiet about it

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Terry Sarten: Cinda-rella has gone to the ball

3 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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Terry Sarten discusses Jacinda Ardern's new nickname

The talk of ending suffering, pain and the decision to die being a personal one is too much like the reasons we hear for suicide.

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Terry Sarten: Quality end-of-life care should be nation's priority

21 Jan, 2018 10:10am
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The debate misses the point that euthanasia.

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Terry Sarten: Rebellion against the status quo

14 Jan, 2018 3:30pm
4 minutes to read

Terry Sarten (aka Tel) is a writer, musician and social worker

ATTENTION: Goldfish short term memory is a myth - a joke to be enjoyed rather than an actual fact. PHOTO / SUPPLIED

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Terry Sarten: Attention spans are dwindling, will you read to the end?

6 Jan, 2018 1:00pm
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Terry Sarten contemplates dwindling attention spans

SISTERLY ACT: Should Whanganui help out a city in real need?

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Terry Sarten: Syrian sister city would give us a chance to shed light in a dark place

31 Dec, 2017 9:00am
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Terry Sarten ponders sister city ties.

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Terry Sarten: the alien at Christmas

23 Dec, 2017 11:00am
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Terry Sarten discusses the alien at Christmas

Calliope -- a bit of an all-rounder as far as Muses go.

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Terry Sarten: A good Muse is hard to find

17 Dec, 2017 7:00pm
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I am not amused ... my Muse has gone missing

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Terry Sarten: Applause, but no encore for zero-fee programme

10 Dec, 2017 9:00am
4 minutes to read

Are Kiwis too embarrassed to ask for more?

OUT IN THE COLD: Do children no longer need an imaginary friend?

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Terry Sarten: Does the Prime Minister have an imaginary friend?

3 Dec, 2017 2:11pm
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It's kinda sad ... fewer and fewer kids have an imaginary friend

It looks like a curve, but maybe the Earth is a flattened out disc.

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Terry Sarten: The Earth is flat - it's written in the stars

26 Nov, 2017 3:35pm
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Mike Hughes has built his own rocket ... to prove the Earth is flat

ONE VERSION: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.

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Terry Sarten: That we need refuges for battered women is a disgrace

19 Nov, 2017 2:00pm
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That we still need refuges for battered women is a social disgrace

Christmas shopping will soon take hold ... to the accompaniment of mind-numbing jingles.

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Terry Sarten: Ho ho no! Christmas chestnuts grate on shoppers

12 Nov, 2017 10:00am
3 minutes to read

It's official: Xmas jingles on high-rotate can turn your brain to mush

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Terry Sarten: no 8 wire conspiracy theories

4 Nov, 2017 3:00pm
3 minutes to read

Many people believe the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre were an inside job.

The change to the name of the government agency charged with child protection is now perfect - it is the Ministry for Children.

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End party politics to protect youngest citizens

30 Oct, 2017 3:40pm
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Ministry for Children - perfectionism includes acknowledging mistakes.

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Terry Sarten: Buckle-up buttercup

21 Oct, 2017 12:29pm
4 minutes to read

Cars are our equivalent to the US obsession with guns

Told to leave -- Sagar Narayan (left) with his father, Lalit.

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Terry Sarten: Does money make you a Kiwi?

15 Oct, 2017 10:05am
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One law for the rich, another for the disabled

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Terry Sarten: All roads lead to Whanganui

7 Oct, 2017 9:00am
4 minutes to read

Is a New Plymouth road sign that steers visitors to Whanganui the work of our Mayor?