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What happened to the disability voice in election result?
While disabled people are the largest minority group we still don't have representation.
The suit - today's executive badge of office
During the past century or so the suit has shimmied up the social ladder.
Comment: Election 2020 - where to from here?
Young and old drawn to Labour and Ardern for different reasons. National take note!
Cream doughnut indulgence one big messy goo
Hurling the cream splodge out the shop door was immaculate timing, writes Kevin Page.
Do you remember what you were doing last Friday?
Joe Bennett reflects on life: Days come and famously go. And what do they leave behind?
Vigilance vital when kids, cars and driveways collide
It will be a long time before all cars have reversing cameras and sensor technology.
Goodbye to financial tea cosy
And don't even think about phoning them even though your call is important to them
Nothing beats ticking the boxes on election day
Then, with growing anticipation, I'll look forward to watching the election unfold on TV.
Yoga class tests parent-child support principle
The Boomerang Child's yoga classes prove to be a tad too relaxing for Kevin Page.
Farmers' markets - where growers and sellers connect
Markets are fundamental to our society and our psyches. Markets are us.
Opinion: Why you should vote yes to decriminalise cannabis
Allow others the right to the buzz of their choice. To not to do so would be hypocritical.
Looking for inspiration in the unfamiliar
Sometimes it is just too hard to find inspiration
Is fear the opposite of desire?
Desire urges us towards something, said Thomas Hobbes, while fear urges us away from it.
Unlicensed drivers complex issue to fix
One study showed that at any one time 3 per cent of drivers on the road were unlicensed.
When lycra, coffee and the giggle gang converge
Kevin Page's magic cycling moment goes awry when he does the cup-on-the-handlebar trick.
Belarus mess model for US if Trump wins election
The story of power in most places throughout human history is instil fear and rule.
When a combover just doesn't quite cut it anymore
The stylish, gangsterish look proved tricky to let go of.
Can we really live in a world without health inequity?
Our health officials have hope inequity will be a thing of the past, do you?
A tax policy to rule them all
Vaughan Gunson takes a scalpel to parties' tax policies, stitching together the best bits.
Fill up fail fires up Mrs P
An encounter with a motorhome owner at the petrol station puts a dent in Mr P's pride.
Editorial: Time to take the pulse of Northland health
Having access to good, affordable healthcare is important.
Know thy self - play squash 'til the body says no more...
I know, there's no fool like an old fool: "When do we play?"
Refinery 'nice to have but the world has changed'
It appears the writing is on the wall for the Marsden Point oil refinery.
Comment: Time to end unbearable suffering
'They treat dogs better than they treat people.' End of Life Choice Act will change that.
In sweeps Mrs P on the Zoomy thing
Casts an approving eye over the outfit in the mirror and leaves as quickly as she arrives.
Nabokov truly makes memory speak
A typical Nabokov sentence: precise, ornate, exquisitely orchestrated and subtly comic.
A lesson like no other from Mrs P
How to tuck and fold a cover, or 'throw', and 'plumping up' cushions - par for the course.
Melting the log burner man - a matter of atmosphere
Coffee, rugs, pity and bird-feeding all darts in Cupid's quiver. But what of the arrow?
Christopher Nolan's latest movie mind-blowing or...
Serious philosophical musings about time, cause and effect, and human free will in this.
Zero speed tolerance rollout handled poorly
Police need to take the motoring public with them when making big policy changes.
At supermarket checkouts there's always one ...
How does one answer, "how has your day been so far?"
I'm in favour of NZ's elimination strategy - here are 7 reasons why
Better systems and policy will result because Kiwis care how NZ responds to Covid-19.