Latest from Kerre McIvor on New Zealand

Kerre McIvor: Privacy laws hid deported killer

Kerre McIvor says it might be a really good idea for our government to sort out a way for the community to be alerted to the criminal expats walking among us.

McIvor: Regardless of motive, the action's indefensible

It is impossible to protect so many people over that amount of territory no matter how rigorous and comprehensive security procedures may be.

Kerre McIvor: A toast to gay weddings law

Champagne corks - and questions - were being popped as this country became the 13th in the world to allow gay couples to marry, writes Kerry McIvor

Kerre McIvor: Framing was no act of integrity

Men of integrity do not plant evidence in murder investigations, writes Kerre McIvor.

Kerre McIvor: Food is part of the healing so let's not cut corners

Kerre McIvor says the suggestion that hospital food be prepared centrally and shipped nationally is absurd.

Shoulder tapping is fine - not amnesia

Kerre McIvor wonders: Does John Key go out of his way to make life difficult, just to spice things up?

Kerre McIvor: Plump must stump up

The heavier a plane is, the more av-gas is needed to fuel it.

Kerre McIvor: Sorry, big boy, but sometimes size does matter

Kerre McIvor: I was going to submit a column this week decrying the declining standard of grammar and spelling based on a new English study - and the incorrect choice of the word gaff/gaffe in a headline on my column last week.

Kerre McIvor: Ryder a fall guy in random violence

On Thursday night, while Jesse Ryder lay in intensive care in Christchurch Hospital after a savage and apparently random beating that has left him fighting for his life, I drove home from work just after midnight.

Kerre Woodham: Crashed, now burned

Life's not fair. And most of us, from the age of 3 onwards, understand that concept. The TAB wouldn't offer you any odds for the meek inheriting the Earth.

Kerre Woodham: Silly to ignore dodgy tax dealings of the well-off

Associate Social Development Minister Chester Borrows has come out this week, all testosterone engorged and righteous.

Kerre Woodham: We need to accept some personal responsibility

Too much of anything is bad for you and most of us know that.

Kerre Woodham: Bigotry lurks below surface

While it's alarming to think that there are even a handful of bigots who think he's on the money, it should be clear now that the vast majority find his remarks ignorant, hateful and pathetic.

Kerre Woodham: Chances eventually run out

Kerre Woodham: Sir Paul Holmes' family did him proud

For a while there, listening to the witty and eloquent speeches, you could imagine that this was just another milestone in the career of an extraordinary broadcaster.

Kerre Woodham: Set for fully fledged wifedom

By the time you read this, I'll be a married woman.

Kerre Woodham: Prison plan worth the money

Apart from the claustrophobia of being imprisoned in a cell, I imagine the worst thing about being incarcerated would be the stultifying boredom.

Kerre Woodham: Better meat labelling needed