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Sir Bob Jones remembered | Barry Soper tells stories about his life and career
Sir Bob Jones, a prominent business figure, has died at his Wellington home aged 85.
High-profile businessman Sir Bob Jones has died
He died in Wellington today and is survived by three sons and six daughters.
Your letters: The right to choose the way you die
The law change will give patients the right to choose the way they wish their life to end.
Jones' views on begging to be tested
His comments drew a sharp reaction from beggars in central Auckland yesterday.
Bob Jones: Diehard lefties a threat to political process
TV is the equivalent of comics when it comes to serious journalism, although undoubtedly it contributes a useful visual element, but that's it, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: Key in yet another jam
National's re-election hopes potentially lie in tatters after allegations John Key had a second scone for afternoon tea, writes Bob Jones.
Why I think ponytailgate is nonsense
I dutifully give my 7-year-old daughter's ponytail the occasional tug, writes Bob Jones. That incestuous confession should excite the Human Rights mob.
No pretty girls in provinces
As fast as they come off the production line, they sensibly up sticks for the big smoke, writes Bob Jones. "There's a reverse flow from city to country by plain, husband-seeking fat girls."
Bob Jones: Sick of nanny state? Well say hello to a nappy one
Do I wear a lifejacket? Never, writes Bob Jones. It's part of the pleasure, zipping about solely in shorts and a hat but mollycoddling know-alls abound.
Bob Jones: Enrich poor with home ownership
Unsurprisingly, the Government's state housing sale to the Salvation Army fell over. And so it should as it was a bad idea, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: All that red tape's tying us in knots
It would be impossible to gain design approval and build the Empire State building in under five years in Auckland today, despite modern technology, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: Who's ya daddy? Could be anyone
Bob Jones writes: Female gullibility is essential for the continuation of the species, thus we must take the bad with the good.
Bob Jones: Get ahead - go and get a hat
Start a fad wearing a dead cat on your head, claim it's "in" and that lot would instantly succumb, resulting in widespread catacide, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: Keep statues just for our own greats
Our small population means we've produced few world-renowned people warranting the ultimate tribute of a statue.
Bob Jones: It's simply a case of creaming the opposition
Bob Jones writes: Given the constant foreign news ghastliness, particularly mad Muslim vileness, I sometimes think blissful ignorance may have merit.
Bob Jones: Tagging hardly a victimless crime
The Crimes Act provides penalties for up to seven years' imprisonment for wilful property damage, and is long overdue to charge graffiti offenders under that act, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: Labour's choice - nutters or normals
Bob Jones writes: Currently Labour's best chance of victory in 2017 lies in National's total demise through their MPs all dying of laughter at Labour's leadership woes.
Bob Jones: Living wage is a reward, not a right
Like barristers, I hand write everything: it enables clearer expression. It's a life-long habit which I enjoy in a tactile sense.
Bob Jones: Poseurs take us all for suckers
In the 1950s a Wellington student, later to become an accounting profession stalwart, paid his way through university via newspaper advertisements, writes Bob Jones.
Bob Jones: Cheap labour will fix housing crisis
The solution to Auckland's serious housing shortage is - when viewed calmly - logical, writes Bob Jones. Emulate Dubai, and hire cheap overseas workers.
Bob Jones: Cunliffe should man up and quit
Bob Jones writes: Serial apologiser Labour party leader David Cunliffe should put aside his sorrow at being a man and do the manly thing.
Bob Jones: It's gruelling and depressing, but it's democracy
Most of us have had euphoric moments so overwhelming as to be etched on one's memory ever more.
Bob Jones: Bureaucrats wallowing in cultural correctness
'The Pope's Losing Battle with the Mob", headlined Warsaw's Polityka newspaper.
Bob Jones: Ridicule - a small price to pay for fleeting fame
When I wrote recently that this election was done and dusted, a storm of protest erupted on the NZ Herald's website from Labour's deeply unattractive, rabid tribalists.