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Whanau should seek active role in children's education

As Grandparents, parents, caregivers, teachers and politicians we often debate what we should be doing individually and collectively to improve Maori achievement in the education system.

Support for James Blas no surprise

History bends towards irony

Privacy a small price to pay for spooks to do their job

Honey imports a manifold threat to our bee population

Our rugby boys well worth cheering

All right, so it's not the All Blacks versus Australia for the Bledisloe Cup. That comes later tonight. It's not even Super 15 (though it can be "super"). But it is the Heartland Championship - and that's what counts in rugby circles around these parts.

Army massacres as autocrats exploit divisions

The Fifties, small towns, MAD, Beatles and all that

I have been enjoying a book by Bill Bryson called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid in which he tells of his life as a child of the 1950s in Des Moines, US, capturing the giddy era of the post-war boom in America.

Wallabies in dire need of new culture

No one enjoys watching the All Blacks beat the Wallabies probably more than me, although over the years it has gotten to the stage that I am starting to have sympathy for our long-suffering rivals.