Insurance companies must improve
Anyone who has had a difficult insurance company experience may not be surprised the Financial Markets Authority review of general insurers identified a poor understanding of good conduct and...
Opinion
Prominent and prolific settler
Prominent and prolific settler
The death occurred recently of one of Lower Toi Toi’s oldest pioneer settlers, in the person of Mr James Wybrow, of Waikawa (says the Southland News). Mr Wybrow was born 78 years ago at Tautuku....
Rice pudding: small pleasures loom large - as do tears
Rice pudding: small pleasures loom large - as do tears
Three bowls in, I realise I have come full circle on rice pudding.
Springbok match returns pondered
Springbok match returns pondered
Wellington: The official estimate of the attendance at the football match on Saturday being 27,200, questions are being asked as to why the receipts were only £2300.
Vitriol can be put to positive effect — if you know how
Vitriol can be put to positive effect — if you know how
I recently found myself staring unexpectedly into something ugly: the face of bigoted intolerance. I’ll provide some context ...
Hands up for a handout
Hands up for a handout
Dear Uncle Norm,
United with our Olympians
United with our Olympians
It is weird watching the Tokyo Olympics.
How much harm is too much?
How much harm is too much?
Accident Compensation Corporation claims related to drink-driving crashes in the five years to 2020 are expected to cost taxpayers $1.162billion, we learned last week.
The last word
The last word
The longest ...
‘Townies’ and ‘cockies’
‘Townies’ and ‘cockies’
Who remembers the catchphrase of the old 1980s’ television advertisement aimed at encouraging as many New Zealanders as possible to sample the delights of their own country before booking tickets...
Monument to fallen unveiled
Monument to fallen unveiled
Yesterday afternoon Lord Jellicoe (Governor-General) unveiled a memorial at Sawyers Bay to the local boys who fell at the war.
Students’ wellbeing at centre of new code
Students’ wellbeing at centre of new code
Last Friday, with whatever fanfare it might have received drowned out by the Howl of a Protest farmers rally, the Government released a new code of practice for the pastoral care of tertiary and...
‘Moral injury’: how to deal with trauma of violating our beliefs?
‘Moral injury’: how to deal with trauma of violating our beliefs?
Graham Redding looks at how our moral compass is changing with our workplaces.
Quick fix needed for cancer patients
Quick fix needed for cancer patients
Cancer is a killer.
Britain helps Irak choose ruler
Britain helps Irak choose ruler
King-making is always a matter of some delicacy and often of much danger.
‘Freedom’ cost unknown
‘Freedom’ cost unknown
Maybe Prime Minister Boris Johnson believed the old song line "freedom’s just another name for nothing left to lose" when he decided this week was the time to remove most internal Covid-19...
Late sovereign remembered
Late sovereign remembered
The equestrian statue of King Edward VII now erected in Waterloo Place, London, has a martial aspect, but the tribute expressed by King George in performing the unveiling of it, emphasises that...
Climate change denial shocks
Climate change denial shocks
Like many of us, I attended the Howl of a Protest on Friday, July 16, and lost count of the number of tractors and utes, many carrying farm dogs, that drove through the centre of Dunedin. It was an...
Call to calm rhetoric in face of common climate threat
Call to calm rhetoric in face of common climate threat
Bruce Mahalski calls for unity in the wake of the recent Groundswell protest.
Full of pride for mother in ute with dogs
Full of pride for mother in ute with dogs
Climate change is a global problem, a problem shared and a problem far bigger than New Zealand politics.