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The pub you have when you don’t actually have a pub
What has this National government (forget the hangers on) done for the rural communities, who for seven decades have returned them to power more often than not?
Nothing Too Serious
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No book is entirely useless — let’s support all of them
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No book is entirely useless — let’s support all of them
When Rudyard Kipling wrote "a man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition" he probably had me in mind — apart from the ammunition, of course.
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Let’s hear it for Hampden, where it’s all happening
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Let’s hear it for Hampden, where it’s all happening
Twice lately there have been headlines about happenings in Hampden.
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The kind of alchemy a Patearoa writer happily endorses
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The kind of alchemy a Patearoa writer happily endorses
Years ago, when family trees were all the rage, genealogists would painstakingly produce family trees which resembled an impenetrable forest of little use to those outside the family.
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Perhaps the govt could pay old-timers to learn new lingo
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Perhaps the govt could pay old-timers to learn new lingo
I did languages and I’m glad I did.
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Hall’s history proves its worth as a useful community asset
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Hall’s history proves its worth as a useful community asset
The Central Otago District Council is in the process of divesting itself of assets and on the list of threatened buildings is the Patearoa Hall.
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Make mine a paper bag and a hearty Marmite sandwich
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Make mine a paper bag and a hearty Marmite sandwich
Welcome to "Luxon’s Larder".
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Just how lucky we are, give or take some unlucky bits
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Just how lucky we are, give or take some unlucky bits
In your head you can hear them now.
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Exciting invitation for a paper boy to deliver a paper
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Exciting invitation for a paper boy to deliver a paper
Great news! I have been invited to deliver a paper.
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Locals no longer strutting their stuff on the local stages
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Locals no longer strutting their stuff on the local stages
"What do you actually do in the country?" shrieked Delia.
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The royal visit that got away
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The royal visit that got away - chucking away the invite
Knock! Knock!
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Find the iron filings and you’ve cracked the seesaw case
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Find the iron filings and you’ve cracked the seesaw case
It was far past the time to be off home but Professor Daw remained high up in the Physics Building, some would say in a brown study, but in fact the professor was surrounded by the multi-coloured...
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The great renewal romance and the ticket to true love
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The great renewal romance and the ticket to true love
"Good morning. Welcome to the New Zealand Transport Agency. You’re speaking with Darlene."
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A helping hand for a troubled leader — poor old Charlie
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A helping hand for a troubled leader — poor old Charlie
I didn't recognise him at first. Only when he removed the fiery red toupee did the shining dome give the game away.
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Great travel moments can be just a stone’s throw away
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Great travel moments can be just a stone’s throw away
Sunday was St Patrick’s Day and, as usual, it was a special day for me. Patrick is still my actual first name and I was backing Ireland to win the Six Nations title, which they did. Unusually,...
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Give me Broad Bay’s sinking sun, again
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Give me Broad Bay’s sinking sun, again
You've met them many times. Tourists from the north exploring their old Otago haunts.
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Early pedallers deserve praise when Te Aka Otakou opens
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Early pedallers deserve praise when Te Aka Otakou opens
Let us now praise pedallers of the past because Te Aka Otakou is about to open officially.
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Letters and diaries bring home reality of war
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Letters and diaries bring home reality of war
It is Anzac Day, the one day of the year when a little seriousness may be permitted.
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Govt may be going a bridge too far: leak
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Govt may be going a bridge too far: leak
Even with Stuart Nash given the old heave-ho, Cabinet is still leaking.
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Changing logos more of a burger joint, toilet cleaner thing
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Changing logos more of a burger joint, toilet cleaner thing
William Butler Yeats’ lines came to me during last week’s cold snap as I cranked up the fire —