For most the age of privacy is gone
For most the age of privacy is gone
The world of popular fiction is saturated with spy novels.
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Texting has many advantages in modern age
Texting has many advantages in modern age
Many great inventions have come out of the Industrial Revolution, including the cellphone with its great advantage - texting.
A farewell to the fallen people like you, bro
A farewell to the fallen people like you, bro
''Hey, Tei!''
Anzac Day makes me think of the birth of our national identity
Anzac Day makes me think of the birth of our national identity
Anzac Day, April 25, the day that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the beaches of Gallipoli, a quickly organised attempt at a takeover of the Turkish Peninsula to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia.
For the love of money ...
For the love of money ...
Money is slowly killing professional sport; the wages players are getting are taking the fun and even the pride away from playing professional sport.
Stuck in a Doc hut playing cards, toting wood
Stuck in a Doc hut playing cards, toting wood
It fell from the sky, a constant pounding of millions of clear sparkling translucent droplets.
Double bounce to happiness
Double bounce to happiness
I spent many hours as a young child in the back garden on the old trampoline that seemed like it had been on the property longer than the house itself.
A powerless pawn in a board game
A powerless pawn in a board game
Waitaki Boys' High School year 13 pupil IvanPedersen describes the world that characters live in in George Orwell's book 1984. It is a fictional world, but one which seems frighteningly similar to the one in which Edward Snowden lives.
Impersonal combat death dealt out from behind a machine
Impersonal combat death dealt out from behind a machine
The stench of rotten flesh, filling our lungs with the aura of death as we wade through the constantly flowing mud.
War leader became rector
War leader became rector
To be a soldier in the Battle of Monte Cassino, you had to have courage, devotion, foresight and above all, the ability to fight on.
Time for environmental action
Time for environmental action
Imagine walking through a native New Zealand forest and only hearing the sound of your own footsteps.
Honest to myself
Honest to myself
Music blared into the still night ahead of me.
'Jim Crow' gay laws
'Jim Crow' gay laws
For many people, marriage is simple - meet someone, fall in love, have a wedding, start a family.
Rhyme time
Rhyme time
My teacher He says Rhyming is Bad A speeding rainbow of nations
Another place to renovate
Another place to renovate
The silver Ford Spectron pulled up in the driveway of the khaki green cottage.
Father and son work on a clutch of memories
Father and son work on a clutch of memories
Dad's sitting in the corner of the small couch, reading about historical places.
What is sanity
What is sanity
Sanity and insanity
The assassin's ties of blood
The assassin's ties of blood
His short, blond hair fluttered like butterflies, strands of gold that captivated all.
Now is enough to fill forever
Now is enough to fill forever
The dry heat is returning. Not yet midday, the temperature soars into the thirties.