Having dabbled more than just a little in weather forecasting over the past 40-odd years, I was pretty excited by the cold snap that had the South in its sights this week.
Welcome back yet again, and welcome to what could be the coldest week of the year, if the forecasts coming out late last week and over the weekend come true.
Just a short column for you today. I seem to have picked up some bug or other that's going round the office and I've just popped in for a few hours. I feel like I want to go to sleep - though, as...
I'm not planning on delving into politics again today, but thanks for the calls and emails expressing similar sentiments about the lynch-mob approach to Dunedin South MP Clare Curran's departure...
What do people want Central Otago to be like in 30-odd years' time, Paul Gorman asks. Should large-scale development continue at pace, or is it time to call a halt?
Welcome to the last What's With That of the week - in fact the last one until a week on Monday. I am sure the lack of a column next week saddens you as much as it does me.
Since yesterday morning's column berating Dunedin South MPs past and present for their lack of voice over the closing of the NZ Post and Kiwibank there, I have been told in no uncertain terms, by...
Your memories of Norman Kirk keep flooding in and it is just about all I can do to keep up with them. Apologies if I have not managed to return your call or reply to your email.