''It's outrageous! They charged me a dollar fifty for actually going into their blasted shop with cash to pay their blasted telephone bill. It's nothing less than highway robbery!
A timely warning (an ''advisory'' they call it, in keeping with their bureaucratic image) has been issued by the Pest Eradication Board (PEB) and it is worth running here as the media have generall
As you know, to find out about city council matters it is usually necessary to invoke the provisions of the Official Information Act but this column is fortunate in having a mole within the counci
''You write some awful rubbish,'' a friend commented. I thanked him with a modest lowering of the eyes and muttered, ''Nothing, really.''
As John Key pondered the offer of an elephant from Sri Lanka (only the excess baggage fees held him back) his far more important personal meeting with the Queen a month or so back was almost forgot
Dunedin writer and broadcaster Jim Sullivan marks the opening of the summer bowls season.
''Can you play for us on Saturday?''
We need to stop losing sleep over this local body election business. Here's some advice which may end the torment.
I've just had a funny phone call. At first I thought it was one of those clowns trying to sell something.
''Are you prepared to put something back into the community?''
Let this column, known for its political insights, be the first to introduce you to Karl Varley. Before too long he will be a National Party MP.
Now that the proposal for a waterfront high-rise hotel has been turned down, I can reveal the real deal.
