When the Super 12 competition was being created, I was a student in Dunedin. I was raised in Christchurch and was a huge fan of Canterbury. After a few years at Otago, I developed split loyalties – between the team I had grown up with and a new one representing...
Last week I was in Paris, waiting with thousands of other Eurostar commuters for more hours than usual to queue for trains back to London. French customs officials were striking to show what travel would look like in a post-Brexit world, and I had a lot of time to...
Taking a look at recent, positive, uplifting, news stories and yarns, from New Zealand and all around the world, to bring a smile and a bit of cheer. Breeding kārearea pair discovered Any story about native birds found breeding successfully is a great one and this one...
I’m currently in London and woke up on Friday morning to the unbelievable news that there had been a shooting at two mosques in Christchurch – a city I have lived in for 28 years of my life. Like most Kiwis – at home and around the world – I...
When I was a kid I used to love poring over the advertisements for toys, magic tricks, and gimmicks in the back pages of comics. There were two items that myself, and my friends coveted the most – sea monkeys and the 1000 piece US Revolutionary War set. One...
