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I do like books that have me in the index: I have as many entries in the index to Bill Manhire’s Doubtful Sounds as do Beryl Bainbridge and ...

The ninth in this occasional series of reprints from Quote Unquote the magazine is a July 1994 article by novelist Nigel Cox on novelist, ...

Cactus Kate tries to defend North Shore mayor Andrew Williams, but come on. The three best things about this whole incident are: 1. Pete Ge...

We all know that deforestation is a problem for, like, the planet, but who knew it was a problem for dogs?

On my way back from a brief – they are always brief – visit to Hamilton this morning I was startled by a pheasant rising from the low right-...

“I’m not playing,” I say. “I haven’t done that since I was 12, in Rodney Barnett’s garage.” “Me either,” says Rebekah. “I’m in,” says Rob, D...

The Herald reports : The Government is accusing critics of its proposals to mine conservation land of “ignoring the facts” as it deals with...

If you're an avid online gamer chances are you sign onto, say, Xbox Live most nights and jump into a game of Modern Warfare or Gears of ...

On Concert FM this morning the announcer introduced the weather report by saying, “It’s not good, I’m afraid” and then informing us that the...

Home Paddock has a good roundup of blogs strangely sympathetic to the idea of mining an area, about the size of your average farm, that is ...