Sir Ed Hillary's home of 50 years is up for sale. Why isn't the city or the government making an offer? Do we still not recognise the importance of remembering this nation's story?
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Charles Fleming and his singing cicadas
Summer officially ends this weekend, but the cicadas are still making a raucous sound in my garden. Much of what we know about this summer songster is thanks to the work of a hero of New Zealand science
Read MoreHappy birthday Charles Darwin!
New Zealand scientists are celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth – even though he described New Zealand as "not a pleasant place".
Read MoreBrassicas, bees, and GM botch-ups
New Zealanders are wary about genetically engineered foods. A Crown Research Institute's field trial botch-up justifies the skepticism and asks some hard questions of the scientists responsible
Read MoreFerrier pouts while Laws rewrites the law: a weekend's reading
The self pity of Andrew Ferrier and the self righteousness of Michael Laws leapt from the pages of our newspapers this weekend, and shouldn't go unanswered
Read MoreI may not be smiling, but this is a magical time
How a non-maternal soon-to-be-mum is spending the last weeks of her pregnancy
Read MoreLondon in snow stops everything shock
A little bit of weather, and the city grinds to a halt. Pathetic, yes. But what fun
Read MoreFonterra's excuses don't wash, it's time to front up
Fonterra won't hold any of its own accountable for the contaminated milk scandal, while the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre says no-one's to blame for last year's canyoning deaths. Both lack the guts to simply put their hands up and take responsibility
Read MoreThe dogs of war... and warring dogs
Making quality television can be a tough job when there are dog shows to attend, old soldiers to cajole, and Jim Hickey to contend with
Read MoreThe party may be over but history has been made
A report from Washington DC on Inauguration day, when Americans found a reason to be proud once again. And boy, did they show it!
Read MoreTV news reports the facts, ignores the reasons
TV news editors said yesterday that the 'on the ground' reports from Gaza were all that matter. But news without context is like meat without vege
Read MoreWar hero Keith Park saves the world. Again
The NZ war hero behind the Battle of Britain has turned posthumous political peacemaker
Read MoreA mangled Christmas message
John Roughan reckons he's found religion but he misunderstands the meaning of Christmas
Read MoreThese are the people in your neighbourhood
Appearances are deceptive in one of Auckland's "up-and-coming" suburbs
Read MoreIndia: Global Optimism, Local Fears
A huge country with enormous potential, India also has a long list of "very big problems" to overcome, terrorism being just one among many
Read MoreFor Shame...
What do Nia Glassie's murderers, Mark Hotchin, and even the new government have in common? A lack of shame and obligation caused by being cut off from the wider community
Read MoreAfghanistan III – unfinished business
Phil Goff has left some messy unfinished business for his successors to the Foreign Affairs and Defence portfolios after nearly three years of fruitless negotiations with the Karzai government
Read MoreChange isn't ageist, it's vital
Deborah Hill Cone's attack on my change analysis in today's Herald misses the point entirely, and seems to pine for a little bit of good ol' fashioned sexism and racism
Read MoreThe high cost of staying alive
If the government can rush to fund Herceptin, why not Tarceva, a drug for those suffering from more lethal lung cancer? One patient who's paying $2,000 per month just to stay alive speaks out
Read MoreWe don't need all that stuff anyway
The upside of the global recession--and yes, there is one
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