Opinions

Fishing – Firing up the fishing

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

The transition into spring is well underway with local fishers catching good numbers of snapper from just about every depth in Whangaparaoa Bay. Those who...

Mahurangi Matters, 3 October 2018 – Readers Letters

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

Me too I was both dismayed and interested to read your article about the dog attack on sheep in McKinney Road recently (MM September 19)....

Book Reviews – Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startupby John Carreyrou his is one of those stories where truth is stranger than fiction. It...

Book Reviews – The Silence of the Girls

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

The Silence of the Girlsby Pat Barker This is Pat Barker’s brilliant retelling of The Iliad.  This is a story about the very real cost...

Fishing – Strong leaders

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

It has been a wet winter, but for those who did get out fishing, some good catches were had. Reports have been coming in of...

Viewpoint – Women of vision

Wed, 10 Jan 2018

I would like to acknowledge all the visionary women of the Rodney District who signed the suffrage petition, which led to women gaining the right...

Viewpoint – National concerns

Fri, 5 Jan 2018

For the first time since I have been writing this column I am taking more of a National view than local. I hope you can...

Christmas is upon us

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

As usual, the run up to Christmas is so busy you almost don’t have a chance to relax and celebrate the season of giving. This...

Viewpoint – Council gets mixed report card

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

This year has been a bit of a mixed bag for Auckland Council – not quite ‘two steps forward, one step back’, but something along...

Coastguard – Another day at the office

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

The last duty day I worked was a Saturday and a couple of us started at 8.15am preparing Hibiscus Rescue 1 for her day. This...

Mahurangi Matters, 13 December 2017 – Readers Letters

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Save the trees It was with great concern that we read recently of the plan to schedule the removal of the beautiful and historic oak...

Mahurangi Matters, 13 December 2017 – Off the Record

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Bah, humbug Some drivers appear to have taken the ‘Kiwi Summer’ theme of Warkworth Santa Parade completely the wrong way. While the hundreds of happy...