Ed Amon

Life seems to be a series of milestones. Our big brains have trained us to organise our lives in neat chunks. As soon as we...

I will travel to Pakistan in April. It has been three years since I was last in the country of my birth. It is compulsory...

Let’s get the record straight about curry. I have been called a ‘curry muncher’, a multitude of times, so why not own the racist slur...

It is Christmas time. It is the best time of year. I am not Christian, but one does not have to believe in the Trinity...

There are two things common in all living beings that drive evolution for most of us – survival and reproduction. Food and sex.  No wonder...

Regardless of our cultural backgrounds, we all grow up on stories told by our ancestors. These are the stories of hardship, success, heroes, myths, and...

It has been 18 months since my wife, and I got this beautiful property on the Hibiscus Coast. I love it. We could only afford...

It has been a while since I have talked to my fellow Coasties through this column. I think it will be a fantastic idea to...

Growing up in Pakistan, my first memories are of being surrounded by the women of my family.  Three generations of the family lived in the...

September is the most exciting time of the year. It is springtime. New Zealanders start to gear up to get out of winter. Little smiles...