Ed Amon

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...

Sometimes I feel everything is changing too fast. I am a millennial. Three years ago my age cohort and our place in society was all...

In my younger years, I was living the sweet bachelor life in a rented apartment on Fort Street in the CBD. Every Saturday evening I...

I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan which is predominantly Muslim. Back home the time of national merriment is called Eid al-Fitr (Eid). It is a...

Why does everybody want to go to the beach? It is all about the beach. When I was planning on moving to the Hibiscus Coast...

“Always look on the Bright side of Life”, the song from the Monty Python movie Life of Brian was written to lighten up the grim...