Japan and Australia have nabbed top NZ coaches
I sympathise with the critics who have bagged Rugby New Zealand’s big brass for not choosing the All Blacks new selection and coaching panel...
Howick History: The “Old Age” Pension
Having served in the British Army for 20 years or more, the Fencibles of Howick, worn out, infirm and poor, collected their paltry pensions...
Agnew’s angle: Watling and Santner epitomise true grit
Having completed their first double century and century respectively in the first cricket test against England at Tauranga’s Bay Oval on Sunday, BJ Watling...
Howick’s early wharves
Local historian Alan La Roche continues his series marking the district's 170th anniversary last year and the countdown to the 175th celebrations
When the Fencible...
Springboks kings of world rugby jungle
With Siya Kolisi proudly holding aloft the Webb Ellis Cup, it was the Springboks who bellowed their victorious king of the rugby jungle roar...
Jami-Lee : Local people deserve a strong local voice
OPINION
These columns are usually a welcome chance to raise a local issue, or a question under debate and offer some local thoughts. While it’s...
Reaction: English thorns mortally wound All Blacks
By Ivan Agnew
Having predicted in last week’s column that the English rose’s thorns could wound New Zealand in their Rugby World Cup Yokohama semi-final,...
Inorganic collection: Mary’s rubbish story just the tipping point
By Jim Birchall
The Times had quite a response to last week’s inorganic collection story, in which 79-year-old Mary Wilton aired her grievance with council’s...
Legalising recreational cannabis the wrong move
When voters go to the polls at next year’s General Election, they won’t just be asked who they think will be their best champion...
Mazda 3-Times are a changing
By Alistair Davidson
Back in 1989 my wife Sharron and I road tested Mazda’s sixth generation 323 GLX sedan.
This mainstream four-door with a boot was...