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Chick on a bike: The final countdown to race day
The countdown is on. Only four weeks until I ride the longest distance I've ever travelled by bike - 80km. I will be completing…
Rebecca Kamm: That naughty thing boys doodle
I have a question; one I've pondered intermittently for a while now, and it's this: why do young men, sometimes well into…
Keeping Mum: I hate Halloween
It never fails to amaze me that children, who already have fairly easy access to sweets, can be so excited at the prospect…
Shelley Bridgeman: Public pools - 'festering cesspits of infection'
So over half of our monitored rivers are too polluted for swimming, according to No swimming: 52% impure NZ rivers …
Push to end child marriage
Last Thursday was the first International Day of the Girl Child , started by the UN to "recognise girls' rights and the…
Slow drivers drive me crazy!
Shelley Bridgeman rediscovered the annoying habits of other motorists on the open road recently.
Wanted: No hair, ruddy faces
If you're unsure what you should find attractive in a man or need to know what other ladies swoon over for whatever reason…
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Don Kavanagh: Craft beer music to ears
Don Kavanagh tries to steady his nerves for a gig and some tasting at the Celtic Inn.
Deborah Hill Cone: Breaking up is hard for everyone to do
"I would not be as chirpy as I am if I hadn't been going every week for the past three years to see a therapist," writes Deborah Hill Cone. That costs $180 an hour per week.
Gill South: Life outside the box
How much TV is too much? Gill South talks to an expert and resolves to limit her square-eye time.
Toilet seat etiquette
Whether it's best to leave the toilet seat up or down is a moot point in our house. For at our place everybody knows the toilet lid itself must be closed prior to flushing. It's about containing the germs as well as making…
Rebecca Kamm: It's official - sales make you crazy
Americans once got so wound up about the Christmas sales at Wal-Mart, security guard Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by 2000 crazy-eyed bargain hunters. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed…
The secrets of house auctions
Auctions are frequently touted by real estate agents as the best way to sell a property. What they omit to tell their clients is that in most cases it's their own self-interest that lies at the root of this widespread preference…
Tyra Banks: Hero or hypocrite?
Tyra Banks, the supermodel-turned-media mogul at the helm of popular TV franchise America's Next Top Model , instagrammed a photo of her 'muffin-top' yesterday. (A muffin top being the human hip flesh that invariably…
Keeping Mum: Do you have a child-centred marriage?
The other day Ali and I went out to a dinner party, which was rare enough as it was, and when the hosts left the room to organise drinks we were left to ourselves. It was a revelatory moment. 'Look at this house!' we whispered…
Just how bad is the f-word?
One afternoon while driving home from school I misjudged the density of the queue on the other side of the traffic lights and ended up partially blocking the intersection. I promptly cursed like a sailor, remembering too…
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India: A force to be reckoned with
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The challenges for India and for those doing business here are not for the faint-hearted, but there…
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Life & Style Editor Nicky Park goes on a lady date with Helena McAlpine, a young Kiwi woman dying of cancer. She's been told she has a couple of years to live, but she's not done thriving.