Teaching my Thai partner to understand our culture has its amusing side, moreso given Thais innate politeness.

The debate rages as some employees who have had a lovely indulgent time since Covid, with the ‘Working from Home’ racket, complain about being ordered back to the office.

The hopeless Greens are finally going to eject Darleen Tana, a world class parasite.

“Warning to Government: Transport Goals Need 25,000 more workers” This was the NZ Herald front page heading last Thursday in a piece by Herald political journalist, Thomas Coughlan.

Since I learnt to read, I’ve averaged a minimum 8 hours daily in this pursuit of both entertainment and information. In total that adds up over my life-time to circa 240,000 hours I’ve spent with my nose in a book, magazine or newspaper.