There’s an olde English ale called Greene King. It’s still brewed and enjoyed in the UK.
But the nearest we’ll come to a Green King is Charles III, Defender of the Faith and Protector of the Albatross.
There’s another ancient British beer called Theakston’s Old Peculiar, rarely seen in New Zealand, but always welcome.
What we do have [...]
A Gray’s Beaked Whale recently died on Te Awanga Beach near Hastings. So what? Whales beach themselves all the time. The difference here was that concerned local residents “could not get near him, because he struggled and thrashed around too much”.
Department of Conservation ranger Hans Rook said that the whale was a very old bull, [...]
So some teachers don’t like the reintroduction of the concept of failure in NCEA? Tell that to employers, who have to face the drastic consequences of academic mediocrity.
It’s no good encouraging people to breed through Working for Families handouts, when the schools turn out youngsters whose only future is one involving even more benefits, or [...]
There’s just the glint of a hint that commonsense might prevail in the debate over reckless boy racers and the needless premature deaths, injuries and damage they cause. The Government is seriously looking at compulsory third party insurance, and will open the subject to public discussion.
In early August, Grumpy Old Geezers said:
“There is only one [...]
Incredibly, six-year-olds are hurling furniture around classrooms and physically assaulting their teachers. The teachers are afraid to respond, in case parents complain to the authorities that their tiny treasures are being physically restrained.
A teachers’ union representative, discussing youth anger management on the radio, said that a good method would be to gently advise the miscreant [...]
Tobacco and alcohol are off-limits for the puritanical (oops, sorry, the pure tyrannical) Greens because they might die of enjoyment, and because perfectly legal corporations make obscene profits from booze and fags.
Greens resent this just because they hate large companies, but they also seem to have a particular attachment to the illegal green stuff [...]
We’ve all been forced to read truckloads of local body election advertisements, pamphlets, posters, flyers, and press releases from candidates who are committed to preserve the planet, save our environment, reduce landfill rubbish, protect the view, stop sewage ruining the ocean, purify the air, ban open fires, protect our trees, cut fossil fuel consumption and [...]
You’re on a late night bus, alone, minding your own business when a six-strong gang of young thugs spit on you, abuse you and punch you in the mouth because of the colour of your jersey.
What’s the appropriate response? Offer them peace and love, turn the other cheek, take flight - or fight back?
The natural [...]
Prowling tow-truck operators can break and enter parked vehicles without a moment’s hesitation, if they believe a parking violation has been committed.
So it seems strange for Auckland police to claim that they had to wait a couple of days for a warrant to examine the boot of a car that
- was parked outside the residence [...]
To maintain its capability for a full-frontal assault, the right Royal Australian Navy is funding breast enhancement surgery for insecure lady sailors.
Whether this has more to do with Battle of Jutland-style strategy than below-decks Jolly Rogering-type navy larks, one can only guess.
But it can only be a matter of time before New Zealand’s politically-correct naval [...]
