Australia is rapidly running out of water. Its bigger cities, Perth in particular (and Sydney isn’t far behind), have almost run dry and draconian restrictions are in place. The great Australian desert creeps slowly towards the coast, terrible bushfires have become the norm, and Aussies might soon need a permit to brush their teeth. Water [...]
Those who – before Soviet invasion, the Taliban and the conquest of Afghanistan by Western forces – trekked overland for their European OE via accursed places such as Kabul and Kandahar, know full well that existing in that country is well-nigh unbearable without the aid of the occasional whiff of the whacky baccy.
Some of the [...]
More than $4 million of our money has been allocated by the Tertiary Education Commission to fund elitist “doctorate” researchers. This will, of course, thrill all dimwitted taxpayers who pay for it, as they look forward to the Government’s ultimate cure for cancer, inflation and all the other afflictions that blight mankind, along with the [...]
Easter weekend’s Warbirds over Wanaka was an impressive event. It probably brought the organisers at least $5 million from ticket sales, plus countless fortunes earned from in-show spin-offs and by air show traders and local businesses who blithely ignored Easter trading laws. The organisers say it brings in more than $50 million to the local [...]
Shed a cold crocodile tear for the citizens of Dunedin, a chilly 19th Century city founded by skinflint Scots who wouldn’t have wasted a penny if they could help it.
The 21st Century mayor and city council – whose meaningless motto states “I am Dunedin” - are pushing forward with a $188 million plan for a [...]
Is it any wonder that the Labour-led Government is “not amused” by the Inland Revenue blunder that showed State finances $200 million in the red?
The spectacular $600 million mistake meant that the operating balance appeared to have slipped into deficit by nearly $400 million, when the reality was a surplus of about $200 million. [...]
The universe is full of oddities and coincidences. They often leave us wondering about crop circles, Stonehenge, black holes and the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board. In almost every case, there is no rational explanation.
How are we, for example, to explain the Lotto phenomenon? It’s said that there is an unusual occurrence of high-rolling Lotto [...]
Grumpy old Geezers were hugely pleased when Lewis Holden, a leading member of the New Zealand republican movement, became seriously vexed by what he described as an inaccurate GoG rant about the SNUBBED Dominion Post story back in January that rather soured the events surrounding Sir Edmund Hillary’s death and funeral.
At www.holdenrepublic.org.nz, Lewis rebutted claims [...]
There are 1001 reasons why the vast majority of ordinary people in this country feel powerless, faced by an arrogant and unresponsive Government. Many of them have given up, believing that any form of protest is futile. They have come to believe that their sole life challenge is to pay the rent or the mortgage [...]
The fact that Parliament is the best club in the country was never better demonstrated by the news that four of the five MPs chosen by their parties to represent Parliament on this year’s Speaker’s tour will leave politics at the general election, taking fat pensions and other baubles including cheap travel for life.
Speaker Margaret [...]
