In Big Letters

Just out of interest, as I write this editorial, the traffic on the Takaka Hill – SH60 – has stopped and has been for two hours. They were stopped due to a slip among the roughly 4km of sporadic…

Close calls 

When I was learning to drive, my grandmother gave me a piece of advice I’ll never forget. “Be aware of the other idiots on the road,” she said with all the…

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Crushed 

Question: Who are Jacinda Ardern’s most reliable and effective deputies? Answer: the National Party. If she were asked to identify a single group of…

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Water torture

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency issued a notice last week about a structurally compromised bridge on the Thames Coast Road – SH25 – at Boundary Creek about…

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It’s contagious 

Another demoralising week motoring around the North Island, I have to say. There was rain all over the central North Island and, in far too many places, the…

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