August 16, 2021
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
December 3, 2021
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…
Crushed
November 26, 2021
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…
Water torture
November 19, 2021
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…
It’s contagious
November 12, 2021
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…