Amy Williams
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Players and Plonkers: sickbed edition
Is it that time again already? The end of another week? Then it's time to hand out the bouquets and the...
Fri, July 3, 2009, 4:55 pm EST -
Burning questions
The tricky topics we're all...
Thu, July 2, 2009, 2:50 pm EST -
The day in news
The foreshore debate gets rocky again, we're back in caveman times when it comes to wages and the image of a dead woman gets a stoning in today's...
Wed, July 1, 2009, 4:30 pm EST -
Hung up
There's been a fundamental change in our justice system today, plus a belated look at last week's players and...
Mon, June 29, 2009, 12:45 pm EST -
Burning questions
A lighthearted look at what's happening in...
Tue, June 23, 2009, 2:03 pm EST -
This week's Players and Plonkers
Another week's drawn to a close - a week in which swine flu cases mounted, the Nai Yin Xue murder trial continued, and a very silly girl got stars drawn all over her face. But I've got bigger fish to...
Fri, June 19, 2009, 1:30 pm EST -
Time for a new tack with gangs
A top Blenheim cop has hit upon a plan to rid his town from gangs for...
Tue, June 16, 2009, 1:52 pm EST -
Players and Plonkers
From now on every Friday I'll be saluting a Winner of the week, lambasting a Plonker of the week - and throwing in a few extra bouquets and brickbats as I see fit. And if you can think of catchier names for these noble accolades, do shout them out in...
Fri, June 12, 2009, 12:57 pm EST -
Trash to treasure
Whenever inorganic collection time rolls around, neighbourhoods become flooded with opportunists who cruise around the cluttered streets, picking through the debris to find anything they can...
Wed, June 10, 2009, 12:53 pm EST -
Interesting times
What a difference a week can make. I've been away on leave and missed all manner of exciting news stories - the capture of "celebrity" crim William Stewart, the tragic death of a keeper at Zion Wildlife Gardens and the Air France crash to name just a...
Fri, June 5, 2009, 2:37 pm EST -
Tactics or tactless?
Should police have attended a funeral to try and catch a dead man's...
Mon, May 25, 2009, 12:55 pm EST -
Honesty's the best policy... no, really
What would you do if you checked your bank account and found millions of dollars sitting there...
Wed, May 20, 2009, 5:42 pm EST -
Big budget, little outcome
Auckland's latest dreary "branding" attempt seems doomed to fail, especially given our track record with...
Mon, May 18, 2009, 6:00 pm EST -
The sad story of Rachael Brown
How do you stop someone intent on destroying...
Thu, May 14, 2009, 12:55 pm EST -
A funeral is not a photo op
Why are so-called 'VIPs' taking pride of place at Len Snee's funeral while his real friends get the outside...
Tue, May 12, 2009, 10:00 am EST -
You can help prevent rape
Sexual abuse of children is occurring daily around New Zealand, and Rape Prevention Education says silence is a big reason why it...
Wed, May 6, 2009, 3:39 pm EST -
The muck doesn't stick
Another week in politics is underway, with more scuttlebutt and muck-raking - but not from the...
Tue, May 5, 2009, 4:28 pm EST -
OMG, too much information
Is your teenager letting slip too much information...
Mon, May 4, 2009, 4:22 pm EST -
It's just a bit of fun... right?
Hot on the heels of the Eskimo/Inuit lolly brouhaha, we've had a fresh crop of stories this week about people being...
Fri, May 1, 2009, 1:10 pm EST -
Media swine
Is the sky falling, or is the swine flu scare just one big...
Wed, April 29, 2009, 12:32 pm EST
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Amy Williams
October 23, 2009, 12:49 pmPublic-art players and pantsless plonkersAs the long weekend beckons, it's time to take a light-hearted look at some of this week's quirkier news...
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Ed's View
November 11, 2009, 11:34 amIs Hone Harawira a racist?The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as "1. Belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. 2. Antagonism towards people of other races."Since his expletive laced email tirade Hone Harawira has been called many...
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Ellie Evans
November 20, 2009, 5:47 pmThe most shocking of talesSeveral stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
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