Please Kim, give your dosh to an ethical loser
Please Kim, give your dosh to an ethical loser
Dearest Kim. How's it going in the Dotcom mansion?
Elspeth McLean
Stadium for synergy, synchronicity and sex
Stadium for synergy, synchronicity and sex
Dear John, In a post-Easter spirit of new life and magnanimity, I have forgiven your failure to award me a New Year's gong. You can't hold a wannabe dame down though (not that I am suggesting you would do anything so untoward). I am brimming with innovation and I am thinking big.
Style slippage not confined to the wardrobe
Style slippage not confined to the wardrobe
It's been exhausting, darlings, this whole iD Fashion Week thing.
When moths collide: ICCI the mantra, tricky the mission
When moths collide: ICCI the mantra, tricky the mission
John. Go on. Pick me. Please. You know you want to.
When moths collide: Why I should have been on the ORFU board
When moths collide: Why I should have been on the ORFU board
Dear friends (including old colleagues from the ODT sports department), I know you have probably all been gutted or on an emotional rollercoaster in the past week or so over Otago rugby. But fair suck of the sav, your performance has let the side down.
When moths collide: Cordial approach might help our MPs see sense
When moths collide: Cordial approach might help our MPs see sense
Was it a gamble? Could I trust the Queen of Cookery to do the right thing by my Anzac biscuits, or would she be tempted to let them go limp and lose the snap we believed necessary in an A and P show prize-winner?
When moths collide: No magic when it comes to the talking scales
When moths collide: No magic when it comes to the talking scales
I was prepared for the triumphant arrival of Ronnie and Maggie, but foolishly forgot they would be accompanied by the talking scales.
Justified cause for complaint
Justified cause for complaint
If I thought sorting out myriad nooks and crannies in my hellhole of a house was bad for my blood pressure, my attempt for relief from that last week was worse.
Health board says discussion not intended to be secret
Health board says discussion not intended to be secret
Secret consideration about the way a Southern District Health Board committee operates was an error rather than an intentional event, chairman Joe Butterfield says.
Groups to 'meet when necessary'
Groups to 'meet when necessary'
Health Minister Tony Ryall has distanced himself from criticism of the impact of his call for fewer committees providing advice to the Ministry of Health.
Reports' delay explained
Reports' delay explained
Suggestions the release of highly critical reports on the national breast-screening programme were delayed to avoid the general election and limit media exposure appear to have been rejected by the Ministry of Health.
No follow-upon newborn blood spot card consent
No follow-upon newborn blood spot card consent
People who may have forgotten they gave consent for their newborn baby's blood spots to be used in research after screening for metabolic disorders will not be contacted to see if they are still happy with that decision.
When moths collide: Task of throwing out life's clutter a bit on the nose
When moths collide: Task of throwing out life's clutter a bit on the nose
My rapidly diminishing number of brain cells has possibly not been helped by the inhalation of things found in odd containers during the basement clean-up.
Loath to move back to centre
Loath to move back to centre
Attracting business back to Christchurch's central city area will be hugely difficult, Dunedin business owner Richard Thomson says.
Earthquakes teach unexpected lessons
Earthquakes teach unexpected lessons
Christchurch's earthquakes changed life irrevocably for thousands. Elspeth McLean talks to Dunedin businessman Richard Thomson about the impact on his retail chain and the staff who helped put it back together.
Pair cycling to promote blood donation
Pair cycling to promote blood donation
Frenchman Julien Leblay (30) travels the world encouraging people to give blood, but most countries' blood services would not accept his.
NZ breast-screening slated
NZ breast-screening slated
Concerns have been raised in an independent report, and by experts and providers, about the sustainability of a national breast-screening service. Elspeth McLean reports.
Advertising to target Maori, Pacific women
Advertising to target Maori, Pacific women
New breast-screening television commercials to air next month will be aimed at Maori and Pacific women.
Specialist says poor leadership undermining screening programme
Specialist says poor leadership undermining screening programme
Poor leadership and a "watered-down" monitoring process are undermining New Zealand's breast screening programme, University of Otago associate Prof Brian Cox says.
SDHB staff levels below limit
SDHB staff levels below limit
Southern District Health Board administration staff numbers continue to be well below the 730 limit set by the Government in 2008.