For a second night the centre of Auckland has fallen victim to overnight riots and looting. The trouble began on Monday, when cars and rubbish bins were set alight by a mob of infuriated bankers. The cause of the initial disturbance is not known, but the trouble quickly turned to rioting, with shop windows broken…

Have just read this post and its comment thread. Mistake. If Gandhi returned to Earth and proclaimed 10,000 years of peace and enlightenment, I’m sure they’d be still be furiously feuding in the blogosphere over who was the biggest Nazi.

 ONCE UPON A TIME there lived a wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Pinocchio lived with his master Geppetto in a small village. Pinocchio was always getting up to mischief, and his unpredictable antics would often drive his patient master crazy. But in one thing he was constant and unswerving: he wanted above all other things to…

My life is brilliant.My love is pure.I saw an angel.Of that I’m sure.She smiled at me at the meeting.She was with that Mr Key.But I won’t lose no sleep on that,‘Cause I’ve been on ‘ZB. You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.You’re beautiful, it’s true.I was off my face in a crowded place,And I don’t know what to…

ACT leader Don Brash went doorknocking yesterday on Cremone Street in Herne Bay, where the average house price is $5.83 million. Brash is the latest in a series of politicians who have visited the street, usually accompanied by camera crews and journalists. In 2008 National leader John Key famously visited the street, promising to improve…

Protests against Wellington Airport’s Wellywood sign have gained momentum, with protesters yesterday conducting marches and hunger strikes. A group of protesters led by veteran activists Sue Bradford and John Minto abandoned plans for a march for equality, and instead barricaded themselves inside the main terminal of Wellington Airport. They were joined late last night by…

The NZ Herald reports on the strict protocol one must adhere to if they wish to address the Maori King. It suddenly occurred to me that some of you may not be prepared for a chance encounter with me. So I have drawn up a short list to assist you should you find yourself in…

The head has been cut off one of the most insidious organisations in existence. The operation was surgical, precise and brutal, and it took almost everyone by surprise. But what does it mean in practical terms? While admired in some sections of society, the group’s leader had become something of an irrelevancy and a bogeyman,…

Dear William and Kate As you prepare for what will be the biggest day of your lives, you will no doubt be feeling trepidation and wondering what lies before you on the road you have chosen to tread together. You will have been receiving a lot of advice from friends and family about what makes…

So I managed to do my big presentation today, and now it’s done. I’d been working on it all week, and it had been doing my head in. I think it went well. It’s pretty hard to interest a bunch of hard-nosed IP lawyers when the topic you have to speak about is IP licensing,…