Since arriving in New Zealand I’ve been struggling to understand some of the kiwi ways. As luck would have it, Radio New Zealand have recently run a poll of the 20 events that have most helped to shape the country and make it, and New Zealanders, what they are... The Listener is New Zealand’s answer to the UK’s New Statesman and every well informed kiwi’s weekly digest. They’ve started a fascinating barometer of the news agenda where you can vote for the current news agenda and classify it’s... I’m all at sixes and sevens – devoting 8 hours a day to employed labour places terrible time pressures on the leisurely routine I’ve grown accustomed to. Pressure is mounting because standards are slipping at home and I only managed 60 of my normal... There is a large cloud hovering over Khandallah and for once it’s not the bad weather. It’s rather the cloud of gloom after England’s defeat against Portugal in the World Cup. Having slept through the live match it was hot foot to watch the recorded... 