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... Despite the foggy weather in town, Kaitoke was awash with sunshine. The bridge building is progressing with three support uprights which is another small step to living the dream. A weather phenomena swept into Wellington for our first experience yesterday – the hanging fog. Whilst we sit high in the hills we had an early clearing as these pics show.Much of Wellington CBD was shrouded in fog all day sitting like a blanket across the Bay.... 