Cruise ships are a regular sight in Wellington, usually so big to make the cake tin stadium look like a muffin case. The latest cruising attraction to arrive this weekend was the brand new $676 million, 90,000 tonne ship – the Queen Victoria – stopping off... For those people thinking of where to come when they visit New Zealand, here’s a few ideas from this week’s Observer. Many of these places are in striking distance of Domestic Executive... Today is the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary. There has been wall to wall media coverage since he died last week. An icon of New Zealand, a national hero, has brought 10’s of thousands to walk past his coffin in Auckland before the state funeral today.One of... I’d quite forgotten the impact of holiday time on how New Zealand operates. The fact that we’ve had to set the alarm for MT in the morning to catch his train on time has reminded me that during the holiday season much of National Radio (our favourite NZ... There have been plenty of fisticuffs in the last week. Literally, the Minister for Rugby World Cup (amongst other things) punched a member of the opposition outside Parliament because he was taunted for allegedly having an affair. There’s been plenty of comment... 