Music
12:00am Fri 15 May, 2009
As threatened last week I am actually on holiday. Yes, this column comes to you with an impressive total of 5227 air miles, being written from my current headquarters... Read More
12:00am Fri 08 May, 2009
I'm going on holiday. The weather's turned cold and it's been too long so I'm off to sunny Singapore. It has been a long time. I rarely go on holiday - since... Read More
12:00am Fri 01 May, 2009
One of the things that I love about music is that it goes in all directions at once. Music, of course, is always developing, and there are modern cutting edge... Read More
12:00am Fri 24 Apr, 2009
One of the questions about rock music has always been what happens when the people who make it grow up? For a proud 'hope I die before I grow old” genre... Read More
12:00am Fri 17 Apr, 2009
As relative calm descends again over Tauranga, all I can do is look back at Easter and the National Jazz Festival with awe. Over the top though it might sound,... Read More
12:00am Thu 16 Apr, 2009
OK. It's Easter and the longest-serving jazz festival in New Zealand is up and running again. And, although I'm writing this in advance, it looks like the weather... Read More
12:00am Fri 03 Apr, 2009
With only a week to go until Easter, I think it's worth remembering quite what an extraordinary event the National Jazz Festival is, and how lucky we are to have... Read More
12:00am Fri 27 Mar, 2009
Last week I had a brief peek at the jazz festival. This time, with the advertising push in full swing, we'll go a little deeper. But I do have to mention the... Read More
12:00am Fri 20 Mar, 2009
For the next two weeks - and possibly longer - we're going to look at the Jazz Festival. That might seem like a lot of column space to spend on one event, and... Read More
12:00am Fri 13 Mar, 2009
Some weeks are quiet, nobody home, and others are awash with interesting happenings. This week seems to have been busy. So, for that reason I'll leave getting... Read More
12:00am Fri 06 Mar, 2009
The rain finally came down last weekend, in a veritable deluge, and it caused chaos at many events around the country. The Mission Estate concert was cancelled... Read More
12:00am Fri 27 Feb, 2009
In the same week that New Zealand dodged a bullet by postponing the fascistic Copyright Amendment Bill, a court case started in Sweden which could have equally wide... Read More
11-Dec 13:00
Calls to support vulnerable older people
11-Dec 11:45
Rural eye care made easy for Tauranga optometrist
11-Dec 11:00
Tauranga hosting last Manu World Champs qualifier
11-Dec 10:00
Drunk skipper fined after propeller hits swimmers
11-Dec 08:45
DoC: Rat numbers may double by 2090 without $150M
11-Dec 08:00
New mobile parking camera for Te Puke and Katikati
11-Dec 07:30
Old-school scams hit busy SMEs
11-Dec 06:30
Pharmacists flag risky prescription errors
10-Dec 18:00
ACC's financial squeeze: The human toll
10-Dec 17:00
Fight to save trees from solar farm plan
10-Dec 15:52
Christmas dinner for four for less than $100
10-Dec 14:01
Summer: Fireworks spark kiwifruit orchard fire
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