Karl du Fresne

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 28.) I am writing this column on a train. This is something I have n...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , September 27.) I have been travelling with my wife for the past few weeks i...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 14). The English language is one of the most precious gifts of our ...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , September 13.) THERE ARE some things that just don’t belong together: Coke ...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , August 31.) An unseemly spat broke out recently among the usually genial frat...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , August 30.) More pressing questions for our times: Billions have been los...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , August 16.) BOY RACERS are a curse where I live. It’s a flat town – no hill...