The Sykes-Picot agreement is a thing. And it’s a thing that may be more responsible for current global issues than we realise. by

I’ve just returned from Australia for Wellington Anniversary weekend and it struck me how honesty seems to be a one way street. by

So people are up in arms, in ARMS about the Police’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy towards speeding over the Christmas period. And by zero tolerance I mean that if you went over 100/kmh by even 2km you got a ticket. by

Over the last few years New Zealand has had some wonderful satirists. by

John and I had been hanging out a lot. In fact he’d been coming over to our house pretty regularly since he discovered I had an original Optimus Prime transformer.  by

I want to tell you about the time I got sick. Not like, “Oh, I have a cold” sick, but “I could very easily die” sick. by

I’m going to start an infrequent series where my parents are going to assess the dating rituals of today’s youth. But for this to happen I need YOUR help.  by

On the afternoon the Martin Place Siege was happening, I tweeted the following (and no, don’t worry, it’s not flippant): by

Following on from last year’s controversial decision to award Ruminator’s Person of the Year to Miley Cyrus, I took some suggestions from the Twitterazis as to who it should be this year. by

She’s pretty much everyone’s favourite Labour MP. Despite all the in-fighting and muck-raking and general ickiness that has beset the Labour party by

Andrew Little is straight up and down. He’s a man of no bullshit. What you see is what you get. He’ll give you answers that are honest and thoughtful. That’s the narrative that he wants to build. by

Hello Ruminator readers by