Te Aro's slow recovery from bypass surgery

Three years after the first cars drove along Wellington's inner-city bypass  amid howls of anguish over a community destroyed,  Wellington's alternative Te Aro is still a community divided.

Readers tip hands on saving

If you've followed our Spending Smart series this month, you've already garnered plenty of ideas on how to save money, or at least be smarter about spending it. Today, for the last day of the series, we leave you with a clip-and-save list, including great tips from readers. If you've enjoyed the series, there's good news - it will live ...

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Disaster

The US Department of Agriculture may have some usefulness. Projecting future prices isn't one of them. In 2005, it looked five years ahead and saw a bushel of wheat selling for $3.50. Last week, the price rose to more than twice that much. The government banned wheat exports and prices shot up to their highest point in 51 years.

Demonising mosques and Muslims

I blogged earlier in the week on the row over a proposal to build a Muslim community centre in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the site of the former World Trade Center.