At school the Year 10s have been doing food, and though they're learning French, we came across the sinful Schwarzwalderkirschtorte in t...

Photo by Steven McNicholl published in the NZ Herald  of their category winners at Friday night's Canon Media Awards including, as recip...

Teaching German today, and how satisfying was it to be able to begin the class with "Letzte Woche war ich in Deutschland! Ich war auf e...

It's been three months now since the Christchurch earthquake. The figures are appalling: $15 billion in losses and costs, making it pr...

No market for this sort of thing in New Zealand - shows you how despised possums are there, since rats, mice and rabbits are well-represente...

Here I am at Melbourne airport. Again. For 6 extra hours, sigh. The journey was going so swimmingly (which is to say, not - literally, tha...

It's very confusing to arrive somewhere after flying for over 12 hours, eating, sleeping, watching movies and TV, and carefully setting ...