Kerre Woodham

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 36 days ago
Whatever you feel about Republican vee-pee nominee Sarah Palin and her politics, surely you can't help but feel some sympathy for her as the bloggers and rumourmongers pick through her life and the life of anyone who's been remotely... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 29 days ago
In a week of grim news, one story provided a glimmer of hope. A former senior social worker has analysed police data from the past 20 years to show that the number of children being murdered by their families dropped in the first... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 29 days ago
A couple of weeks ago, a woman rang my radio talkback show. She said she was experiencing horrible side effects from a thyroid drug she'd been prescribed and wondered if anyone else was suffering adverse reactions. She had been... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 22 days ago
It is important for individuals to have their yin and their yang in balance. And this week, my yin and yang couldn't have been more harmonious. On one hand, the magnificent masculine feast of sport; on the other, the magical, oestrogen-charged... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 15 days ago
In the inimitable words of Mark Todd, the case of the primary school teacher who moonlights as a prostitute is a curly one. The case arose at a Law Society seminar. Apparently, the teacher-turned-tart is in her early 30s, is a... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 14 days ago
The European Union is to make daytime running lights mandatory for all cars from February, 2011. It says figures from the World Health Organisation show that driving with lights running will reduce the incidence of crashes by 10... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 36 days ago
Every morning, after my coffee, I put on my sneakers and head out the door to walk the dog. When we got him, nine years ago, the lovely breeder from Opotiki made us promise all sorts of things before Toby, the border collie, could... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 92 days ago
I don't knwo Tony Veitch well but he's a colleague and I enjoy working with him. I would never have believed him capable of assaulting anyone but he says he did and it's true. Now he's suffering the consequences. Derek Fox has... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 49 days ago
Wow! No wonder poor little Yang Peiyi found it so hard to make the cut for the Olympic opening ceremony. Beauty in China is clearly not subjective. It is not in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is defined - by rulers, ratios... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 43 days ago
All those refugees fleeing New Zealand's social engineering and stifling political correctness must be wondering if there is a safe haven anywhere in the world. News that a Queensland primary school has banned cartwheels, somersaults... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 56 days ago
I think I used the line storm in a D-cup last year when the annual Steve Crow three-ringed circus came to town. To advertise his Erotica expo and get the punters along to the ASB Showgrounds over the weekend, Crow stages a Boobs on... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 63 days ago
Every four years, it's the same. I fulminate against the Olympics. I mutter about the drugs cheats and wonder aloud how anyone can take the Games seriously. They should be handing out medals to the scientists who come up with new... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 99 days ago
We've just come back to New York after three days in the Hamptons and I have to say, it's not a moment too soon. We stayed in East Hampton, the most absurdly pretty town you're likely to see outside of a film set. From the moment... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 64 days ago
I can't count the number of times I've been asked to speak at fundraisers for women with breast cancer. That's not surprising really, given breast cancer is the leading cause of death for New Zealand women. Ministry of Health figures... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 99 days ago
Haven't our truckies gone all Gallic and cosmopolitan on it? I've never thought Kiwi truckies particularly passionate but I've always said when a truckie decides to set his mind to something, he does it in style. And this spectacular... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 71 days ago
For years, on talkback, I've had trampers and hunters ringing me, railing against DoC's use of the poison 1080. They say that after the 1080 drops the birdsong is gone. There's an eerie silence because the birds have pretty... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 78 days ago
Ordinarily, this would have been a great week in the career of Winston Peters. Fresh back from Singapore where he bestrode the world stage - well, the Southeast Asian stage - he'd have been looking forward to playing host to Condoleezza... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 85 days ago
It made for a great news story this week. Teenage cyber genius given a let-off in court so that he could one day use his talents for good. The story of Owen Walker, aka Akill, made news all around the world. As a 16-year-old, the... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 85 days ago
What an incredibly brave woman Jeanne Robinson is. She's the mother of two who stopped her car and rescued the 13-year-old Waikato boy who was being mauled by a pack of dogs. She's played down her part in saving the boy's life, saying... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 71 days ago
What were the Bradleys thinking when they decided to sue their wedding caterer for "loss of ambience"? You may remember the Bradleys. They were the couple holding their wedding reception at Gail's of Tamahere, a function centre... ...