Few takers for rescheduled Stars 'R' Us concert

Despite a formidable line-up of stars, the rescheduled Stars 'R' Us showcase held on Saturday at the Cable and Wireless Golf Academy did not enjoy its usual strong crowd support.

Monhegan Island Cottage

Monhegan Island History The name Monhegan derives from Monchiggon, Algonquian for "out-to-sea island." European explorers Martin Pring visited in 1603, Samuel de Champlain in 1604, George Weymouth in 1605 and ...

Career of toil ends at home for Gates

THE mid-NSW north coast town of Taree does not have what you would call a strong tradition in the sport of cycling.

Potty-mouthed comics, Satanic Sluts and a BBC witch hunt

How far does the freedom to offend extend? In the name of humour, for example, is it acceptable to phone a 78-year-old man and leave sexually offensive messages on his voice mail about his granddaughter, and ...

Style File: November 2008 Style File

Getting your feet into a pair of Uggs just got easier, now that the Australian boot maker has opened a concept store at the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes.

Work begins with a bang

Colin Bennet lays charges. Photo by Glenn Conway. The earth moved near Kaka Point yesterday in a loud earth-shattering explosion designed to help a long-awaited roading project get off the ground.

Fight in the old chimney - big bang theory found to be flawed

A 50m chimney at the old Milburn Cement Works at Burnside, Dunedin, topples to the ground just after noon on Saturday after initial blasts failed to bring it down.

Chimney to be demolished

Blackhead Quarries drilling and blasting manager Paul Mollart holds an explosive charge which will be used during the demolition of the Milburn cement works chimney at Burnside, Dunedin, this morning.

Scott "Q" Marcus: Of acne and pant sizes

Scott is traveling this week and this column originally ran in 2006 . I am reminded of my teen years.

MARCUS: Of acne and pant sizes

I am reminded of my teen years. One of the most tortuous events of adolescence is the explosion of pimples on one's facial landscape.