Bill Ralston
Where have all the protests gone?
Bill Ralston thinks there's too much whingeing and not enough chaining ourselves to Steven Joyce. [more]
The great Kiwi staggered vacation
Bill Ralston somehow fills up the long, empty holiday hours. [more]
Great Barrier? No barriers.
Bill Ralston eyes up the barter economy of Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. [more]
Save our suburbs
Bill Ralston worries that planners are intent on doing for inner-city Auckland what quakes did for Christchurch. [more]
Bill Ralston catches up on the showbiz news
Endless rain and a book drought find our columnist caught in the web of celebrity goss. [more]
Bill Ralston’s highway hell
It’s a sad day when the only emails I’m getting are from Cabinet ministers worried about my personal... [more]
Bill Ralston searches for campaign
There’s a good argument for starting a campaign and socking it to... [more]
New year, same old mistakes
Bill Ralston has some good advice for 2012 which he firmly plans to ignore. [more]
Bill Ralston on morning people
Don’t talk to me about being a morning person – not until lunchtime, anyway. [more]
Surviving the class war
Bill Ralston only just makes it through an Occupy protest with lunch and red wine. [more]
Liliane Bettencourt and the Duchess of Alba
Eat, drink and be merry – especially if you’ve got pots of money and a much younger companion. [more]
Bill Ralston considers stupidity
Stupidity is a condition that can range from mild foolishness to rank idiocy and it is an extremely common phenomenon when it comes to humans.
It can be brought on by a variety of factors. For example, fear or self-interest overriding common sense, as in the case of Renee-Nicole Douceur. She... [more]
Huffington Post poll reveals surprise
An informal internet poll asking what men want from women produced some surprising results. [more]
Bill Ralston on neutrinos, Einstein and vodka
Turning back time could be the ultimate hangover cure. [more]