Tag: Jim Mahoney
While in the swing of things
Auckland Council has been engaged in a long debate about the future of golf courses on public land.
That debate includes Waiheke Golf Club’s land...
Stripping off the veneer
When I’m not writing or subediting, I have a not-so-secret life as a cab driver. It’s a useful double act, since the cab-driving can...
No man is an island
The buffeting winds and driving rain off the back of downgraded Cyclone Dovi reminded me of what it means to live on an island.
In...
Winter is here
Just as winter was coming during much of Game of Thrones, Covid-19 has been lurking for two years. We saw off the first wave...
Time to dust off road code
Drivers who believe a line of parked cars on their side of the road is an invitation to swerve out, despite oncoming traffic on...
A childhood world of large and beautiful creatures
Award-winning journalist and keen free-diver and spearfisherman Jim Mahoney revisits the gulf he knew as a boy.
The islands of the gulf appear to float...