Owen Jennings: Truth – a Lost Pillar

I loved playing rugby at school and looked forward to Friday afternoon when time was set aside for sport. I was much more interested in getting out onto the field than trying to figure Shakespeare or remember what an isosceles triangle looked like.

Friday rolled around and I was itching to get free of the books when our teacher intercepted one of those stupid, crude notes that got passed around furtively – something that wouldn’t happen today in an era of cell phones. The teacher demanded to know who started the little chain. No one owned up.

Kerre Woodham: Finally, someone from the Government is telling the truth

It's an election year, so of course the law and order drum is being beaten.

It's beaten every time there's an election, with one side saying the other isn't doing a good job - but it's not just because it's an election.

The law and order drum is being beaten because innocent New Zealanders are being beaten in their homes and their places of work, in the street.