

Has Queenstown exceeded capacity?
Queenstown risks destroying the very reason people visit the destination. With the sewerage plant overflowing, can it grow any further?

Grant McLachlan
Feb 74 min read


The Politics of Stupid
Oscar Wilde said: "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." In Snells Beach, life imitates the films Zoolander and Hot Fuzz.

Grant McLachlan - Column
Jan 287 min read


Small minds in small communities
I smelt a rat at the Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers Association AGM. So I set a trap.

Grant McLachlan - Column
May 4, 20218 min read


Ban of fireworks misdirected
For all the reasons to justify banning the public sale of fireworks, it seems that many have missed the point.

Grant McLachlan
Nov 1, 20202 min read


Why we should have zero tolerance for Act
Sex, drugs, fraud and bullying. What the Act Party doesn't want you to know this election.

Grant McLachlan - Column
Sep 29, 20204 min read


Contrived problems are the problem
You can’t please everyone. When the Rodney Local Board tried to please a vocal minority they annoyed the apathetic majority by making...

Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
Nov 3, 20153 min read


Wowsers unite communities (against them)
"Wowser: an ineffably pious person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder." - C.J. Dennis

HUMAN NATURE: Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
Nov 5, 20103 min read


We need to eliminate the bad driving habits
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HUMAN NATURE: Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
Jun 1, 20101 min read


Are we selling ourselves short?
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HUMAN NATURE: Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
May 4, 20101 min read