LANGUAGE MIS-USE

Senior Stuff journalist Nicholas Boyack, writing of a major and grossly excessive central Lower Hutt roading project known as the Melling Interchange, told readers that the new construction date “rapidly approaches”.

A MIRACLE

A couple of weeks back I was in Auckland for three days. I’ve passed through the city regularly over the last decade to travel abroad but otherwise never stayed overnight. This is a benefit of owning a private jet, specifically, if something arises one can nip up in the morning, attend to it and return home the same day without incurring the unavoidable time-consuming horrors implicit with commercial airlines.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Understandably there’s been a huge volume of comment on the election, for two reasons.

THE AMERICAN ELECTION

We’re all (understandably) awash in media commentaries so I’ll refrain from comment until next week when the dust has settled a bit.

THE BIG DAY

The whole world will stop tomorrow to watch the American election.