Latest from Joe Bennett

OPINION: A kererū’s unhurried life offers a lesson in contentment.

OPINION: Famous last words reveal our wish to meet death with wit, irony or denial.

OPINION: It sells belief and patriotism more than taste.

OPINION: Robot races point to soldiers that never tire or fear.

OPINION: Time is the secret ingredient in this rich, make-ahead Italian dish.

OPINION: A SpaceX rocket crash has highlighted the growing problem of lunar litter.

OPINION: After cleaning and reassembling it, one cup finally meant one cup.

OPINION: The word 'nasty' traces back to the Latin villa via French.

OPINION: Residents reported small heaps of salt lining the street.

OPINION: After being told he was too old for knee surgery, Joe Bennett turned to tai chi.

The seven-letter puzzle exposes how vanity drives even harmless pastimes.

A limping stranger’s quiet words stop him mid-stride: ‘You’ll get there’.

OPINION: Inside, police found a ring thought to be Batista's, body parts and six shoes.

OPINION: He discovers his computer can transcribe his speech in real time.

OPINION: Only time can truly test the worth of a book.

A long-hidden box of photos and papers pulls the writer back into youth.

OPINION: The language purist became distraught over redundant phrases.

OPINION: Pope Leo has urged clergy to visit the ailing instead of staying online.

Backpacking couples, Russian trawlermen, cooks from a cruise ship have all made the error.

OPINION: The satirical game imagines seven escalating global crises.

OPINION: It's a small thing, but it's my own and I offer it as a new year gift.

OPINION: The writer has worn the same simple watch he bought in Christchurch since 1988.

OPINION: Clichés always manage to slip in under the radar.

OPINION: I suspect more of us men are unmanly than is commonly supposed.

At 26, the writer was hitchhiking solo across a frozen Canadian prairie.

Veteran writer fronts a small summer class in Advanced Writing Skills.

An Irish engineer’s 1890s dream still supplies water to Kalgoorlie today.

OPINION: A visit to a cashless bank reveals how far everyday banking has shifted.

OPINION: Half a century later, the motto ‘without work, nothing’ still rings partly true.

A hedgehog’s quiet visit under the new floor left a memory that never faded.

Four of the five native whitebait species are now classed as endangered.