Hekia Parata should resign as Education Minister! Today's "resignation" of her Education Ministry Secretary Lesley Longstone was merely the act of a fall person who is taking the blame for Hekia's mistakes.

It's just been announced that the Queensland Open will be played from 22 to 25 August 2013 at the Brookwater Golf and Country Club near Brisbane.

National's public relations management shows in today's announcement of another petrol tax increase. It's simply been announced today as it coincides with the announcement of the Government's fiscal projections - and it's also conveniently close to Christmas.

It’s that time of year again, for the Best and Worst films of 2012 to be ranked! Like every year that I’ve done this, I only include films I saw on the big screen, as often that’s the best way to judge a film.

What are you planning on doing this Friday, 21 December? Yep, it's the end of the world!

Here's my tips for preparing for the end of the world:

1.) Don't go Christmas shopping. A great excuse not to spend any money on that annoying great aunty this year.

I want to send a message to Judith Collins and the National Cabinet - just get on with considering David Bain's compensation deal!

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was truly tragic. Many of the kids slain there were the same age as my Australian-based nieces and nephew now are.

I went into 'The Hobbit' with very low expectations, and that was for many reasons. One, I just wasn't as excited about the whole thing as I was with the LOTR films. Second, there had been a lot of bad buzz around the films for so many reasons, especially with the 48FPS issue.

The best thing about documentaries is that it either is teaches you about something you didn’t already know, or concisely lays out a subject matter that you know about but in a way that still really perks your interest.

Sometimes with these DVD specials, they take such wide ranging and diverse episodes from various other TV series that yes they have a link in subject matter, but it can be argued that it’s tenuous at best.