Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
As a born-and-bred Southlander and a proud Invercargillite, I’m not sure if I’m most pissed off at the whinging couple from Hamilton who didn’t like their Air New Zealand Mystery Break, or at the idiotic, pandering media for giving them their five minutes of fame.
We keep hearing about bad landlords, but what about the bad tenants? In response to a report from Renters United detailing the perils of being a tenant, Stuff ran a story giving the other side of the story, because it’s…
Gareth “Cat Killer” Morgan is at it again, showing us all how to win friends and influence people. And yes, that was sarcasm on my part. Our favourite tanty-throwing political wannabe has had a crack at Jacinda Ardern, comparing her…
Given the impending postal survey on gay marriage across the ditch, now’s probably a good time to revisit a speech by an obviously well-raised young man who shows that sexual orientation has nothing to do with your value as a…
It seems there’s been some speculation that Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is planning to have a crack at running for president, but the wealthy tech guru has poured cold water on the rumours. The rumours came about after he hired…
Spark has taken top honours in the Commerce Commission’s list of Kiwi companies that we officially complained about in 2015. I suppose that isn’t really surprising, Spark is our biggest ISP/phone/mobile provider, and glitches with any of those services tend…
There’s been plenty of backlash around the world over plans to slaughter the mother of a bull that fatally gored a Spanish matador, but I doubt that will stop the blood-thirsty cretins from going ahead with their plan. Yes, you…
I might be missing something here, but I really don’t get the whole colouring books for grown ups obsession. Apparently, the world’s largest wood pencil-maker had to ramp up production after the “mindfulness” colouring books became so popular that there…
The gushing news reports would have us believe that everyone in Dunedin is celebrating their little corner of the world winning the much-hyped Gigatown competition but let’s be honest: it’s Chorus that should be doing all the celebrating. This year-long…
It seems like everyone in celebrity-land is jumping on the ice challenge bandwagon at the moment, with a raft of famous faces taking part in a soggy challenge in the name of a good cause. And it has to be…