PAT PILCHER desperately needed some warm water therapy to relax his throbbing gristle. Then, he found the perfect solution.
Life
The holiday break that almost broke me
How to have big fun on your holiday break (not). Includes eye-gouging, projectile vomiting, Rainbow’s End and Costco. By GARY STEEL
Dumb Cluck: a World Vegetarian Month special
Ten years ago GARY STEEL wrote a piece detailing the compelling reasons for vegetarianism in the 21st century. In honour of World Vegetarian Month, here it is again.
Is the Commerce Commission broken?
Despite price-gouging by supermarkets and other large players, the Commerce Commission has done bugger-all about it. PAT PILCHER reports.
NZ is not a state of Australia!
PAT PILCHER has a fairly large bone to pick about a tech industry hellbent on ignoring the fact that NZ is not part of Australia.
Media’s clickbait coverage of KiwiSaver fees shameful
When did the government-owned RNZ become a vehicle for Luxon’s fatuous and unchallenged pronouncements on the KiwiSaver fees? By PAT PILCHER.
The day my EV got stuck on a fast-charger
In episode 2 of Range Anxiety – the diary of an EV newbie – GARY STEEL finds that his EV is literally stuck to the pump.
Shimmy Scrub – Fit for purpose?
How do you scratch an itchy back? GARY STEEL thought he’d found just the product to relieve his torture, but it wasn’t to be…