City people have a weird attitude to urine, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
Life
Racial Bigotry Has No Place In NZ
An expat South African uses wants to celebrate a Zulu massacre, and PAT PILCHER says that’s just not acceptable in New Zealand.
Tinned Tomatoes? Lentils? Chickpeas? What’s That Got To Do With The Price Of Fish?
The real story is not about a tin of tomatoes, writes PAT PILCHER.
Tribute To A Dear Friend
Ron Kane was an American who loved NZ music at a time we barely acknowledged it, a record collector supreme, and part of a very strange musical group himself. GARY STEEL pays tribute to a good friend who died earlier today.
Morris And The Comportment Of A Good Heart
Morris was a Christian chaplain who championed gay rights at a time when homosexuality was still illegal. Here’s ANDREW JOHNSTONE’s moving tribute.
If It’s A Pain In The Back You’re Doing It Wrong
Inveterate sloucher PAT PILCHER tries out the new Upright Go posture training system and finds that Mum was right about sitting up straight.
On Coffee, Tobacco And Steve McQueen.
A lifetime chain-smoker, one day ANDREW JOHNSTONE just stopped. But that just fuelled his other passions.
Mayor Wants Spoof Page Creators Shot
Is it really kosher for a New Zealand mayor to be calling for comedians to be shot? PAT PILCHER wonders why some of us have such an obvious humour bypass.
Ten Rivers Dump Four Million Tonnes Of Plastic In Oceans Each Year
PAT PILCHER is appalled that the gadgets he unwraps are habitually encased in layers of unrecyclable plastics. He looks at the latest research into what has become a huge problem for all of us.
Great Grapes: Inside The Wine Life
Gadget guru PAT PILCHER finds that a passion for good wine isn’t so different than pursuing the best of tech.
Bloody iPad
ANDREW JOHNSTONE is building up a priceless collection of useless technology… in his back cupboard.
NZ Voters Manipulated By Lies And Innuendo
Infamous international hired-hand political tacticians worked their box of magic dirty tricks for National this election. PAT PILCHER has been researching the stats on our deepest shame.