Is it time to overhaul the MP selection process?
Both major political parties have egg on their faces after incidents that question the criteria for candidate selection, writes PAT PILCHER.
Luxon takes a swing at unemployed youth
PAT PILCHER likes calling a spade a spade, and he isn't impressed at National Party head Chris Luxon's attack on our unemployed youth.
The great subscription rort
Subscription services are convenient but they also add up to a huge cost each year. Here's what PAT PILCHER found.
The Famous Five revived – a queer old thing
GARY STEEL is a boomer dad with a 7-year-old who is just as infatuated with Enid Blyton’s creation as he was as a child
Both sides now – news media’s big failure
Despite the digital revolution nothing has replaced old-fashioned news reporting. But it's looking rather arthritic, writes GARY STEEL.
The preposterous packaging pandemic – White Glo Hemp Seed Oil Toothpaste
In this occasional new series GARY STEEL looks at outrageous and unnecessary packaging. Today: White Glo Hemp Seed Oil Toothpaste.
Getting Older – Age against the machine
Covid and Cancer get all the attention but there’s an epidemic of chronic disease niggling at the wellbeing of a generation, writes GARY STEEL.
Range Anxiety – the diary of an EV newbie
Episode 1, in which GARY STEEL bites the bullet, buys his first electric vehicle, and discovers the real meaning of “range anxiety”.
National predictably cries foul at voting reforms
We need more government transparency - not less - writes PAT PILCHER of National's sad moaning over the upcoming voting reforms.
It isn’t all doom and gloom
Depressed by climate change and feeling like things are hopeless? PAT PILCHER looks at some positive news in science and for the environment.
Neil Miller tribute – our beer guru dies
PAT PILCHER reports on the sudden death of Witchdoctor's beer guru and wordsmith supreme, Neil Miller.
Why is NZ media so partisan?
New Zealand media is increasingly ignoring its own mandate to carry unbiased reporting and that's dangerous, reports PAT PILCHER.
Newshub’s political segment is all wrong
In the first of a new column in which Witchdoctor calls the media on its bullshit, GARY STEEL has a few words to say
NZ’s dirty white secret – Milked film REVIEW
GARY STEEL frequently finds his mouth on the floor and his eyes wide open watching a must-see new documentary about our biggest export earner.
Is the RNZ/TVNZ merger really the solution?
The merging of TVNZ and Radio New Zealand might make sense to accountants, writes PAT PILCHER, but have they really thought it through?
Are our politicians hopelessly out of touch?
With the ludicrous "incentives" politicians are making to buy votes next year, PAT PILCHER wonders if heads need to roll.
An end to New Zealand’s political innocence?
In the wake of yesterday's shocking, violent behaviour by the anti-everything contingent at Parliament, PAT PILCHER asks: what's next for NZ?
An entertaining selection of silly signs from the Parliament protest
They're endless riches and easy pickings, really. Our resident Wellingtonian, PAT PILCHER, selects some of his favourite silly signs from the protest.
I woke. Now I must just be.
This time last year singer-songwriter JOHN HANLON was in Auckland ICU with toxic shock and expected not to survive. Here's what happened next.
A beginners guide to the mandate protests
With spin, spin and counter spin in play around the Parliament protests, PAT PILCHER figured it was time for some hard facts, Max!
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