Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·NZ music Perfect Pitch May 30, 2024 Gary Steel Twenty-five years ago GARY STEEL met up with wayward Kiwi electronic duo Pitch Black for a nice chat. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Film & TV The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films right now May 28, 2024 Gary Steel A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old Read More
Albums·Interviews·Music·NZ music·Recordings Jayrem – The ‘not Flying Nun’ 1980s Kiwi record label May 24, 2024 Gary Steel To celebrate NZ Music Month GARY STEEL digs up a rare 1986 interview with Wellington record label owner Jim Moss. Read More
Interviews·Music·NZ music Long lost stories: The Mockers 41 years ago May 14, 2024 Helen Collett HELEN COLLETT interviewed The Mockers’ main man Andrew Fagan as the band perched on the edge of chart success. A NZ Music Month special. Read More
Amplifiers·Digital Sources·Gear·Hi-Fi·Sound and Vision Streaming for a song – WiiM’s wee winners May 6, 2024 Wade Booth This streamer and amp topple the audiophile applecart with brilliant sound, smart thinking and an unbeatable price, writes WADE BOOTH. Read More
Computers How not to get your identity stolen April 24, 2024 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER inspects Norton's latest identity protection service that offers more than just clever software. Read More
Film & TV The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films right now April 23, 2024 Gary Steel A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to 10 great new and Read More
Gear·Sound and Vision·Speakers Linn’s amazing fully integrated $165K 360 integrated loudspeakers April 12, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL attends the NZ launch of the game-changing Linn 360 speakers and learns what it's like to get right inside Diana Krall's mouth. Read More
Gear Get high on your senses with this 75-inch unicorn April 10, 2024 Pat Pilcher Hisense may not be a well-known brand in NZ but PAT PILCHER was impressed enough to give this TV a clean bill of health. Read More
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Film & TV·Thought Piece The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films right now March 18, 2024 Gary Steel A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old Read More
Film & TV·Thought Piece The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films this month February 18, 2024 Gary Steel A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old Read More
Albums·Concerts·Interviews·Music·Recordings Graham Nash’s 60 Years Of Songs & Stories February 15, 2024 Gary Steel GARY STEEL chats with GRAHAM NASH about his halcyon 60 years in rock and his first-ever solo dates in New Zealand. Read More
Computers·Gear Surface Laptop Studio 2: Bends in all the right places February 13, 2024 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER reviews a revamped iteration of a very crafty and power-packed super-duper laptop for creatives. Read More
Concerts·Music Diving Off The Deep End – NZ music from 40 years ago February 12, 2024 Gary Steel Forty years ago Wellington had its second Off The Deep End festival of experimental music. GARY STEEL and a few chums wrote about it. Read More
AI·Internet·Thought Piece Norton Genie uses AI to take on scammers February 6, 2024 Pat Pilcher Norton's completely free new service uses AI to detect email, text and social media scams. What's not to like, asks PAT PILCHER. Read More
Life·Thought Piece Plans to gut the public service challenged February 1, 2024 Guest Contributor An impassioned open letter to the people of Aotearoa from an anonymous civil servant with some troubling information. Read More
Gaming·Thought Piece Sony’s PS Portal: Hands-on review January 31, 2024 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER's better half banished his PS5 fun from the TV panel. No worries, he had the new Sony PS Portal to play with! Read More
Computers·Gear HP Spectre Fold: The ultimate road warrior hardware? January 26, 2024 Pat Pilcher HP delivers a notebook, tablet, and desktop PC all in one attractive tiny, foldable package, writes a very impressed PAT PILCHER. Read More
1001 albums you must die before you hear·Albums·Music·Recordings·Thought Piece Two Pink Guy albums for the price of one. Gah! January 23, 2024 Matthew Kelly MATT KELLY listens all the way through (so you don't have to) to two of the most imbecilic records ever made. Shame on Pink Read More