The Feeding Trough – How To Make Great Noodles
In the very first of our tasty new section, The Feeding Trough, our sometime tech guru and culinary fiend PAT PILCHER fills us in
Isolation Loops #1
GARY STEEL lives with his wife and two young children in a remote Northland beach community. How could the coronavirus lockdown make it any
Why Wasn’t Simon Charged?
The Serious Fraud Office charges four after investigation into political donations. PAT PILCHER wonders why National Party leader gets off scot-free.
Thermomix REVIEW
This mutant mixer can weigh, cook, blend, chop, crush, emulsify, whip, mix, steam, blend, knead, grind, simmer, grate, and even mill. But is it
A Parent’s Worst Fears
When accidents happen and the baby gets hurt and it’s all your fault. GARY STEEL feels the guilt.
Tethered To The Need Machine
The experience of fatherhood has been great for GARY STEEL, apart from the parts that leave him feeling hollow and stuck and in a
Scaring The Little Monsters
GARY STEEL finds himself bonding with his 4-year-old daughter over fright nights.
Plastic Crap For Kids: Crime Of The Century?
GARY STEEL wonders: Isn’t it time we stopped throwing this highly packaged plastic crap at our kids? Her indictment of Santa’s gifts cut like
A Walk Up The Garden Path…
Just how much credence should we give to recent political polls, asks PAT PILCHER.
Air NZ, Your Latest Safety Briefing Video Just Blows
We normally love Air New Zealand's quirky safety videos. But the latest has just got PAT PILCHER annoyed...
Can Air Travel Finally Be Guilt-free?
Travel lover PAT PILCHER gets excited about the potential for electro-aerodynamic-powered planes. Can travel finally be guilt free?
Enough with the Political BS – How About Some Facts?
PAT PILCHER is riled up about David Seymour's reusable bags claims - and the media's penchant for ratings over fact.
HP Serves Up A Great Travel Companion In Envy x360
When heading overseas, be it for work or play, I like to travel with a PC. Smartphones are great, but they’re awful if the
National Burns As Punters Roast Marshmallows
It's dominated the news for the past week, now PAT PILCHER casts a critical eye over the Jami-Lee Ross/National Party fiasco and looks at
School Holidays Are A Total Freaking Nightmare
What were they thinking when they created so many ‘holidays’ for children, asks a traumatised GARY STEEL
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
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.
Five Problems To Fix If NZ Is To Prosper
PAT PILCHER has been thinking about New Zealand’s considerable problems as the election looms, and provides his five fixes. What are yours?
Essential Travel Gadgets
Going on that longed-for winter holiday, but worried how to fit your gadgets into the luggage? Pat Pilcher has got it down to a
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