Cyclone response by telco and council leave small community in the dark
A nine-day telecommunications blackout was bad enough but the farcical response by the telcos was worse, writes GARY STEEL.
Is AI about to create seismic change?
Is AI about to change life as we know it? Could it bring peace and prosperity, or will it make life hell on earth?
When I’m 64 – and what comes after
It happens to the best of us. GARY STEEL reflects on turning 64 and what it means to someone of his generation.
How to spot and purge pathetic punditry
The media is filling its column inches with pundits whose opinions are seldom backed up with anything like facts, writes PAT PILCHER.
Solutions to the pressing issues of our times #1
In the first of a new series concentrating on positive ways to deal with vexatious issues, GARY STEEL suggests five solutions.
Solar storm trashes satellite orbit
PAT PILCHER explains a freaky phenomenon: when loads of charged particles were flung our way from the sun at high velocity.
Christmas in a garage where worlds collide
Witchdoctor guest columnist Efeso Collins celebrated Christmas in a garage, a place of both great joy and abject misery.
The great Black Friday scam
What are Black Friday's origins and is it benefiting New Zealand shoppers with genuine bargain prices? PAT PILCHER reports.
Dairy owners: change don’t blame
The government are not to blame for dairy owners’ crime woes, writes GARY STEEL.
Where are the facts? Emotive rants begone!
PAT PILCHER calls for a measured, fact-based and verifiably sourced response to misleading social media posts.
We want the world and we want it now! The counterculture in NZ
It was us against them and the dirty longhairs were going to overthrow (or at least throw up on) the establishment. GARY STEEL looks
Mono Portable Spa – Aye, that’s looooxuray!
PAT PILCHER desperately needed some warm water therapy to relax his throbbing gristle. Then, he found the perfect solution.
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 Day/Month special
Many years ago GARY STEEL wrote a piece detailing the compelling reasons for vegetarianism in the 21st century. In honour of World Vegetarian Month,
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
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
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…
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.
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