Jessica – 07/01/03 Yeah, the Christmas period. A time when the weather is fine and more importantly parents leave their grown up children at home while they go on holiday. I can’t say that I am ever lucky enough to have my parents leave me the house for a couple of weeks, but am fortunate…
Jon Rivers – 24/3/00 Reading the first two articles in this series ( see Part One, Part Two) reminded me of some of the crazy things that happened when I first went flatting. It seems that cooking for yourself is the most challenging new step to take, and in my first flat cooking at all…
Jess Boanas-Dewes – 4/2/00 Flatting, of the ‘student’ kind is truly an experience in itself – perhaps even an ‘adventure’ to an optimist. At least this is what I have discovered. In my first year of university, I was able to live comfortably at home. This year, a change of courses meant a different city…
Mark Aitchison – 19/11/99 The following terms are defined in order to help new voters, who may have difficulty understanding the subtlety of meaning given to them by politicians. Politician’s Word or Phrase English Meaning No! Not in a million Years! Yes! What part of "No" don’t you understand?! Yes! We will…
Tess Rooney – 18/7/98 This article is for anyone who has the fate of being married to, or living with a geek. It is not dedicated to those people who, on a daily basis have to cohabitate with a person who will leave the cap of the toothpaste, or who will leave the seat up/down/somewhere…
Ged Maybury – 25/4/98 Design. You hear a lot about it these days. Social programmes are designed. Software is designed. Coffee is designed. Everything is designed, including the genes of our most famous fruit. I’m talking about the ‘Zespri’, that jet-setting designer kiwifruit of the nineties. It has also been patented and copyrighted and trademarked,…
– Renée Robinson – 13/2/97 Lights, camera, action! The thought of appearing on national television for even a millisecond is enough to excite most of us. Our response is automatic because, like the rest of the world’s population, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the television industry is all glitz and glamour. So when the…
– Kriston – 12/12/96 What has become of me? I have sub-consciously become part of a modern man’s complex. I bought a 4X4, diesel Landcruiser and somehow displayed the latest of modern man’s urban inadequacies. The sale of 4X4 vehicles is the major growth area in NZ vehicle sales. I suspect the reasons are two-fold….
– Kelly – 12/12/96 You may recognise Dwayne Francks as the guy who played keyboard for “Face the Music” on TV a few years ago, but there is more to his repertoire than one-liners and a few notes… As Francks himself points out “Face” had some drawbacks; “It gave me a higher profile, but it…
