Somewhere Along The Way…

As most of my friends are aware, I am not a movie person. I lack the patience and inherent artistic interest to sit through a two-and-a-half hour visual representation of a storyline that I would probably much rather be reading, on a piece of paper, in book form. There are a few exceptions to this […]

Officials from Transit New Zealand, the authority in charge of managing the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, have vetoed a request by the Māori advocacy group Ata Tino Toa to fly their tino rangatiratanga flag - a symbol of Māori rights and sovereignty - on Waitangi Day this coming Tuesday. Enraged spokesmen from the group have […]

A lot has been running through my head these past few days. The sudden appearance of summer in Auckland, for one (hello stifling heat and humidity - enter stage left!), has been a uniquely inhibitive force when it comes to my general ability to think straight. I genuinely did not believe this lonely corner of […]

Okay - so you schmucks back in New York got away with a frighteningly un-winter-like winter so far and my gambit to make you all jealous by posting bikini-clad pictures of myself was largely unsuccessful (and I had been plotting that for SO long). But I shall now have my comeuppance! According to the latest […]

In an Auckland University study released today, which proved what we all basically knew already (i.e. the city is sitting on some serious geological ammunition), scientists have determined that at least five eruptions in the region, including explosions at Crater Hill and Mt Richmond, occurred simultaneously during a period of severe volcanic instability - and […]

I probably shouldn’t even be posting this, seeing as I am considering moving to Wellington at some point in the not-too-distant future, but what the hell. For those adventurous/stupid enough to actually fly into the airport during the sort of gale-force winds that are apparently typical of the city, Wellingtonista offers “an idea of what […]

I get the sneaking suspicion that this story is going to provoke a lot of “Kiwis have such thick skulls” wisecracks, but here goes: a man was driving with his brother through Northland when a disgruntled individual - evidently angry over a property dispute - shot the man in the head with a crossbow through […]

For those looking for some perfect Friday afternoon pick-me-up reading material with that ever-important current events angle (or Thursday evening depending on which timezone you’re reading this from), this is an utterly fantastic behind the scenes look at the inherently laughworthy living conditions of several high-ranking politicians (Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, Rep. George Miller […]

Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand-born adventurer who rose to international fame when he became the first to climb Mount Everest in 1953, has returned to the icy Antarctic wilderness for what may be the last time. In addition to his mountaineering exploits, Hillary also helped establish the Scott Base on Ross Island, near Mount […]

So I was discussing my experiences thus far in the New Zealand media world with a native Kiwi the other day, and during this conversation they raised the rather obvious point - after I had commented on how it was relatively easier here to get a job in the industry - that in terms of […]