If you’re visiting Spain (and as the second-most visited country in the world, the chances are high!) then it’s possible you’re looking to rent a car. It’s a great place for a self-drive holiday with a well-maintained network of highways…
Office workers powering the invisible economy
There’s an old saying that when two soothsayers pass each other in the street they smile knowingly. Well it’s not just soothsayers. We have our own modern-day equivalent and you probably know a few of them. What you’re about to…
Try this one miracle productivity hack…
If you’ve ever worked in an office (the bigger the company the better) then what I’m about to talk about will be perfectly relatable – if you haven’t then you’re about to be introduced to one of the most unexciting productivity…
Let me tell you about Gary
I want to tell you a story about a middle-aged man called Gary. Gary isn’t an overly remarkable individual. You probably won’t see him on Dancing with the Stars or on the front page of The Press. He will definitely…
Aliexpress – 10 tips for NZ buyers
Let’s get one thing clear: I’m probably not a regular shopper. I don’t live to shop. Retail therapy is a myth invented by retailers (obviously). And mass consumerism is a scourge that is killing this planet and has led to…
Saying goodbye to a mate
I sit here on the couch, a swathe of afternoon sun cutting a line across the lounge. Out the window, across the wetlands and to the far motorway I see a steady stream of cars moving up and down, oblivious…
Is daylight savings outdated?
The whole of NZ woke up an hour earlier yesterday – not by choice or a sudden change of heart about Sunday lie-ins – but due to a government mandate introduced over 40 years ago. Back when governments listened to…
Christchurch stampede to see dead cow
It’s been a bad run for Christchurch event organisers with a flurry of festival failings flowing through Facebook (the source of all truth). It’s left a lot of people wondering what-the-heck-a-doodle is going wrong, that something as simple as a…
Become an Uber driver – An easy guide
So you want to become an Uber driver in Christchurch? The ride-sharing service is really starting to take off. After some early turbulence back in 2016 (about the time I first signed up) the NZTA was getting all blustery about…
Seven days from Christchurch’s Watergeddon
It all seemed like a bad dream. Our beloved water supply here in Christchurch is not as pure as we thought it was. Sure we had temporary chlorination back in 2011 after our city got smashed by a massive earthquake….