Government's handbrake U-turns 67 comments

12:35pm 16 Mar 2010  Smell that burning rubber? It's the stench left by the Government as it executes a series of handbrake U-turns.

Recalls - more common than you think 23 comments

03:00pm 12 Feb 2010  I've been getting daily phone calls and emails and I've even been accosted in the street about recalls in the past few weeks. Usually the calls are from naive members of the public who read headlines rather than the whole story and probably haven't been following the issues for very long.

Touring with Mum and Dad 0 comments

05:00am 17 Mar 2010  Touring with Mum and Dad It can be a strange experience going on holiday with your parents when you are 28.

All that talent and he can act too! 3 comments

11:40am 17 Mar 2010  As regular readers of this blog will know, if it doesn't involve flickering pictures in a darkened cinema, I don't get out much. (OK, so I went to Cliff Richard and the Shads recently, but that was for me dear wee Mum, plus I was paid to go...)

I am the passenger 2 comments

09:05am 03 Nov 2009  I am the passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city's backside...

Check out the best links of the week 15 comments

11:59am 19 Feb 2010  1. Liam Gallagher's Brits spat : The former Oasis singer struggles to understand the meaning of the word 'thanks' as he throws a microphone into the crowd, and then his trophy, after winning the best British album of the past 30 years. Gratitude, huh?

Kids on planes 37 comments

11:30am 17 Mar 2010  Okay, let's talk about Charles Chauvel having a little moan about a toddler disturbing him during a domestic flight to Wellington.

Iconic game characters 38 comments

10:30am 17 Mar 2010  Sony's God of War 3 unleashes on PlayStation 3s around the world tomorrow, and it's fair to say that Kratos, the warrior with a huge skyscraper-sized chip on his shoulder, has become something of a poster boy for Sony.

A reporter's dream 3 comments

05:00am 18 Dec 2009  Copenhagen's Bella Centre is awash with gadgets and technology.

The Polish Problem 54 comments

10:00am 16 Mar 2010  Nope, the title doesn't refer to an issue with a populous country in Central Europe.  I finally got a chance to sit down and paint my nails, when "Mummy, I want pretty toenails!" piped up my five-year old, Xander.  I used to often paint his toenails at the same time as mine, but being both horribly sick and unable to see my toes during pregnancy saw that aspect of my personal grooming regime fall by the wayside.  So it's been a while.