20 November, 2009
An article about when sports and deep emotion meet head on. A thought provoking opinion piece. 1 image
Submitted by: David Taylor | Categories: Opinion, Rugby/League
23 November, 2009
My recent drive of the new Mercedes E350 Coupe and E500 Saloon, with radar cruise control, had me wondering if these were mere cars or perhaps robotic butlers on wheels. 3 images
Submitted by: Ben Gracewood | Categories: Tech
24 November, 2009
With the Foreshore and Seabed Act facing repeal, Nathan Hoturoa Gray remembers his experience of the country's second major land march in 2004, and the way the Labour Government dealt with the unified complaints made by Maori.
Submitted by: Nathan Gray | Categories: Opinion
24 November, 2009
In every building, the corridors hold pictures of victims. They look out, expressions of anguish in their eyes. So many faces, so many corridors. It's impossible to walk away unmoved from Auschwitz.
Submitted by: Nathan Gray | Categories: Europe
24 November, 2009
Nathan Gray heads to Rome and gets incredibly lucky when it comes to scoring tickets for the big game.
Submitted by: Nathan Gray | Categories: Europe
24 November, 2009
Growing your own vegetables is more popular now than it has been for years. This commonsense approach to planning will help the aspiring gardener to achieve success, taste and health while reducing the amount of labour required.
Submitted by: Paul Callaghan | Categories: Gardening
27 November, 2009
Having emigrated to New Zealand from the UK and Estonia, James and Natalia Harrington have embarked on a further journey of exploration – into the building of eco-homes in the city of Nelson in South Island.
Submitted by: Mic Dover | Categories: Small Business
30 November, 2009
Opinion: are we letting ourselves down as modern consumers by accepting poor usability and design? Why do we defer to "usability experts" when we as consumers understand intimately what usability means?
Submitted by: Ben Gracewood | Categories: Opinion
30 November, 2009
Twitter is a great communication channel and as such, you find a lot of self-promotion and name dropping. But there is so much more to Twitter. Would the critics feel the same if they could see more innovative ways to use it? Here's a few.
Submitted by: Kalena Jordan | Categories: Social Media, Tips/Advice
30 November, 2009
My husband and I were having a conversation with some friends about blogging and whether or not it was a viable marketing activity for online businesses. The discussion moved on to what types of businesses would benefit from a blog and what they could blog about. Together, we came up with a large number of potential blog niches and opportunities.
Submitted by: Kalena Jordan | Categories: Small Business, Tips/Advice
03 December, 2009
New thinking is required to address the mounting environmental problems we face. Art made from recycled materials serves as a powerful visual metaphor for these new paradigms - recycled, re-seen. 3 images
Submitted by: Martin Adlington | Categories: Opinion
09 December, 2009
Humorous, politically incorrect look at violence and the quest for 'Peace'
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns
09 December, 2009
Australia is the first wealthy country to be hard hit from global warming. It is now pretty much accepted that Australia's long running drought was caused by global warming. Ironically Australia has the highest per capita carbon footprint in the world - over 28 tonnes per person per year. The story contains background on Australia's water supply and some examples of the devastation on the farming sector.
Submitted by: Lawrence Watt | Categories: Environment
10 December, 2009
Irish-born Nelsonian Rachel Ryan can’t believe her luck (but being Irish one would expect her to be at least slightly serendipitous) – her job these days takes her and small groups of travelers from New Zealand’s winter shores back to her homeland where they spend 10 summer days tripping about in Ireland on a cultural-immersion walking experience. Rachel runs her walking tour business, Walk the West of Ireland, from her home in Delaware Bay near Nelson. 1 image
Submitted by: Caroline Crick | Categories: Adventure, Europe
10 December, 2009
As less than a layman, this is my take on what we can... or cannot do when it comes to climate change.
Submitted by: Pat Brittenden | Categories: Viewpoints
10 December, 2009
Each Sunday in the old city of Chiang Mai, Thailand there is a market where craftspeople, artists and performers gather along the traffic-free streets displaying goods for the avid bargain hunter. Thailand’s ‘rose of the north’ tempts many to enter behind the reddish walls which enclose its treasures. 1 image
Submitted by: Kevin Miles | Categories: Asia, Asia
16 December, 2009
The hottest place to dine in the Big Apple isn't a chi-chi restaurant or a posh boite - it's a private supper club. Kirsten Matthew investigates the plethora of insider-y nights out taking place all over New York.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine
16 December, 2009
A-listers, art stars and supermodels have all clamoured for tables at the uber-chic Indochine over the past 25 years. Kirsten Matthew gets the inside word on what went down over the years at the quintessential New York restaurant
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine
16 December, 2009
Steve and Jeanette Brough opened the first luxury lodge on the outskirts of Queenstown 13 years ago, starting a trend. Now the consummate hosts are on to their third, in picturesque Arrowtown 6 images
Submitted by: Lyn Barnes | Categories: New Zealand
16 December, 2009
Gordon Ramsay’s right hand man, Josh Emett, dishes on working with the famously profane British chef, and creates the perfect salad.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine