How to catch and move the country’s tiniest bird

If you want to catch a tiny bird and move it to a new home, you need expert help and your car’s aircon on. Overheating is a threat to the rifleman. And buzzing cicadas can get in the way of finding them in the first place as a group rounding up riflemen at the Wainuiomata […]

How to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture

By Mark Kirby* of If a builder spends 10 hours rectifying avoidable mistakes their productivity for the day is effectively zero. Photo: 123RF Analysis – New Zealand’s residential construction industry contributes roughly NZ$26b annually to the economy and employs around 70,000 workers. Yet despite its significance and scale, the sector’s productivity levels have flatlined since […]

Money: How to tackle new year financial stress

Experts suggest considering secondhand school equipment to cut back on costs. Photo: Unsplash / Kateryna Hliznitsova The start of the year can be a tough time financially for many families. Westpac research this week found many people felt stressed about their holiday spending and the costs that come with the start of the year. Financial […]

Government seeks urgent advice on how to protect Auckland rockpools

Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is seeking urgent advice on dealing with the alleged stripping of rockpools by harvesters in the north Auckland area. On Saturday, about a hundred people demonstrated at Army Bay in Auckland’s Whangaparāoa for the protection of local rockpools. Residents told RNZ the […]

Stream how to love (feat. aftrr) by seemar

published on 2026-01-02T05:06:08Z prod. kenzee wish you knew how to love you wish you knew where i was you’ve seen way too much i’ve been spending bread like i was in love this december i fucked everything up don’t remember i drank way too much i got god on my side, seems i aint fucked […]

Defence Force mulling how to improve surveillance of oceans

Auckland’s Eastern Beach. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Defence Force is brainstorming with local and overseas companies on how to improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the oceans around New Zealand. Its capability plans calls for spending $50- to $100 million over four years on long-range aerial drones. But the NZDF in a new […]

How internet became ‘enshittified’ – and how to fix it

By Charles Barbour of Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe the degeneration of the internet. Photo: Victor Okhrimets / 123RF Analysis: Remember when Twitter used to be good? I reckon it peaked somewhere around the first Covid-19 lockdowns. In those days, there was a running gag on the site where everyone would refer […]