How much more expensive is it to be single?

Photo: Ashley Corbin-Teich Being single can be more expensive, but have you ever wondered how much? Data shows the “single tax” – or the additional cost of doing life alone – varies over the course of a person’s life. Here’s how the numbers stack up Working age Economist Shamubeel Eaqub compiled data that showed, for […]

How to spot the blood moon in New Zealand

Blood Moon, total lunar eclipse in Charlotte, NC, United States on 15 May 2022. Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP A rare blood moon will be seen across all of New Zealand on Friday. Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki told RNZ a blood moon, or lunar eclipse, is when the moon passes through the earth’s shadow, called […]

Burnout: How to spot the warning signs

Photo: supplied/ pixabay Burnout symptoms are not sudden onset, Mike McKinney told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “Like you wake up with a cold. These are insidious, incremental, unfortunately you get to a tipping point where it becomes too much for the person to handle and it starts to have really negative impacts.” Mike McKinney is […]

More listings than sales: How to sell your house

While it may be hard for sellers to stand out at present, market activity varies around the country. File photo. Photo: RNZ New Zealand’s housing market might have turned a corner, but it is still a tough time to be a seller. While activity and prices are picking up, there is large amount of stock […]

Your Earbuds Are Gross. Here’s How to Clean Them Properly

Have you looked closely at your earbuds lately? I did, and I was horrified at how gross they were. My trusty Apple AirPods had become so mucky and caked in ear wax I was genuinely embarrassed, and almost reluctant to put something so nasty back in my ears. But are my yellowing Airpods actually a […]

How to Set Up Tesla USB Drive for Music; Supports Lossless Audio

February 13, 2025 By Karan Singh While Tesla supports a variety of music streaming services, including YouTube Music, Apple Music, and Spotify, there may be times you want to listen to music from a local USB drive. While Bluetooth is also an option, it’s limited to what’s available on your phone and the lower streaming […]

How to keep cellphones working during a natural disaster

During disasters like Cyclone Gabrielle, cellphones become a vital way to gather information, but won’t be much use without working phone towers. Photo: RNZ / Phil Pennington A working cellphone can be the difference between life and death during a natural disaster. When cellphones failed to transmit emergency alerts in 2019 wildfires in California, the […]

How to spark the ‘amazing flywheel of learning’ in disengaged students

Students learning in a school classroom. Photo: Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe A study of thousands of US teenagers found they are both bored at school and stressed out by it at the same time. Dr Rebecca Winthrop, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, and journalist Jenny Anderson spent years looking into the reasons why so […]