How to get into housing market with $80
HomeShare has worked with the Financial Market Authority to finetune its offering. Photo: Supplied/Susan Edmunds If you want to get into the property market, but don’t have the money to do so, you may be about to get your chance – again. New fintech start-up HomeShare plans to launch later this year, offering investors the […]
How to tell if an image or video has been created by AI – and if we still can
We’re pretty sure Abraham Lincoln didn’t own an iPhone, but this Chat GPT-generated image tells us otherwise. Photo: ChatGPT Explainer – Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. But for every new technology, there are always people who will exploit it. AI-generated images are unavoidable online, with many intentionally being used […]
How to get the best payoff from solar panels
Plunging panel prices and rising electricity bills have tipped the scales in favour of rooftop solar for many. File photo. Photo: Fabian Rieger / 123RF Solar panels now stack up financially for many households in all three of the country’s biggest cities, as well as Queenstown. A new in-depth study by the Energy Efficiency and […]
Eco-friendly deaths – how to have less of a final carbon footprint
An outside the box casket, as designed by Becs Bartells, is one solution being put forward for a more eco-friendly burial. Photo: Supplied Many of us feel the pressure to be more eco-friendly and sustainable in the way we live, but what about when we die? Six million kilograms of CO2 is released into the […]
How to watch the Eta Aquariids meteor shower in New Zealand this week
Photo: Thilina Kaluthotage / NurPhoto via AFP Got a great photo of the meteor shower? Email us at [email protected] One of the best meteor showers in the Southern Hemisphere, the Eta Aquariids, will be visible in New Zealand this week. Here’s how you can catch a glimpse of it and what you need to know. […]
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 […]
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 […]