Local News Junkie Remembers When The Biggest Controversy Was The Colour Of A Dress

Woman thinking of blue black dress next to Ukraine explosion

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Culture BLACK OR GOLD? Juliet Emerson, 27, has had a refreshing wave of nostalgia wash over her after seeing the ‘The dress’ pop up on her Facebook ‘Memories’ this morning. “Ah, it’s definitely still black and blue,” the Whakataki marketing assistant said to herself with confidence, while reminiscing about a simpler time […]

New Dad Accepts Toys All Over The Floor As ‘The New Normal’

man next to toys all over floor

GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local GIVEN UP THE WILL TO LIVE Local project manager Matthew Haughton has begun to realise exactly what it means to be a new father, having recently accepted an infuriating level of mess as ‘the new normal’. “Ah well, I guess this is just my life now”, sighed the broken man. In […]

“Unruly Tourists” Looking Pretty Bloody Good Right Now

Unruly tourists next to Wellington protesters

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National DO YA MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE? The ‘unruly travellers’ who once apparently ‘wrecked havoc’ by descending on the country’s North Island for a summer holiday in 2019 are looking pretty damn good in comparison to the angry mob of 1,000 protesters who have drained police resources, threatened the public and […]

Tinder Swindler Brought In To Persuade Protesters To Leave Parliament Grounds

Tinder Swindler nz protests

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National GETTING THE JOB DONE! The New Zealand Government and Police have hired well known con man Simon Leveiv, also known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’, in an attempt to convince protesters to exit Parliament grounds as the protest nears its third week. Leveiv has been the subject of Netflix’s latest documentary ‘The […]

Trevor Mallard Allegedly Slashing Tyres Ahead Of Car-Towing Operation

Trevor Mallard allegedly slashing tyres

GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National NOT ON MY WATCH In a bold move to continue undermining police efforts to manage the vaccine mandate protest, Parliamentary Speaker Trevor Mallard is now allegedly slashing the tyres of cars about to be towed.  This follows the Speaker’s bizarre decision to take things into his own hands, blasting intentionally annoying […]

Zoi’s Dad Urged To Have A Few Waters Before Tonight’s Live Interview

Sean Synnott with waters

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Sport A GLASS OF WATER BEFOREHAND SEAN? New Zealand’s newest national treasure Sean Synott, father of Winter Olympics gold medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has had a bit of a prompt to ‘just have a few waters’ before embarking on what will no doubt be another iconic profanity-laden live interview after Zoi’s Big Air […]