GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture WORK CULTURE The leadership at Wellington marketing firm Excite have been trying for months to entice their workers back into their comfortable office environment. Since New Zealand’s laptop class now expects to be able to “work from home”, it has become nearly impossible to build any
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Taxpayer funded state broadcaster Radio New Zealand have been making headlines recently due to all sorts of problems they’ve been having with their staff. Back in March, cabinet minister Kiri Allan had a go at RNZ during a farewell for her
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local IMAGINE THAT Public servant Peter (not his real name) has anonymously approached the Whakataki Times with an admission that may represent a widespread feeling among our taxpayer funded government staff. He says that he has a deep, burning desire to be dramatically laid off from his
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local “AWW NO I’M NOT” Will Warburton, a student based in central Wellington, has taken issue with a statement that National leader Chris Luxon was recorded saying to some farmers in Helensville recently. Luxon claimed that New Zealand had become a “very negative, wet, whiny, inward-looking country”
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GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local UNHEARD OF! William Segal, a regular passenger on the Hutt Valley express train to Wellington, has allegedly been engaging in friendly, brief interactions with Metlink staff. Witnesses claim Segal regularly “makes eye contact, smiles and says hello to train staff” as they carry out their regular
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GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local TV’S STILL THERE Before Simon Morgan went for his week-long trip to Taupo earlier this month, he made sure he took all the necessary steps to keep his house and its contents secure. Doors were locked, windows checked, and the security alarm was set, all so
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | World GROSS! As video of the Dalai Lama emerges showing him publicly forcing a young boy to kiss him on the lips and then saying “now suck my tongue”, the media have reacted with a collective “ooh that’s a bit yucky”. While any normal person who judges
ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National “SCRUFFY LITTLE THUG” Connor Whitfield, 16, is a destructive little rat who has managed to get away with ram raiding several times now. During his latest smash and grab at a dairy in Auckland though, he was greeted by none other than retired Detective Inspector Graham
ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National THE FEIJOA FEUDS New Zealanders have once again been consumed by the great debate on feijoas. The seasonal fruit, which only grows for the best part of a month around late March and April, often divides Kiwis. It seems those who love them can’t get enough
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