OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Headline of the yearHeadline of the year via the Daily News (Hat tip Gareth Davidson).13 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Wee small hoursA reader writes: "For those Papakura people who have to spend too much time on the motorway, here's a convenient time to view overpriced property."10 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionSideswipe: Your fancy dress days are numberedLouise saw this in the fancy dress section of Look Sharp yesterday. "Not sure what the defining features of an 'accountant' are ... " she adds.09 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: New housing measure in NZNew measure is available for housing in New Zealand.08 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Right way to park"There was one parking space left but I hesitantly bucked the trend. I think I parked on the correct side of the road."07 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Tourism therapyDerek Wilby writes: "A recent visitor from the UK was seen at Auckland airport wearing a T-shirt saying, "I don't need therapy, I'm going to New Zealand."06 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: A clever oneLast week one of my work colleagues reported her car stolen. Yesterday I received this news flash ... "There is good news and bad news," wrote this anonymous female.03 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Read small print...A reader sent in this picture of a just-painted loading dock in a building in Britomart. The message may be too subtle?01 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: To mow, or not to mow? That is the question"Do we have to mow our own gutter as well as our berms in Auckland?" asks Matt.29 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Political correctness gone madFifteen-year-old Anthony Ruelas became the latest casualty in public schools' relentless insistence on "zero tolerance" of any deviation from rules.28 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Ticketing NZ BloodA reader writes, "I saw this parking warden ticketing a NZ Blood van outside BNZ on Mahuhu Cres in Auckland yesterday with its hazard lights on.25 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: KFC 'ride-through'The KFC in Papamoa is the first in the country to open a ride-through.24 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Drunken mistakeA drunk returns a blackboard to the Trinity Methodist Church after having stolen it a year ago.22 Feb 05:50 AM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: King-size play on wordsIn Cadiz, Spain, a civil servant was set to receive a plaque for his 20 years of service when his colleagues couldn't find him.21 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Gallows humour?Found at a hospital florist, writes Josephine McGillivray. "Can't imagine anyone confined to a hospital bed being too thrilled to receive a dying plant.18 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Fancy a logA shop in Muswell Hill, North London, is selling painted logs for £10 ($22) each.17 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Parking is rareSarita saw this outside a fruit shop. Maybe it should read "Parking is rare". Very true for Auckland.16 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Free rectal photographyBummer of a job ... Roy Lilley, of Blenheim, has the eye for an odd image.14 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Power up on public transport"I live just a five-minute walk from Eden Park and love watching cricket live, but I increasingly find myself watching games at home."08 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Beach towel dramaA reader writes:"We would like to apologise to the poor swimmer, who would have been extremely annoyed to find their towel missing."07 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Old faithful fridgeNigel still has the Westinghouse refrigerator he bought from a second-hand dealer in Thames in December 1964 for the enormous sum of 35.28 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Neon pink slugs in volcanoNeon pink slugs are sliding around an extinct volcano in Australia.27 Jan 04:00 PM
