OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Time machine?Paddling pool on the beach and missing plums.01 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: January 29: Lookalikes - Plunket and ShipleySmooth sax icon Kenny G practically invented Starbucks' Frappuccino, apparently. An uncle introduced Kenny to founder Howard Schultz and he invested in the chain.29 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Just a blanketIt was just a blanket before the marketing department got involved.26 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Feeling bouncy?A reader spotted this interesting addition to Port Ohope wharf this summer.25 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: January 23: Hidden chrysalisesMy father-in-law suggested we send in a photo of the monarch butterfly chrysalises we have under our deck as he has been reading a lot in the Herald about the shortage of monarch butterflies.22 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Hide the sausageA cookbook from the 70s. Yahoo answers suggests the title alludes to a prank, but....well, I'm not so sure.21 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Cruelty free at KFCBuzzfeed asked readers to share weird accidents that resulted in an A&E visit ... here were some goodies.20 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Wow. Good bargainPolice in Miami have been caught using the mugshots of exclusively black people for target practice.19 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Retail fingersGot seed? "Noel Leeming - the new agricultural specialists," says Katy Bexley.18 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: January 16: Cruisin' for confusion"I get condoms alongside wine, but Tom Cruise videos beside bananas?" Spotted at Countdown in downtown Auckland, by Neil.15 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Faces in things #2Faces In Things NZ No2. “Jabba the Hutt on the beach at Matapaua Bay in the Coromandel,” writes Al Williams.12 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Faces in things"The Cornish Pumphouse in Waihi was looking particularly alarmed at something," writes Al Williams.11 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionSideswipe: Save the shade!Threatened shade ... workers on the new St Lukes intersection sit under six pohutukawa trees under threat from Auckland Transport, which plans to cut down the 80-year old trees to widen Great North Rd.08 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Mower au naturale"Two sheep tied to a tree, working hard to keep Glen Innes' berms beautiful and tidy!" says Priscilla Bilby.07 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Swift creativityBronwen passed a group of young guys towing this trailer.06 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: All for a flat whiteBrian couldn't believe the scene unfolding before his eyes at 9am on Sunday at Ellerslie town centre.05 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Wish ewe happy NYHow a farmer at Turua on the Hauraki Plains extended his New Year greetings to everyone.04 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandOverhyped chocolate milkLarry Ogden has a full and fascinating story behind the motorbikes parked in single car spaces.01 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandSideswipe: Don't know JackThe man named after the Tennessee whiskey has named his own son after a bourbon.30 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandShowdown on walking framesA collision between two women using walking frames earlier this month has resulted in a felony charge of intimidation and misdemeanour counts of assault and criminal mischief...29 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandAtheists' Ten CommandmentsA competition for atheists to rewrite the Ten Commandments has produced this list:28 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysReddit's Secret SantaBill Gates participated in the annual Reddit Secret Santa gift exchange and gifted the lucky recipient a replica Loki helmet from Marvel's Thor franchise.23 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Poisonous antlersA dangerous $2dollar shop purchase, war of carols and sexism at New World.22 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Jesus with absBaby Jesus, prickly 'kiwi' and a daylight robbery/parking lesson in Auckland City.21 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: December 19: Cat Santa visit freak out"This woman took her cats to a department store to visit Santa and, as you can see, it went quite well."18 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Girls, don't overeatCook it, but don't eat it: There are plenty of Christmas stock photos reminding women not to overdo the eating this Christmas.17 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Horns of a dilemma"How the hell did they get up there?" thought the owner of this Prado, followed closely by "how the hell are they going to get down?"16 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAna SamwaysSideswipe: Pretty bollards?Whangarei District Council property managers have ordered a repaint of six bollards outside a well known gallery in the Town Basin as they were....15 Dec 04:00 PM
