Unless your local authority has given you the okay to open on Easter Sunday eg Taupo and Turangi. All shops were open as normal (last year at least).

Maybe some men just aren't likable?

Introduced myself to the Pet Shop Boys. When Chris got off his phone Neil said "Chris, come and meet David, he's come all the way from New Zealand to meet you". Lesson: always introduce yourself properly to the fame-os upon whose nights you intrude.

Nobody from 1973 onwards has ever been shocked to find out Mr Big and Dr Kananga were the same person.

Lord Lucan

I assume somewhere in this photo is Artemis II

Shout-out to the hardest working man in show business, Todd Zaner.

Jump scare waiting for you in the servo's waiting room.

It's that time of the year again

We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy but because you've seen the other shit this country spends tax money on. At least going to the moon is cool.

Rocket go up in 10 mins or so (fingers crossed)

Cool now do retail

We as a society owe it to those who come before and after us to address just how miscast Naomi Watts is in that JFK Jr show on Disney+

The sudden recollection that Martin Scorsese has a role in the new Star War.

The fraudster who went to prison for stealing $80k of govt funding from their own charity which taught their own reading programme to under-privileged kids. Strangely on brand.

... whose blog name got co-opted by Alfred Ngaro for his political party. New Zealand, eh.

Netflix have very clumsily edited & reframed the beach fight scene in No Hard Feelings. There's basically no nudity or punches/kicks any more (keeps the C-bomb though). The Hall & Oates on the s/track skips around. Scrub to about 1:04 if you like.

Joseph Moore spotted in SNL UK

"Joyce. Joyce. Joyce. Joyce. Joyce. Joyce." - Kim Hill interviewing Joyce McKinney.

What are the chances Maadi Cup rowing teams have their week-long absences from school recorded as such.

Lollipop, noun: a sugar daddy

Wow. Huge turnout at Helm’s Deep. Impressive.

Lollipop, noun: a sugar daddy

A tipster sent me the "Committed" AI graphic generator for Cal's Spring Game, which allows you to commit anyone to Cal

I made a stupid thing which calculates when your favourite politicians will turn the exact age Joe Biden was when decided he wasn't running for president anymore. additiverich.github.io/joe-biden-th...

Sir Ian Taylor is shocked - shocked! - to discover the NZ Herald is racist and has he ever looked into the history of the rag?

Some good news for a change. I found it charmingly low-stakes.

Helen Lewis' brother lives in NZ and looks like Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (by her reckoning).

What's the vibe with .nz domains? Is it a mistake not to register the .co.nz equivalent as well?

It's vaguely endearing that our supposed alpha deputy PMs have shown themselves to be afraid of sushi and purple hair.

I drive this way every day. It's fine. Can I be interviewed now please.

I just bought a line trimmer and let me tell you I really love edging and whacking now.

Chuck Norris was a weirdo

A video about the cult that has that impressive building on Aro Street in Wellington.

Niche content but PSA: the night glow is marking the *start* of Balloons over Waikato this year.

Can we please stop pretending Spider-Man's mask just magically seals at the neck.

If we can work out how JA continues to live rent-free in so many people's minds, the housing crisis will be averted.

The real winner from the Oscars was Warner Bros, who released Sinners, One Battle After Another and Weapons and also probably won't exist next year.

Apropos of this, the finale of "I'll Do Anything"

Apropos of Matt Berry announcing the Oscars

Assuming it's left up to the manufacturers to publish on their own website, I look forward to downloading an unoptimised 20MB PDF and then having to find the product in question while zoomed in.

FYI

I think we'd probably be surprised by how many gongs are the result of the recipient asking a mate to nominate them.

"I didn't get where I am today by waiting for honorary titles to be given to me."

I live in Hamilton, and the idea that the reason for the downturn in business in the CBD is because of a lack of 2 hour parking specifically is so stupid. Everybody's broke!

That's no way to refer to the finest living thespian, show some respect. (Obligatory "hello to Jason Isaacs")

This fuckin' drongo thinks "move-on" is law already.

Jonah Hill excited face