Have no memory of John Aiken playing first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington, but apparently it was a thing (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ai.... Doing the media rounds because MAFS Australia returns tonight

Calling for a war on road cones

Always hard trying to limit screen time

Know someone at AT who was laid off in the "cost-cutting"/efficiency drive then immediately taken on again as a consultant. They were involved in remediation work following the January 2023 flooding www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

While New Zealanders were waiting for the chance to shop at IKEA's first local store, the Swedish giant was on a shopping spree of its own. And it's showing no signs of slowing down despite resistance from local communities www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Boo for the price rise (happening across the market) but yay for: 1. A straightforward subject line - "Your electricity prices are increasing" - rather than the "Your pricing is changing" PR dross favoured by most service providers; and ...

Always used to wonder if it was possible to game the popcorn side of Rotten Tomatoes

IT failure exposes Govt’s ‘reckless cuts’, PSA says www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

"Here is one sure sign that the Trump administration understands it is in trouble with the public this week: They didn’t just recall Gregory Bovino from Minnesota. They silenced him on social media, too" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

TikTok's Trump-friendly new owners in the US say problems were caused by a data centre power outage and deny censorship. But even last night, I found ICE-related clips from US users would start to pixelate then freeze. Problem didn't affect videos on other topics www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/u...

Flying into Melbourne Friday. Scared, frankly

Mount Maunganui’s SYOS Aerospace shortlisted for £100 million ‘wingman’ AI drone UK military contract www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mou...

Influencers on X with millions of followers have pushed misinformation and AI-manipulated images www.nzherald.co.nz/world/false-...

God in heaven

New Zealand is again being soaked this summer. Record ocean heat helps explain it - Kevin Trenberth www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zeala...

Geography is hard www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

It gets dark sometimes, but then the morning comes #coys #thfc

Luxon expected to announce election date at 12.30. Where's iPredict when you need it?

Summer in Orcland

State of the menu

Spark, 2degrees, and One NZ timetables www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Not exactly breaking the bank - the total budget is $765K www.nzherald.co.nz/business/sma...

Cacace!

Internal Affairs reveals the top baby names for 2025 (also includes annual rankings going back to 1900). Noah (244 baby boys) and Isla (179 registrations) remained the favourites smartstart.services.govt.nz/news/baby-na...

Had assumed this was an AI prank. But, no www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

Which power is in control of Rubio’s hair?

Hail in the 09. Motorway near Silverdale, driving back into Auckland

"They should start hearing from the company in the next 48 hours about whether and how their private medical information has been accessed." Poor www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/managemyh...

Right now, God seems very far away

What the flip is the screwdriver thingy on the left?

Great chance to finally get started on my novel

Just one letter off being the New Zealander of the year

“A sunken pavlova, barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability. We can make it better than it was before. Better…Stronger…Faster”

Simon Wilson farewell

Not that hard to get into Ikea but almost every size and shape of white shelving is …

People queuing for Ikea seem normal

2degrees to begin 3G shutdown within days, One NZ sets town-by-town timetable www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Got to feel sorry for the tourism industry in the US. But by the same token, could be a boon for NZ as tourists weigh alternative destinations www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-pla...

The UFO (unidentified floating object) spotted by locals at Warkworth and various points north ... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/roc...

Summer in Neuva Zealand