A recent column got many of you very excited with the suggestion that we might do a piece on Supermarket Trolley Etiquette. It seems there’s a tonne of you out there in supermarket aisles enraged at the apparent lack of commonsense and common courtesy among your fellow trolley pilots. Here is a guide to the type of drivers you are likely to encounter. There are distinctive driving styles: 1. The Speed Freak. Just as a shark must keep More...

Amidst the drama of the weekend’s tsunami alert, there were some strange responses and odd stories from people in the Bay. It is flabbergasting to witness how little some people really understand about tsunami. You’d think after all the coverage of the Boxing Day Indian Ocean disaster, the potential for disaster would be quite clear. Partly the problem is the habit of the media and some officials to keep calling it a More...

It’s tough writing this column. You people have no idea how hard it can be. You think its all beer and skittles, but in reality, sometimes we don’t have the skittles. You try writing this after a couple of Grolschs and no skittles. Even try saying Grolschs after a couple of Grolschs. Sometime in the future, it’s possible that there may be no beer either, which could be devastating for all concerned, especially the More...

After a couple of weeks drifting around the ocean in the fine company of many local boating friends, it hasn’t been easy settling back into office life. So if there’s the occasional outburst of “reef the main” or “dump the berley” you’ll understand. Or should that be dump the main and reef the jib? Whatever, you should know that sailing our amazing coastline is a lot more fun than writing this More...

This week I’d like to get into the pink dress. Not literally, of course, as it’s probably not my size and wouldn’t match any of my boat shoes. I mean we need to get into the subject. It’s time the city rallied in support of Tauranga’s finest icon – The Pink Dress. Worn by (then mayoress) Mary Dillon during the 1983 royal visit of (then breathing) Princess Diana to Tauranga and the opening of (then More...

There’s been a lot of flak directed at South Auckland lately. Here at Rogers Rabbits, we don’t think its reputation for violence, crime, and more violence is warranted. We went to south Auckland, to a cosy suburban restaurant, to report on not only the cuisine, but the ambience of this iconic New Zealand region. Dining in South Auckland Restaurant Review: The Mortis and Pistol We had booked early, but were still impressed on More...

An intriguing offer arrived in the email this week, apart from the usual fascinating offers, such as enough Viagra to raise the Titanic; or yet another Rolex watch to match the ones that thousands of fanatical readers send me; or “Hello, I am Nadia, a good bride for you from Moscow.” Which I don’t doubt for a minute, and it would be worth a whirl, only she may not last long when my wife finds her installed at home. Thanks More...

This week we delve into the murky waters of race, religion and rap. Some serious questions are being asked about God, his offspring, our statutory holidays and it all needs clearing up before the Jazz Festival. It all started with the claim that Jesus was black, according to a letter writer last week. Sam Nikora of Bowentown is adamant Jesus had dark skin and black curly hair. As a result, we’ve had a number of interesting letters this More...

It’s not often that RR reaches crisis point for ideas for this column.  Usually, you can't shut me up. But if ever there was a time when the sumptuous font of creative brilliance runs dry, it is mid summer. When the rest of you are living it up at the beach, the bach or the boat; or sipping kiwifruit daiquiris around the pool, I’m here providing you with witty repartee and enlightening wisdoms that will have you gasping in More...

Ho ho ho, have we got news for you! Just as you make the final preparations for a jolly Christmas and the wind-down of 2009, the PC nitpickers are not at rest. In fact they have the knives out for the last bastion of good fun; Santa himself. Just as he’s about to load the sleigh for another epic worldwide journey, the PC pot-shotters are loading their loudmouths and coming out against the big guy with all guns blazing. The latest salvo More...