Kidicorp, NZ's largest provider of early childhood education has produced some tips on what to look for if you are putting your baby into childcare.

The recruiting manager is on the phone. This is it job hunters - Return of the King time in a Lord of the Recruitment trilogy. This is the all powerful one who chooses who wins. The eye of Sauron is upon you – don't blow it now.

Cheap CV writer software might be an easy option but it makes a pile of  job applications look like the HR equivalent of processed cheese – hard to tell one block from another and a bit bland.

Only a year ago it was easy. We see a job advert, fire in our CV and wait for the call to arrange an interview. Enter the great recession. When the Government starts laying people off we know it’s a bad one.

When one gardens weeds are another gardens blooms the question of what to weed and what not to weed becomes a murky one.

While no one wants to be a weed Natzi, a weed free garden has the potential to eliminate pests and problems and improve the overall appearance of your property.

Do you remember when you discovered that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy were not real (maybe I should have put a spoiler warning on that)? It may have been a gradual awareness.

Everyone has an area of their garden that never gets used. Whether it’s a thin strip of land down the side of your house or a boggy patch you try and ignore, stones could be the option.

In a recent blog I’ve mentioned DYO pizza when I wrote about making a tomato sauce, but I didn’t go into the joys of making your own pizza bases. These gloomy winter days are perfect for pizza, so I’m suggesting you spread an invite for an (almost) impromtu party.

Last week I've been riding home on my bike and getting so frozen that I was dreaming about coming in from the cold and finding a steaming hot bowl of Äzesopp, which is a split pea soup that is a speciality from the region in Germany where I come from – the Rhineland.