Is all this global warming/climate change rabble just twisted fear mongering designed to make money?

We are very lucky in New Zealand, we have a lot of good, clean drinking water. In fact, we have so much water that we can take it too much for granted. It’s only when you are on a water tank that you are forced to think about how much water we consume.

Trade Me, what a great website! Having just returned to New Zealand I’m still pretty new to it. I did try to use it overseas, thought I could be a bit  entrepreneurial and send stuff from London to New Zealand.

Something needs to change with the way the government punishes drunk drivers in New Zealand.  The Law needs to get tougher. Don't you think there needs to be a better way to put repeat offenders off the roads?

Where have they gone? Disappeared, in the main at least. Why are we so angry, so impatient and why do we ignore even the most common of courtesies, why can’t we muster up a simple please or thank you?

Victoria Carter, CItyhop’s CEO was in the Hawkes Bay last weekend and read in their local paper that there was a national E Day coming up. Great she thought, time for a clean up.

When colour is used in a home it frequently reflects the people and personalities who inhabit it.

Eight foods cause ninety percent of food allergies: nuts, eggs, milk, soy, sesame seeds, wheat, fish and shellfish. If you suffer from some form of food allergy, are intolerant to soy or wheat or have to cook for a sufferer – here’s the book for you.

I'm stripping back this weekly What's-for-Tea section to what it was in the first week - just a series of suggestions without a recipe. I'll just give a general idea what I have in mind. You figure out the rest or ask me for instructions.

I have a friend who is heading to Mexico in two months - thank god!