Girl About Town

Mind the technology gap

Mind the technology gap

This year, the Oxford Juni­or Dic­tion­ary, aimed at sev­en-year-olds, decided to ditch some words. They had too many pages appar­ently, so they got chop­ping; chest­nuts, mag­pies, leo­pards and larks are […]

More hurrahs to come?

More hurrahs to come?

Rival­ries, on the whole, are a bit of fun. Sib­ling rival­ries, trans-Tas­­man rival­ries, glee­fully venom­ous but prob­ably made-up rival­ries on real­ity shows. It’s all just a harm­less, some­what pass­ive-aggress­ive gag. How­ever, there’s […]

WGT vs. AKL

WGT vs. AKL

Eight years ago I moved to Wel­ling­ton. I’ve wanted to go home ever since. I’ve tried to find a way every year. But not this year. This year I’m set­tling in. […]

Selling the silver

Selling the silver

I slam the laptop shut, lock my fin­gers behind my head and lean back in a self-con­­­grat­u­lat­ory stretch. I’ve just flogged off a room­ful of fur­niture. After all the advertising […]

Getting On

Getting On

My friend says I look pouty, like I’ve had col­la­gen. I know she’s being kind. It really just looks like I’ve been punched in the mouth and my mar­riage needs […]

Bean Addicted

Bean Addicted

It took anoth­er city to expose my addic­tion. It wasn’t because Christ­ch­urch is on the decaf. It’s because Christ­ch­urch had an earth­quake. It was the day after the shake, 9 […]

Vote?

Vote?

The oth­er day I had a cof­fee with a hip­ster called Richard. He has a bean­ie, a beard and a broken arm from a bicycle acci­dent. Of course he rides […]

Crying like a girl

Crying like a girl

My friend has been struck by an insan­ity induced by the pres­ence of chil­dren. She cries when she sees tod­dlers hug­ging their par­ents, obli­vi­ous to the fact that the parent […]

Toss a Coin

Toss a Coin

He’s become a well-known fig­ure around Cour­tenay Place, Mr Excuse Me. He’s not quite up there with Blanket­man, but in our hood Mr Excuse Me is a like­able vag­a­bond. He’s […]