Harpur's Bizarre

Bird Flu

Bird Flu

For my birth­day last year, my very enthu­si­ast­ic Irish­man gave me a won­der­ful, yet con­tro­ver­sial gift. If we lived in Karori, it wouldn’t be an issue, but we live in […]

Yogic Myths

Yogic Myths

Recently, I became a qual­i­fied yoga teach­er. I became everything I swore I would nev­er be. A dirty hippy. Namaste. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go down the yoga […]

The Angry Sun

The Angry Sun

Sum­mer is upon us. Long days, cheap Sav and 56 out­door wed­dings to attend over the next three months. The sun, who has been a bit half-hearted about his duties […]

New car, old issues

Since I was a child, I have always pined for a ‘flash’ car. Grow­ing up with cars that had names such as ‘rust buck­et’, ‘time bomb’ and ‘cat killer’, the […]

Bye, Maintenance!

The biggest fash­ion event of the year has arrived. Thou­sands flock to gaze admir­ingly at beau­ti­ful, yet imprac­tic­al items of cloth­ing. Of these people, some treat cloth­ing as wear­able art […]