Posted by August 4th 2021
Once upon a time, a mobile phone was a mobile phone. You could call your mum, your gran, your friends, play a sneaky game of Snake, but that was it. The first big change was …
Posted by June 19th 2020
Author: Martin Kovaks It's time to plug-in, and turn on to an exciting electric future. Over the coming years, a range of innovative, new technologies are poised to drive NZ's transition to a low-carbon economy, with …
Posted by June 18th 2020
From putting on an extra layer – rather than cranking up the heat – to turning off lights and choosing the energy-saving option, Kiwis do want to save on electricity costs in their homes. It’s …
Posted by July 16th 2020
Food, warmth and shelter, for our ancient forebears, they were the essentials of life. For the modern generation, we must add mobile phones to the list. Most of us now rely on our phones not …
Posted by May 25th 2020
If we’ve learned one thing from the global pandemic, weeks of lockdown and heightened economic stress, it’s that we’ve taken supermarkets for granted. Before COVID-19, supermarket shopping was just another unavoidable part of the weekly routine, …
Posted by June 3rd 2020
Most Kiwi households own a car, but there are still times when a hire car comes in handy. If you jet off on holiday to somewhere like Queenstown, you’ll need a set of wheels to …
Posted by September 3rd 2020
A great night’s sleep can be elusive. Noise, the weather, kids, pets, a late heavy meal, stress, the nagging thought that you haven’t locked the front door! Myriad things can keep us awake at night. …
Posted by June 24th 2020
The TV abruptly cuts out, the lights flicker, and then darkness. There's never a good time to lose power, however by planning ahead it is possible to limit the impact an outage will have on …
Posted by March 2nd 2021
There’s no denying painting can be a messy business. But it can also be hugely therapeutic. Once the prep work has been done, the masking tape applied and the drop sheets laid down, there’s something …
Posted by February 26th 2020
It’s the tail end of summer, everybody is back at work, and the days are getting noticeably shorter. What is there to keep the encroaching chill at bay? Yes, the thought of heading off on …