ISLAND BAY CHIPPIE'S APOLOGY VIDEO FOR LOST TOOLBOX RUNS 14 MINUTES, INCLUDES COURSE PLUG
Guys. The toolbox is gone. The sausage sizzle raised $340. The course is $89.
Sharon Ngatai
Sharon files stories and reader letters with equal passion for mall drama.
PIRIMAI FACEBOOK GROUP ELECTS TABBY CAT UNOFFICIAL MAYOR, ACTUAL MAYOR NOT YET INFORMED
The cat got 847 votes. The nearest human candidate got a laughing emoji and a comment about the roundabout.
FENDALTON WOMAN'S SOUTHLAND UMBRELLA INVERTED IN 4 SECONDS FLAT, BLAMES "CLIMATE"
The umbrella was bought in Invercargill, which locals say should have been a warning.
OAMARU PTA MEETING ENTERS SIXTH HOUR AS THERMOS DAD REFUSES TO YIELD FLOOR
He arrived with a two-litre Stanley and a laminated agenda no-one had asked for.
WOOLSTON HALL DOUBLE-BOOKS YOGA AND BINGO — INSTRUCTOR NOW APOLOGISING ON YOUTUBE
Sharon witnessed downward dog collide with two fat ladies. Someone had to answer for it. That someone made a video.
ROSLYN KARAOKE NIGHT BANNED AFTER POWER BALLAD INCIDENT
The organiser won't say which song. Regulars won't stop saying which song.
CROFTON DOWNS MITRE 10 OUT OF ZIP TIES — LOCAL PROJECTS FROZEN IN PLACE
Three weekend jobs abandoned by Sunday lunch. One trailer still parked on Churchill Drive with a tarp flapping.
MAIREHAU UNDER-11 CRICKET MATCH ABANDONED AFTER LABRADOODLE REFUSES TO LEAVE PITCH FOR 40 MINUTES
The dog fielded better than half the slip cordon, according to one dad.
HAWERA WOMAN CALLS 111 ON COURIER FOR BEING "TOO POLITE" — RECKONS IT'S A FRONT
He said please. He said thank you. He wiped his feet. Something's off, says Colleen.
WAIROA HUMIDITY DECLARED 'HAIR HAZARD' AFTER THIRD FRIZZ INCIDENT THIS WEEK
One local's fringe reportedly blocked her vision on the main drag. Her flat white went cold.
INVERCARGILL FOOTPATH JOB DOWNS TOOLS OVER SINGLE STROPPY CAMELLIA
Six blokes, two diggers, one shrub. Guess who's winning.
NEW LYNN WOMAN CONVINCED NEIGHBOUR'S SOLAR PANELS ARE 'WATCHING HER HANG THE WASHING'
She's rotated the Hills hoist twice. The panels, she says, rotated with her.
MAPUA FOOTPATH UPGRADE HALTED BY ONE STROPPY CAMELLIA
Tasman District Council spent $47,000 on a plan. The plan did not survive a shrub.
MOUNT WELLINGTON WOMAN FINDS ONE SOCK, STARTS SUPPORT GROUP FOR OTHERS IN SAME BOAT
First meeting Thursday at the community hall. BYO orphan sock and a plate.
WESTSHORE DOG POO NOTE-LEAVER STRIKES 14TH TIME, NOW LAMINATING
The notes started in June. They are now laminated and cable-tied to fenceposts.
WASHDYKE PICNIC MOVED INDOORS AS SOUTHERLY HITS, SIX THERMOSES SPARK LINO STANDOFF
Guys. Guys. I never thought I'd have to make this video about a Sunday picnic.
CROFTON DOWNS READING LOG FEUD ESCALATES TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PARENTS BRING LEVER-ARCH FOLDERS
One family logged 47 minutes. Another logged 45. The board meets Thursday.
PAIHIA LIBRARY AMNESTY QUIETLY WIPES $340 OF MAYORAL DVD FINES
Whangārei District Council's goodwill gesture has retroactively pardoned the mayor's five-year hold on 'The Bourne Supremacy'.
Te Aro's Margaret Whitcombe Takes on NZTA in Diagram Dispute
The diagram shows a red car doing the right thing. One Te Aro pensioner has thirteen objections.
CAVERSHAM PRIMARY BANS GLITTER AFTER INCIDENT BOARD CHAIR DESCRIBES AS "BIBLICAL"
Three weeks on, the Year 2 carpet still sparkles under fluorescent light. So do two teachers.