Tag: Jenny Nicholls editorial
Public service announcement
I’ve always wanted to try Stinking Bishop, even though it has been voted the smelliest cheese in Britain. “If you can overcome the smell,...
Entering the ooze
What does a new year feel like? I’m old enough to remember entering ‘the ooze’ – the first decade of this century, one which...
Let them eat cake
I’m not sure what got into me. This year, having never made a Christmas cake in my life, I made three. I even bought...
New words, old ideas
A few years ago, the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States, Merriam-Webster, created a site called ‘Time Traveller’ which lets users find out...
The open window
It’s a windy day on Waiheke, and a gusty northeasterly is washing the trees in my backyard with rain. There’s a southeasterly predicted, strong...
Mirrors and microphones
On 28 April 2011, an English member of parliament searched Twitter for articles about himself. We know this, because he accidentally entered his search...
‘On his best night, he shot 67 kea’
“Last Sunday I dined on stewed kiwi at the hut of a lonely old gold-digger, who, besides the three cooked for dinner, had four...
Life, death and love on Onetangi
Two celebrity summer blow-ins have returned to Onetangi Beach to raise a family, without needing to dip a toe in the Waiheke Accommodation Facebook...
The real idealists – not in a good way
In 1975, my school class was asked to write an essay about which party we would vote for in the General Election if 12-year-olds...
The tales of Storky, Kinky and Razza
We’ve had Storky, the famously cute baby dotterel who survived storms, off-leash dogs and prowling cats; now there’s Kinky, another pint-sized Waiheke resident who...
