The Hand Mirror

today is international workers' memorial day .  it's a day to remember those people who have died at work, particularly as a result ...

a school that forces kids to wear roman sandals is a school that hates children. seriously? these are the ugliest and most uncomfortable f...

i should have known better, but i tried to watch a bit of "the x-factor" a couple of weeks ago. i think i lasted about half an ho...

Trigger warnings for rape, sexual abuse, violence, exploitation of power: The other day Stef and I were having a chat about the Omar Hame...

it's terrible to hear of the accident in a watermain tunnel in onehunga that has claimed lives and injured people. my sincere condolen...

whitcoulls goes into receivership & looks like it might fold. whitcoulls is miraculously saved when a buyer steps in to take over the b...

i don't bother watching much tv during weekdays, because there isn't too much i can be bothered to watch. i don't like the extr...

if you haven't read it yet, i strongly recommend that you read helen kelly's account of the hobbit dispute , which is detailed and w...

stratos has finally become available on freeview, and i'm loving it. not only the access to al-jazeera programmes, but the documentarie...

some fantastic women have started up a facebook campaign against the radio station running a competition to "win a wife". please...

A local radio station is running a competition to 'win a wife'. The winner gets to fly to the Ukraine and choose a bride from an ag...

Further to Deborah's fantastic post on Shane Jones watching porn which I highly recommend you read if you haven't already, here are...

how would it feel to have someone write all about your life, especially if you didn't want them to? and talk to your friends, family mem...

i'm a reasonably religious person, and as i've mentioned here before, my religion is an important source of strength and guidance fo...

ok, so this my first effort at cross-posting , and am a little nervous in putting this one up here, so please can we avoid any nastiness in ...

now dave letterman is in the news again, and if you haven't followed the scandal, i'll summarise it very briefly. mr letterman has a...

just received this from the EPMU, for aucklanders: Hi All, Our members and their families and supporters will be holding a protest and picni...

you'll remember that i posted a little while back about a department of labour report on caring for the elderly. the authors of this r...

Ever had a look at CYFSwatchNZ ? Don't bother. It's a site dedicated to naming and shaming CYFS workers, and its host is alleged t...

got this via email: Ms Jewitt is training to be a hairdresser. It’s an entry course only but after three months she'll become a full-ti...