It’s gonna hit ya! All the Frujus, reviewed and ranked

all five fruju flavours

Simon Day celebrates the arrival of summer by ranking the five flavours of New Zealand’s most beloved frozen treat.  The Fruju is the perfect accompaniment to the New Zealand summer.  While I fully endorse the role of the scooped ice cream in the Kiwi culinary cultural canon, when the asphalt starts to shimmer and the … Read more

Ranking the baking skills of the contestants on Celebrity Bake Off NZ

Just when you thought The Great Kiwi Bake Off was over, a bunch of celebrities took over the tent to raise money for charity. Tara Ward ranks their performance, poo biscuits and all. Sound the klaxon, wrap yourself in puff pastry and dive into the jelly lake of your wildest dreams, because the best gift … Read more

Power-ranking New Zealand’s biggest, stupidest monuments

Tara Ward power-ranks our nation’s most valuable, revenue-generating resource: Our big-ass rural monuments. Big Monuments are taking over the nation. No town is safe, no highway untouched by their enormous limbs and massive beaks and enormous carroty girths. We’re obsessed with these oversized symbols of Kiwi identity, and it’s time we celebrated them for what … Read more