Well, actually…..no.

Given that over 60% of New Zealanders are either obese or overweight, it’s probably a good thing to nudge people towards healthier food.
The Department of Healthy Eating or whatever it’s called last week listed foods that are significantly more calorific than good.
Honey for example.
If you put honey in your tea instead of sugar and think that it’s a low calory option, then you’re wrong.
Orange juice is chock full of fructose which is a flash word for sugar.
It doesn’t make them UNHEALTHY, of course, although that’s what Fairfax Media would have you believe in this poll.

Stupid buggers.

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Good morning

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The John Key Haiku

The thing I know that matters

to New Zealanders is the issues

that really matter

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Birds on a wire

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Slip Inn. Havelock. Lunch

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A year on

Interviewing one of the unsung heroes of the earthquake on National Radio
“Well yeah, we strapped this guy on the roof of a police car to get him to hospital because there was no ambulance, but I heard that he died later, so that wasn’t cool. No.
And then there was a lady who was stalking me on Facebook which was a bit creepy, but she said that I’d saved her life. So that was cool…”

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Dill soup

Can’t fault the Green Dolphin in Kaikoura. Quality, presentation and service are immaculate.
Dill soup was a bit thin, though….

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It must be the other side, then…

Alpine View motel, Kaikoura

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Truth in advertising

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I used to work with someone like that….

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