Blog it Today ‘General’ Category

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Posted under General by Kimberly on Saturday 18 December 2010 at 10:09 am NZDT

Well, school has finished for the year, the silly season is in full swing and we to get a glimpse that we are in fact into summer plus, it’s now only a week ‘till the kids are running into your bedroom at some ungodly hour of the morning screaming at the top of their lungs [Read the Rest...]


Cell Phone law a farce?

Posted under General by Kimberly on Wednesday 3 November 2010 at 3:36 pm NZDT

You might remember not so long ago when the New Zealand government, well a little over a year ago confirmed that as of November 1 2009 it would be illegal to drive while talking on or texting with a hand held mobile phone. Personally I thought this was long overdue. I’ve always had a zero [Read the Rest...]


Take control of your personal data

Posted under General by Kimberly on Saturday 30 October 2010 at 8:20 am NZDT

You may have seen on the news or even online that New Zealand ISP Orcon recently had a failure with it email server recently. Which caused the loss of more than 200 peoples emails, contact and even calendars. Watching the late news last night on TVNZ, I saw a woman from Tauranga who was complaining [Read the Rest...]


2010 Manawatu Fireworks Spectacular

Posted under General by Kimberly on Thursday 28 October 2010 at 1:20 pm NZDT

Last night we headed over to Feilding, for the 2010 Manawatu Fireworks Spectacular at Manfeild raceway. Hard to believe that it’s already so close to Guy Fawkes. Gates opened at 7pm so we headed over about 6:45pm. Paid our $30 admission at the gate, proceeded to find a spot for the evening of entertainment and [Read the Rest...]


Bottled Ghosts for Sale on Trade Me

Posted under General by Kimberly on Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 3:09 pm NZDT

Just when we thought we had seen everything for sale on Trade Me. Someone comes up with another unique item. Trade Me has a listing for 2x Bottled ghosts for sale. Whether this is a technical break of the Trade Me terms and conditions is still unclear. The auction appears to be allowed to run. [Read the Rest...]


Professionalism is lost on some New Zealand businesses

Posted under General by Kimberly on Wednesday 9 December 2009 at 6:04 pm NZDT

Ok, Is it just me or is professionalism lost on some New Zealand companies? I recently saw this re-tweet from Sella regarding Trademe I don’t know about you, But would you deal with a Business that appears to have no professionalism towards their competition. I’m all for competition, but come on Sella. Show some professionalism.


NZ Political Future

Posted under General by Johnny on Tuesday 20 October 2009 at 6:53 pm NZDT

Aha, the government once again makes promises about a vote on MMP, I for one welcome a binding referendum, even though it may take another number of years to happen. I just hope this time they give US the choice of WHAT we vote for, the last time they loaded the dice, and presented only [Read the Rest...]


Real person or Ghost

Posted under General by Kimberly on Monday 19 October 2009 at 4:06 pm NZDT

Ok, I know there are a lot of fakes out there on twitter, Facebook and on other Social media websites. But this one has got to take the cake. “I ghost a couple of CEOs in New Zealand right now,” social marketing consultant Courtney Lambert told a recent conference in Auckland. “I’m not going to [Read the Rest...]


Welcome

Posted under General by Kimberly on Friday 16 October 2009 at 4:03 pm NZDT

Welcome to Blog It Today. A blog for New Zealand opinion and blogs by Kiwi’s. We have “contributor” positions available to post articles to Blog It Today. If you are interested in posting blogs and opinions to Blog It Today, please Contact Us. There is no payment for posting to Blog It Today, but you [Read the Rest...]