I’m considering buying a electric moped scooter (cost of fuel is ridiculous). I live in a flat town, and most places I go are within a 10 min drive, (often less). I would prefer a removable battery for charging. Any recommendations or things I should consider?

Hi, we’re from the UK and have been travelling through NZ for 2 weeks in a rental car and have absolutely loved it!

However I must say the standard of driving has been slightly shocking compared to what we’ve seen in most of Europe and the USA, especially in Auckland.

Most of the drivers have been great, and obviously in any country there are good and bad drivers, but the issue mainly seemed to stem around drivers here being completely unaware of what’s around them. For example, there were a number of times when we were driving on the highway minding our business and the car in the lane beside would swing across into us, forcing us to brake and honk for them to notice, as if they didn’t even look. Obviously there are bad drivers everywhere, but these situations occurred frequently, maybe even once an hour or so where we needed to take drastic action to avoid a crash.

Another issue we faced was that when merging onto the motorways, the cars in the right hand lane would be going slower than in the middle lane. Where we’re from, it’s understood that the right lane is reserved for cars going the speed limit and if you want to go slower you move over.
We also faced a situation multiple times where the car in front would pull over to the left without warning or indicating and place their hazard blinkers on, as if they were picking somebody up? No warning whatsoever and often would block the lane so we would need to drive around.

Again, most of the drivers we saw were amazing and we loved your country! I just wanted to write a post as the poor standard of driving really stuck out to us for some reason here. Since we were in a rental car it was stressful experiencing these situations which may have contributed to them sticking with us.

Hi!

We're a group of 6 people travelling from Wellington up to Auckland from Christmas onwards, and we're planning to visit cities like Masteron, Taupo, Rotorua and Hamilton during the trip.

However I would to keep our travel plans flexible (i.e. booking accomadation 1-2 days before) so that we may stay a little longer, or leave earlier in the above mentioned cities, but I heard finding accomadation can be hard to find.

Is this really the case?

We have accomadation already locked in at Wellington and Auckland, but I'm wondering more about the smaller towns/cities in between like Masterton, Taupo, and Rotorua.

For the farmer in your life

I just moved into an apartment and the noticed that my allergies were set off big time after a night here. I took of the grate and saw the inside was super dusty. Is this normal? Or should this be cleaned? Also should that be my responsibility or the landlords?

I've been putting 30 dollars of 91 in my car for years and it's still 30 dollars???

From RNZ article:

The Employment Court ruled that five dancers were employees of Calendar Girls when they worked at its Wellington club and if the parties are unable to agree on costs, the plaintiffs had 21 days to lodge their case and Calendar Girls a further 21 days to respond.

Fines for wearing underwear and strict appearance rules: Calendar Girls dancers ruled employees, not contractors. Stuff. October 15, 2026.

‘Hard-earned closure’: Dancers speak out after landmark Calendar Girls ruling. Stuff. October 16, 2026. Last line:

Permanent name suppression remains in place for the five dancers.

Previous articles and posts

• Fired up: Calendar Girls Wellington dancers stripped of jobs after failed collective bargaining attempt. NZ Herald. 16 Feb, 2023. Post.
• Strippers unite to fight for employment rights. Saturday Morning, RNZ. 25 February 2023. Post.
• The strippers fighting for better work rights. The Detail, RNZ. 28 February 2023.
• The 'unchecked power' of strip clubs and the workers pushing back, Stuff. March 25, 2023.
• New Zealand strippers allege exploitation and wage theft. Sunday, 1news. April 2, 2023.
• 'No one should be exploited at work' - Frustrated strippers meet with MPs. RNZ. 4 June 2023. Post.
• Calendar Girls strip clubs forced to take down posts about women involved in employment dispute. NZ Herald. 27 Jul, 2025. Republished by RNZ. Post.
• As there's talk about fines etc. There were some examples of the fines in a 2018 article posted in this sub but not part of this dispute. Post with fines listed in a comment. Article: Two former strippers lose complaint over Calendar Girls' 'unfair dismissal'. Newshub. 26/09/2018. Internet Archive and Stuff.

I've just gotten into learning to ice skate these past few weeks, and hoooooly blisters! Wondering if y'all have any recs for places to buy cheap blister patches in bulk, or cheap/good rolls of hydrocolloid tape? The rate I've been going through them, I can't keep throwing money at Chemist Warehouse.

Prefer NZ based retailers obviously, I'd really rather not buy from Temu etc. Any recs/suggestions welcome

I know nothing about cars, and my 2005 Honda Accord is probably due for a service. I’ve had bad experiences with mechanics before, so I’m thinking of going to a Honda dealership, but I’ve heard they’re pricey. Is it worth it? How much would a full service cost me, estimated? Advice welcomed.

No fault to Olivia Dean, she sounded and put on an amazing show. But western springs was such a poor venue tonight’s

They ran out of wrist bands at the gate and made everyone wait over 15 minutes until they found more and got them to the gate.

Obviously the technical issues were shocking to have 40 minutes of dead concert after it started, with barely any updates (one guy came on and said 5 more mins and it was another 20).

Then the actual crowd control getting out was so bad, roads blocked and no real plan to filter so many people out.

The embankment was horrible too, so far up for so much money is a bit greedy

Hi all, fairly simple but not really. Is there anything we can do to get mental health help for someone else? Said person is not an immediate threat to self or others so doesn't fall into the emergency bucket.

Diagnosis is depression. Has been on stimulant antidepressants which made the anger worse. Sedative antidepressants have been better but not totally.

Gets set off by any little thing, reactive anger is always disproportionate to the problem at hand. Being around this person is like walking on eggshells. I don't think I have seen this person genuinely happy in years, mood varies between extremely low and maybe just above neutral. I strongly feel like the depression diagnosis is either wrong or not the whole picture, but this person is hugely reluctant to acknowledge issues. Is there anything I can do?

Kind of random, but I was given this pin a couple years ago. I know it’s a New Zealand artist, and likely an LGBTQ+ artist, as they were given to my teacher to give to leaders of the schools pride group. Now that I’m running it, I want to find these pins to give to the students and carry on the tradition! Any help is appreciated :)

I am a 26 year old South East Asian woman, I am moving to new Zealand for job opportunities in graphic design and cinematography.

What will my life in New Zealand look like?

What I need to keep in mind before moving?

Edit: I am applying through the Vietnam working holiday scheme

Why is pricing for NW in South Island stores between $3-$6.00 more expensive than the edit: South north Island? How long has the price difference been so big.

I changed location from my South Island location (not remote or anything) to a few North Island locations and my total shop costs me $64 more in the South.

Why!!!?

Do you feel embarrassed buying condoms from supermarket? Or do you buy it somewhere else?