Slow news or no news

...or just plain can't be arsed going out and finding some real news.

"Barbecues and graffiti on top of Mount Taranaki have outraged Taranaki DOC boss Phil Mohi."

Yet another dose of PC by the keen-to-be-offended brigade.

"The post-race punch-up at Saturday's Lake Hayes A&P Show had blackened the sport's good name, said the president of a lawnmower racers' association looking to take the burgeoning sport nationwide..."

Come on, that would be the first bit of excitement at an A&P show ever!

"A 3.7 magnitude aftershock hit Christchurch this afternoon."

AGAIN...

Complaints are pouring in to Environment Canterbury (ECan) about the insidious stench permeating Timaru streets.

Anybody walking through the town centre yesterday morning had their sense of smell assaulted by the odour, described as rotting fish..."

As if we needed another reason to avoid Timaru.