I’ve been looking for a house to buy in Dunedin for a year and a-half and, boy, have I seen some s...holes in that time, writes Lisa Scott.
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I see when I open my eyes is Mopanui.
Was today the day we got the country back on track? Let me know. I want to remember what I was doing when it happened.
Lisa Scott gets some training in before tackling a Great Walk.
Family is a weave of people who know you.
Being single is fun, unless you’re trying to start the chainsaw.
They say travelling together is the best test of any relationship, but I don’t see why there needs to be a test. A relationship is a pass/fail situation, surely, writes Lisa Scott.
The daughter of US musician Taj Mahal, Deva Mahal was born with blues in her blood. She created a timeless classic sound for the future, she tells Lisa Scott.
My New Year’s resolution was to go vegetarian.
Sometimes, if people won’t make a path for you, you have to bash one for yourself, writes Lisa Scott.
"Property investor" sounds great, doesn’t it? Better than "reluctant landlord", which is the truth of the matter, writes Lisa Scott.
Lisa Scott goes in search of the healing power of the bovine cuddle.
Want to know what success looks like in New Zealand right now?
Why are Wanaka people (the ones who live there all the time and own a house) miserable as sin? Lisa Scott wonders.
I’m getting used to the morning commute, but I will say the old bed-to-dining-table-in-Uggs route did have a certain ease and simplicity, writes Lisa Scott.
A feeling of friendship and companionship in the workplace makes a big difference.
After five years away, Lisa Scott's returning to her home town Dunedin.
I’m cleaning the toilet an awful lot. There isn’t a weed in the garden and the bed is always made, writes Lisa Scott.
Time to embrace my whakapapa - however grey and dull and prone to colonising it might be, writes Lisa Scott.
Well, I really picked the worst time to have a rip-snortingly good Christmas holiday, writes Lisa Scott.