Blog: The Girls' Guide

Blog: Bill Ralston's Media Scrum
Bill Ralston is a long-time journalist and broadcaster. A former head of TVNZ's News & Current Affairs, he now hosts Radio Live's Drive Show and writes media and political commentary for several papers and magazines.

Blog: Eco-Centric
To Matthew and Natalie Cutler-Welsh, 'eco' isn't just a prefix meaning 'going without' - it's about being cool, credible and life-enhancing. It's about doing their best, not just their bit, for the environment. This blog aims to fuel discussion on the way we live our eco-lives.

Blog: Tooned In, with Mike Moreu
Mike Moreu has a passion for using funny pictures to make serious points. His blog is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a professional newspaper artist, adding observations about political cartooning, plus reviews and discussions of everything comics-related.

Blog: On The House
Colin Espiner is the political editor of the Christchurch Press and 2008 Qantas Media Award winner as New Zealand's best political commentator. He blogs on the daily dramas at the heart of government and the lighter side of life with our politicians.

Blog: Inside the Beltway
The Dominion Post's press gallery reporters have a collective 30 years' experience covering politics. From inside the Capital's political circuit, they blog on news, scuttlebutt and commentary.

Blog: Offshore, with Paige Hareb
Paige Hareb is ranked the world's second best professional women's surfer under 20. The Taranaki teenager is on the road 10 months of the year chasing her dream of breaking into the elite 17-women World Championship Tour. Follow her quest on her blog, Offshore.

Blog: Sideline Slogger
Paul Holden's blog echoes the spirit of his beloved Beige Brigade, a patriotic cult that's become a Kiwi bastion of things brown, beige, tongue-in-cheek and tenuously cricket-related.

Blog: Googlies and Grass Stains
Cricket writer Hamish McDouall has watched cricket on five continents and his writing has included a biography of Chris Cairns. He blogs on the sport he loves - the matches, the players, the controversies and the history.

Blog: Hand of God
At Stuff's blog on all things football, you're welcome to join conversations about the beautiful game with other readers and our bloggers Fred Woodcock, a sports reporter for Wellington's Dominion Post, and Adam Brown, a founder of Yellow Fever.

Blog: Show Me The Money
Bernard Hickey is a financial journalist by trade who's also worked in the business world. His blog on business, government and the economy aims to provoke debate and question the consensus.

Blog: Stirring the Pot
Bruce Sheppard is a non-politically correct agent provocateur and founder of the New Zealand Shareholders' Association. An accountant by profession, he is passionate about New Zealand but has no hesitation in exposing its shortcomings.

Blog: Milford Comment
Brian Gaynor, Anthony Quirk and Graeme Thomas are members of funds management firm Milford Asset Management's investment committee. Keen on contributing towards New Zealand's economic development, they comment on business and financial issues.

Blog: Frontline
John Minto is a spokesperson for Global Peace and Justice Auckland and chairs the Quality Public Education Coalition. He's also a Unite Union organiser. Here he writes about business issues from the perspective of workers and the little guys.

Blog: The Hit List
Chris Schulz is Entertainment Editor at Stuff. His blog includes news, views and random thoughts about the entertainment industry. Oh, and top five lists. Did we mention he likes lists?

Blog: About Town
Bridget Saunders is the gossip columnist for the Escape section of the Sunday Star-Times. She blogs at Stuff about relationships, society, fashion and trends and - of course - celebrities.

Blog: Reeling
As chief film reviewer at The Press, Margaret Agnew watched more than 200 films a year and interviewed stars. Now she's preparing to mix movies and motherhood as she steps into the sleep-deprived world of the first-time mum. Are babies the new black?

Blog: Blog on the Tracks
Writer/reviewer Simon Sweetman covers music for The Dominion Post, North And South and TV One's Good Morning show. He cares far too much about music and the list of bands he loves is far longer than the list of groups he has shown no love.

Blog: Game Junkie
Gerard Campbell, chief video game reviewer for The Press, has been playing video games for what seems like forever. He still remembers when he had to load games for his Sinclair ZX Spectrum from a tape player. Gerard blogs on events in the gaming industry.

The Volunteers
Stuff.co.nz has teamed up with start-up band The Volunteers to take their music - and their story - to the world. In a first for the New Zealand media and music industries, the birth of The Volunteers is chronicled weekly in a mash-up of documentary footage and animation.

Blog: The Girls' Guide
Jane Yee has a great job amid media glamour. But she's also a pretty average New Zealand girl, with a student loan and too many shoes. She blogs on all the things that make up a twentysomething's life.

Blog: Drivetalk
Dave Moore is Group Motoring Editor for Fairfax Media New Zealand and his work appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. Dave is also a regular radio motoring pundit and is the current Qantas transport columnist of the year. He blogs on all things automotive.

Blog: The Lost Boys
Thirtysomething and close to their mothers, Nick Churchouse and Lane Nichols are the lost boys, unsure of their place in the world but struggling to make it. Follow their pursuit of marriage, mortgage and man-cubs.

Blog: Are We There Yet?
Ann Aitken Worth lives an urban life just like that of thousands of other young New Zealand women. But then there's her other life as a recreational triathlete - all about sweat, pain and the eternal search for a pair of flattering running shorts.

Blog: M(o)use Droppings
Simon Vita is a renaissance man who likes to keep his fingers in a lot of pies. That's to say he has mucho of energy to channel into a variety of interests or put more simply he's probably got adult ADHD.

Blog: Moata's Blog Idle
Moata Tamaira, Stuff's Blog Idol winner, is a librarian with a black-belt in sarcasm who's been meaning to get one in procrastination too but always ends up watching TV instead. Her blog is an unholy mash-up of whimsy, cynicism and wry observation.

Blog: Greer 2.0
Bridget Jones kept a diary - but that's so '90s. The Dominion Post's online issues reporter, Greer McDonald, blogs on single life in the capital city and her even-more-active virtual social life on the internet.

Blog: Growing Up With Cancer
In June 2007, a fortnight before she turned four, Bianca White was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. This blog is about Bianca, her treatment and her courage, as well as how her family copes.

Blog: Stick Figure
Accident-prone cartoonist Al Nisbet likens his 49-year-old body to a rusty old Morris Minor - difficult to keep on the road. Now he's making some changes. Join Al on a meal/weight loss plan odyssey that may, or may not, involve giving up bourbon.

Blog: Cool Kit
Reuben Schwarz writes about technology, gadgets and other geeky things for Stuff.co.nz and The Dominion Post. His Cool Kit blog rounds up the neatest and weirdest gadgets, toys, websites and video oddstuff he can dig up on the Web.