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“We were dressed as ‘Scrabble’ and asked to have a photo with the police,” says Nikki. “They had no idea what we spelt”…

Whether you’re missing Paul Henry or just missing hatin’ on him you might want to take a look at this NZ On Screen clip from 80s game show Every Second Counts…

Massive double take… Is one of the infamous David Bain jerseys starring in this music video by North Shore Pony Club?…

Lager Giveaway: Monteith’s are offering Spare Room readers a chance to sample their Single Source lager — a new brew which can trace its hops and barley back to a single source. The idea is to create a beer that’s traceable and true to the land it came from — in this case the barley is from Rakaia and the hops are from Motueka. What? A new beer with no macho-marketing?

We have a dozen Monteith’s Single Source lager to give away to five lucky readers…

Remember this 1980s ad for a bygone technology? This Kiwi classic for BASF cassette tapes used a catchy tune performed by NZ jingle king (and former member of The Underdogs) Murray Grindlay and ad industry diva Jacqui Fitzgerald — an adaptation of the 1953 Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky hit “A Dear John Letter”. Pioneering NZ filmmaker Tony Williams directed, creating a Korean War/M*A*S*H* setting and using a Wellington quarry as a stand-in…