Bruce Pitchers began his career writing about pop culture, before spending a decade in sports journalism. More recently, he’s applied his writing and editing skills to the world of finance. Prior to Canstar, he freelanced for The Australian Financial Review and the NZ Financial Markets Authority.
Posted by September 3rd 2020
Summertime and the grilling is easy! Nothing says it's summer like the sizzle of a snarler and the smell of BBQ smoke on the breeze. But while the basic combination of meat + flame has …
Posted by October 22nd 2020
Mobile data brings the wide world of the internet to your smartphone, from casual browsing, to accessing emails and social media, video calling, and video and music streaming. However, data costs can quickly add up, …
Posted by August 4th 2020
New Zealand cloud-based accounting software company Xero has once again proven itself the most popular provider for small businesses, winning Canstar’s award for the second year in a row. In Canstar’s survey, the global innovator won …
Posted by September 3rd 2020
If there's one defining sound of the suburbs, it's the drone of lawnmowers on a weekend. Yes, the quarter-acre section has been subdivided to near extinction in most big cities. However, most homeowners still have …
Posted by August 4th 2021
Once upon a time, a mobile phone was a mobile phone. You could call your mum, your gran, your friends, play a sneaky game of Snake, but that was it. The first big change was …
Posted by June 19th 2020
Author: Martin Kovaks It's time to plug-in, and turn on to an exciting electric future. Over the coming years, a range of innovative, new technologies are poised to drive NZ's transition to a low-carbon economy, with …
Posted by June 18th 2020
From putting on an extra layer – rather than cranking up the heat – to turning off lights and choosing the energy-saving option, Kiwis do want to save on electricity costs in their homes. It’s …
Posted by July 16th 2020
Food, warmth and shelter, for our ancient forebears, they were the essentials of life. For the modern generation, we must add mobile phones to the list. Most of us now rely on our phones not …
Posted by May 25th 2020
If we’ve learned one thing from the global pandemic, weeks of lockdown and heightened economic stress, it’s that we’ve taken supermarkets for granted. Before COVID-19, supermarket shopping was just another unavoidable part of the weekly routine, …
Posted by June 3rd 2020
Most Kiwi households own a car, but there are still times when a hire car comes in handy. If you jet off on holiday to somewhere like Queenstown, you’ll need a set of wheels to …