A plaque at Victoria University where a 40-year-old oak tree once stood.

A reader writes: "Driving on Te Atatu Rd towards the motorway at 5.30pm on Wednesday April 1, I unwittingly drove my car through a white paint spill outside the All Seasons Caltex Station.

Two Gisborne friends believe they have the answer to an age-old question. Also: a 3-year-old's gender expectations confounded, and pet peacock psychology.

Teaching girls and boys about how they are different from a very early age.

Scott Abercrombie took a photo of this sign at the entrance to a property on the Coromandel Peninsula.

New style for Willy Moon to appropriate? Also: Walkie-talkie hijinks, and an incredible life-improving tip to help avoid the Telecom hold music blues.

A dangerous byproduct of inorganics week? Also: what exactly IS whitebait, the speed of progress c1910, and an Easter driving tip.

A man of extraordinary resemblance, an 'isim' mum and a brutal way to get in shape.

Who you gonna call ... bylaw busters! Also: challenging words to rhyme, an unwittingly satirical stock image, and a woman looking for a kiss...

Impractical crockery. Plates shaped like specific dinners. (By Kahla at 5.5 Design Studio)

Going viral is all in a day's work for a couple of Dunedin cops. Also: a wee case for the tenancy tribunal, and some baby names due for a revival.

Expat Kiwi Ananda, living in the United States, tried to use a prepaid postage label to send an Easter care package, picked up by the postie, to her mum.

"I recall the time I discovered slimy slug trails every morning in our hallway," writes Janice.

'Unidentified Guest' identity revealed. Also: reefer madness, toilet loudness, St Patrick's Day samaritans, and the wild world of teenage bedrooms.

Would you like bondage with that? Also: the things you find in teenagers' bedrooms, rebranding fish, and an unconscionably cruel (/ funny) Lotto prank.

An international sportswear retailer who "lovingly liberates haters", tree undies, a doggy pee row in Browns Bay and a poorly designed experiment.

With the cyclone pending, a reader tried to sign up for the Civil Defence phone app ...

A vision of dog appears in a hut door, new glasses to go with your tinfoil hat, the 59-year-old (email) virgin, and the man who mailed himself.

Inorganics for the rich, a selfie sinks tourist vandals and a tweet goes down badly.

A group of body-image activists are circulating an online petition that asks Facebook to remove a "feeling fat" status and emoji from status-update options.

No trailer, no worries. Spotted at Northcote Pt.

Fun police at it again, joggling (not a typo), a stomach-turning 'spice' and Charlie Sheen legless in an op shop...

"Four of us had dinner out west last Thursday night and ordered two pizzas to share," writes Denise. "We found a dead cooked fly on one of them.

New meaning to the phrase 'wherever I lay my hat...', smug South Islanders, and a schoolboy who Dared to Zlatan is told to get a haircut.

Rita noticed the friendly banter going on between these two kea in front of the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at Mt Cook.

This certainly is a handsome table and chairs, but can it live up to the Trade Me listing description?

Confusing road signage, infuriating neighbors, student comebacks and a cheeky slice of ciabatta.