Ain't that the truth ... this Trade Me listing for a Torbay property tells it like it is for Auckland's first-home buyers.

Melissa had just bought her son an Elmo toy and as she passed Takapuna Bar she realised they had broken all the rules.

Officials at Beijing's Forbidden City have a policy of keeping about 200 cats at the imperial palace complex to keep rats and vermin away from the cultural relics.

Nice nod to The Hobbit in a headline.

Coolest way to announce a pregnancy.

Dogs considering antisocial behaviour at Maraetai need to be literate, it seems.

I find a soft-spoken man sexy as hell. For me, someone who doesn't talk just to fill the silence is incredibly attractive, writes a reader.

Wide load spotted on Arthurs Pass on its way to Greymouth. (Snapped by Emma)

You no longer need a library in the loo, you can surf the net and when the crux of the matter comes, you use your Phone Hanger.

The Sartorialist fashion blog published a picture of a homeless man in New York and called it "Not giving up".

Sports Illustrated likes bikini models, but sportswomen aren't so popular.

"Are there any guidelines for the level of gruesomeness of the details appropriate for radio broadcast?" writes a reader from Pakuranga.

Film-makers are reportedly using vertical stretching technology to digitally make women taller and thinner.

Women in Tokyo are threatening a sex boycott against any man who votes for the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election.

The US military has developed a pizza that lasts three years.

Debbie saw this driving down the motorway on Saturday morning.

A reader writes: "I was in Marlborough two weeks ago and so, of course, went to a few wineries.

Margaret from Titirangi spotted this funny cardboard sign that was added to their roadside marketing board at work yesterday morning.

A Reddit user asked the question: "What's the biggest elephant in the room about living in NZ as a foreigner?"

Susan thought she had just bought a flesh-toned bra with tiny diamante sparkles - but it is so much more, as she learned from the tag.

A reader writes: "Looks like the cockerel that lived at the Cutty Grass Track car park on Scenic Drive in the Waitakere Ranges for the past seven years has been killed by a dog.

Find out how the Daily Mail reported New zealand's latest earthquake on today's Sideswipe.

In Perth, Australia, two cops are on trial for assaulting a man by repeatedly tasering him.

I thought it would fit if I took the wheels off. Snapped outside a Rotorua shop by Ron Heydon.