GUEST BLOGGER: 7 super-romantic Valentine’s Day gestures that’ll mark you as truly original.

So it’s Valentine’s Day next week and all over Ponsonby—and maybe a couple of other parts of New Zealand, even—Kiwi men will be googling bargain bouquets of roses, best Champagne buys and last-minute motel rooms. Yes, competition is hotting up and it’s time to face up to a sad commercial truth: our long-established, strong-silent-type routine [...]

BREAKFAST Nov 17th: Dating tips for men

Lots of magazines talk about what women need to do, but what about dating tips for men?
Today I spoke on Breakfast with Paul Henry- and you can watch me in action here.
For a more full version of what we spoke about read on…
 Kiwi men, charming and lovely as you are, are sometimes not the best [...]

GIVEAWAY: Win a copy of my book Mountain Men

I know I’m best known for Eighty Eight Dates- but I wrote a couple of others before that.
Mountain Men is the most beautiful book I’d ever written and I loved researching it- talking to strong, taciturn and lovely old men from New Zealand’s High Country. I have such a respect for the men in this [...]

Shining a light on Domestic Violence

For a long time I’ve wanted to help people who find themselves in domestically abusive relationships. I say abusive rather than violent as we tend to think of violence as something that is just punches, blows and kicks. However abuse can be emotional, spiritual (using faith as an excuse to treat someone badly), or economic [...]

Guest blogger: Will Conley: Love in the 21st Century

I love this. Besides the fact I have a wee cyber crush on Will (harmless Will I PROMISE!) I find this is an awesome three minute summary of what dating is like in a modern age.
Completely worth viewing!
 
 

GUEST BLOGGER: Jason Moffatt on how to pick up chicks quick

 
I met Jason Moffatt on the Warrior Forum, an internet marketing website a while back- he’s now got a great long term girlfriend but he recorded this a few years ago when given the challenge- what to do if you only had an hour to find a hot date.
I love his approach- in fact I’d [...]

Why Skinny White Guys Join Rock Bands

It has been many years since I last rocked up to perform on stage on front of a live audience, but a recent outing to see a mate of mine play a gig downtown reminded me exactly why I was once motivated to do so myself (and why I might take it up again).
Late [...]

Guest Blogger: Will Conley on how to talk to women

I met Will on twitter- we’ve never physically met but I enjoy his humour and take on things. He’s kindly offered to make some dating videos for me sharing some if his viewpoints- and this is his first one.
I love it- there is a certain amount of truth in the fact that you always get what [...]

Guest Columnist Hamish McBrearty: Giving it up too fast

So youʼve just met a wonderful guy, thereʼs sparks flying between you and you think he has serious boyfriend potential but now youʼre stuck in a tug of war between your body, which says, “Jump him! Jump him now!”, and your head which is telling you that heʼll lose interest if you give it up [...]