Charity collectors

Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz on the on-street collectors packing clipboards and hoping to sign you up for the long term.

The Viewmaster

The binocular-style viewer giving us a view of the world for 70 years. Games correspondent Tim Walsh had one!

Bits and bytes

Peter Griffin's been using the on-line energy retailer Powershop. Plus Telecom's new mobile network launches on 1 June.

Time-banking

Founder Edgar Cahn on the cashless community work exchange and New Zealand's first and only time-bank in Lyttleton.

Bees 16: Varroa Treatment

Bee mentor David Carleton sorts out the hive for winter.

Robobusiness

Tech journo Peter Nowak's just been at one of the big events in the robot industry calendar in Boston.