Hits and Memories with Nic

Tune in 10-12 weekdays for Hits and Memories - a mix of all the old stuff you know and love mixed in with new stuff you'll come to love. Nic will give you all the latest info on Southland events, spin a few yarns and update you with the latest Hollywood goss! If you need to get hold of Nic, especially if you have a community notice you would like to be aired, email her by clicking here

I'm a sucker for cute stuff...

I just can't help it! I see these things and I just have to share them with you! So cute I nearly cried...

Head along to stuff.co.nz for more cool photos from around the world (The koala photo is even cuter so keep clicking through!).

Things could always be worse...

We may have been having some pretty junk weather - but it's nothing compared to what's going on overseas. Check out this huge sinkhole caused by torrential rain in Guatemala!

I guarantee you'll laugh!

Watch his wife's face! Classic!

Had a few too many??

Looks like New Zealand isn't the only place with an out of control drinking culture...

Lady GaGa - The Ballet

Below is the video of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's take on what Lady GaGa would like if she was a piece of Ballet choreography! This video is gaining attention around the world. Go NZ! (55,000 views and counting!)

Entrées for Cats

Has the world gone mad!? Check out this link for a bit of a laugh!

Spider Pig is so last year - take a look at Sheep Pig!

I swear this is a pig! Click here to find out the full story!

Sound familiar...?

Here are some of the best bits from an email I recieved yester day, entitled Random Funny thoughts of 20-40 year olds. I must admit that there were several on here that I could definitely identify with! How about you?

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

Have you ever been walking down the street and realised that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.

Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realise I had no idea what on earth was going on when I first saw it.

I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually  becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it. (I am so so SO guilty of this one!)

How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Trousers ? Trousers never get dirty; you can wear them forever.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories.

Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning that just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem ...

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

Come on everybody - it's time to go awwwww

My little sister has been here this week and I'm sort of ashamed to say we spent the afternoon one day just looking at cute cats on Youtube! Here are some of my favourites.

The top 10 cutest Youtube cat moments

Ridiculously cute cat being fed with chopsticks...

Move over Susan Boyle

We were shocked when THAT voice came out of a frumpy middle aged woman with caterpillar eyebrows... this 24 year old Taiwanese man may be a bit chubby and have a terrible haircut - but here is yet another reason to believe the old saying "never judge a book by it's cover!"

Ummmmm....?

Not what her Kindy teacher meant when she thought little Xiaoyan needed to participate in some extra curricular activities!?

Xiaoyan is a tightrope artist with the Jiangxi Elite Children Arts Troupe. There has been outrage in China that the 3 year old was made to walk a tightrope above six hungry Siberian tigers. many are saying that the practice is child abuse but the Troupe and the Zoo where the trick was performed have insisted that it was completely safe.

Something you can see your 3 year old doing? ...Maybe not!

Nicoblah

Minegate - March 24

Well everybody's talking about it... to mine or not to mine? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to mine and recieve the economical boost of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of diggers and by opposing them save our eco-systems...

Ok I will stop murdering Shakespeare now. But you get my point. This mining business is what one would call a dirty big double-edged sword.

On one side you have one half of our politicians; the "lefties," the conservationists, the residents of the proposed mining sites. Their argument? Not on our land. And you can see why. Tourism and our clean green image is how the world best knows New Zealand (well apart from Lord of the Rings and a weird accent).

On the other side you have our right wing government, mining experts and people who who are all for the economic growth this venture should promote. They want to get in there. Get some sweet minerals and give New Zealand a different type of green.

Then, to continue with the metaphor, you have everyone else precariously perched on the handle of the sword. I am definitely parked up here. We're unable or unwilling to make a firm decision. We either don't care enough or we're just too lily-livered to take a strong stand.

You can be forgiven for being confused, especially if you watched the news last night - the top story considered the country's disgust about this questionable practice. National MPs were berated and hounded, and there were plenty to speak against them; hoardes of angry environmentalists, residents and even a national politician who obviously wants to retain her seat next time round. I, like many others, felt their outrage. How dare they destroy our precious landscapes!? The images of the gaping hole smack bang in the middle of Waihi just reinforced this.

But then, if you stuck around for another 20 minutes or so, we were finally delivered the other side of the story. Mining experts tried to explain the unobtrusive underground mining techniques that would be employed to harvest our country's untapped wealth. I smell some sneaky sensationalism...

But now - what to think!? The more I look into this and the more I read about it, the more undecided I become. What about you? Are you, along with me, putting this in the 'too hard' basket, or have you got an opinion? Email me on nicolah @ radionetwork.co.nz or by clicking here