It is that time of the year when everyone, with the exceptions of teachers and occasionally wharf workers at the Port of Auckland, is back at work. 

Welcome to the first Malthouse blog of 2012.  This humble yet faintly endearing blog began way back on 26 August 2008 with the first post appearing under the prescient title of “the constant pursuit of hoppiness.” 

Christmas 2011 is rapidly approaching and for most working people that means slightly awkward office parties,

The 151st Malthouse blog post takes up exactly where the 150th Malthouse blog left off. 

Here are numbers 76 to 150 in the list of 150 compelling reasons to go to the Malthouse.

This is the 150th Malthouse blog post.  To me, such a significant milestone should have been marked by a large tax-free bonus,

Craftily anticipating that the country’s media would be basically forbidden from talking about politics for nearly 24 hours and there wasn’t any real sport on, [1] Malthouse sent out a rare press release on Friday afternoon