Blackwell & Sons Blog

Life Begins When You Start A Garden

December 09, 2019

Life Begins When You Start A Garden. This perfect little Chinese proverb exemplifies the simplicity of gardening pleasure. Millie and...

December 02, 2019

Every year, the world sups its way through 16 billion single-use coffee cups. Check out the zeros: 16,000,000,000. Every. Year....

November 25, 2019

My apron and I are inseparable. I’m at peace with that, in a renaissance-blokey kind of way. It lends a...

November 18, 2019

Who? John Muir died over one hundred years ago, but most historians agree that he was instrumental in the establishment...

November 11, 2019

While summer seems to be conventionally labelled Picnic Season, the truth is that any day worth venturing out in can...

November 03, 2019

Back in April 2018, news broke that the lease on Blackwell and Sons’ perky little cycling lifestyle store on Main...

October 28, 2019

Many of our customers tell us that cycling – for leisure rather than hurtling Lycra-clad towards a finish line –...

January 31, 2019

They look like they’re made out of Gandhi’s legs but (just like the great man), despite appearances, they’re immensely strong,...

January 24, 2019

In a surprisingly bold move, the Ministry for Commerce has responded to urgent calls by owner-operated retailers for a binding...

January 04, 2019

A Brooks genuine leather bicycle saddle and Svetlana, the eastern European masseuse, have quite a lot in common. Your first...

December 21, 2018

Beards and tattoos will be on the wane. Somewhere in the US a tornado will annihilate a trailer park. Politicians...

December 05, 2018

About 20 years ago, a couple of fading sports stars stirred up the New Zealand television establishment with their particular...

November 23, 2018

Greytown’s old Borough Council Chambers have witnessed a lot over the last 126 years. There was a 1905 fracas between...

November 09, 2018

Big-box retailers who shout at you in TV commercials will try to tell you their range of Christmas gifts is...

October 19, 2018

Listen up, corporate communicators. When you assure me that you take my health and safety very seriously and will be...