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Health: Beat fatigue

How can you overcome tiredness, regain energy and put the spring back in your step?

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Apr 11th

Health: The write way to health

Dear diary, keeping you has had surprising benefits ...

6:00 AM Apr 11th

Fashion: Get a handle on the right bag

I have a friend who has been posting on Facebook about an expensive handbag she wants to buy.

6:00 AM Apr 10th
Susan Edmunds

Beauty: Five quick tricks to revamp your look

MAKEUP MAKEOVER: Play up your eyes and lips some fun.

6:00 AM Apr 10th

Recipes

Flatters' one-pot mac, vege and cheese (+recipes)

Flatters' one-pot mac, vege and cheese: Milk, egg...

Creamy chicken and vegetable pie

This is one of my signature dishes, and perhaps...

Cheese judges decide to go Dutch (+recipes)

Dutch-style cheeses topped the recent New Zealand...

15 Minute Meals: Sausage Jambalaya

Jan Bilton has another quick and easy meal for...

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Wine

INTENSE: Yvonne Lorkin is all concentration when she's testing.

Wine: The chosen one

On Tuesday night I stumbled across a programme on FaceTV called the Wine Squad.

Lifestyle
11:21 AM Apr 05th
Yvonne Lorkin

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I think the primary reason people pay more for Bordeaux is based on scarcity, as well as investors bidding French wines up. Since you can put many Bordeaux and Burgundy wines down for years and sell them at a premium later. Also, Bordeaux is always a...

Wine Pine from New Zealand

News of Vidal Estate winemaker Hugh Crichton putting another haul of trophies on display in the games room comes at the same time as news that Vidal Estate's restaurant, New Zealand's oldest winery restaurant, has undergone a snazzy, modern makeover.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 27th

Wine: Vidal's lets in the light

"The way to toast properly" according to 93-year-old Margrit Mondavi, of Robert Mondavi Winery in the Napa Valley, "is to always raise your glass to the right and always look the person in the eye as you toast.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 18th

Wine: Classy glasses of great character

A sudden deluge might ruin what could be the vintage of the century. OH NO.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 13th

Wine: Don't rain on my parade

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Tuki trout off anglers' menu after virus hits

A Hawke's Bay fishing club is refusing to eat...

Editorial: Sponsor finally pulls line in

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Coruba Fishing contestant lands a whopper

The Hawke's Bay Sports Fishing Club's last Coruba...

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Home and garden

Gardening

KILL 'EM: As soon as your lawn's out of drought mode, deal with the weeds that have taken advantage of the dry weather and look forward to a beautiful lawn come spring.

Gardening: Second chance sprouts

I've always been interested in collective nouns. A clowder of cats, a condescension of actors, a rash of dermatologists, a desperation of divorcees ... whether real or made up, they're fascinating and funny.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Apr 07th
Leigh Bramwell

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A Hawke's Bay woman's afternoon of gardening left the landscape looking fine but cost her the sight in one eye for about five days.

News
2:02 PM Apr 03rd

Plant sap leaves blinding sting

Some people have too much time," my mate Pete groaned recently as he was eating his lunch and I was chatting on the phone.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 31st

Gardening: Simple, yet very stylish

There are a few plants I like to have on hand always in my vege garden. I plant them regularly to ensure I'm never caught short.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 24th

Gardening: Slip some spinach into sunny spots

Travel

Travel: Central Otago open for Autumn

As the sun dips on the horizon and the nights draw in, nature is busy recasting our southern vistas in a blaze of gold.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Apr 06th
Mike Yardley

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Cruiseabout has an 18-night cruise on board the Queen Elizabeth.

Lifestyle
11:00 AM Apr 02nd

Hot deals: San Francisco, Vietnam, Sydney, Italy

As the season of mellow fruitfulness starts to take hold, with the promise of crisper days and blazing leaf displays, our great adventure capital of Queenstown is good to go.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 30th

Travel: Serene and welcoming Queenstown

Flight Centre has Sunshine Coast holidays including return airfares to Brisbane flying Air New Zealand and seven nights' accommodation.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 30th

Hot deals: Sunshine Coast, Vanuatu, Tasmania, Asia

Fashion

Ingrid Starnes; Ater dress (Collette lace), $379

Fashion: Choose the colour with a peel

Every so often a season comes along where a colour trend is so glaringly obvious it seems to be everywhere you look. There are a couple of instances of that this winter, one of which is orange.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Apr 03rd
Rosie Dawson-Hewes

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Want super-looking, bright, healthy skin?

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Apr 03rd

Beauty: Eating tips for that healthy complexion

I am really surprised peplums are back for another season.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 27th

Fashion: The frill of the waist

A supermodel figure may be out of reach for most of us, but a flawless, glowing complexion is possible by following their beauty tips.

Lifestyle
6:00 AM Mar 27th

Beauty: Secrets of supermodels

Motoring

Circle the small wagons

Here at Driven, we'd more likely be focused on which brand-new small wagon this thriving business will be buying.

Motoring
6:00 AM Apr 10th
David Linklater

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Newly appointed distributor Sime Darby aims to sell 400 cars this year, which might not sound like much - but would mean a 40 per cent growth over last year.

Motoring
6:00 AM Apr 09th

C4 lacks a little French polish

We're all familiar with that old line about taking a knife to a gunfight. BMW's newest SUV is like taking a blade, a pump action shotgun and Clint Eastwood.

Motoring
6:00 AM Apr 08th

Buckle up and brace for extreme go power

The opening round of this year's New Zealand Rally Championship will herald a few changes in the types of cars fans will see.

Motoring
6:00 AM Apr 07th

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