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Let's Eat: A hidden backstreet treasure
I'm not sure that regular customers of this excellent eatery will appreciate having attention drawn to it. Tucked away as…
Book lover: Paul Ego
The book I love most is ... If we're talking thrillers then The Edmonds Cookery Book and if we're talking beautiful…
After a glass of wine
Relaxing in bed with a book and a glass of chardonnay - or two - has always felt like a fairly tame indulgence, but reading…
Best five craft beers
I can't believe that it's Christmas again. Really, I have no idea where the last 12 months have gone and, tempting as it…
Health & Wellbeing
Consumer watch: Low-cost screens get a big tick
Three inexpensive sunscreens sold in supermarkets have come out tops in Consumer NZ testing.
Life & Style
Design: My birthmas list
Ben Crawford's ideas for stylish design presents you can gift to loved ones (or yourself).
Christmas elves
Danielle Wright meets the people behind the businesses swapping the silly season for their busy season.
Stash the goodies up high
Last week I showed you how to build a rustic-style bar for your man cave. You should have plenty of time to knock it up…
My happy place: Santa Claus
There are so many happy places in this great world of ours, but for me there's nothing happier than when I'm on my sleigh…
The season for jolly junk mail
That Christmas comes but once a year is unarguable and also irrelevant now that early on-sale dates…
Harbourside, Auckland CBD
Revamping one of Auckland's best-known restaurants, familiar to thousands of customers for years and housed on the first…
Wine: Summertime sipping
John Hawkesby rounds up his top 10 wines for the sunny season.
Babies: Smarter than we think
Cognitive development research is, like its subjects, still in its infancy, but it seems that our tiny tots are a lot smarter…
Lights, Santa, Action!
Stocked up with Santa hats, blankets and hot chocolates, we brave the wet weather for a Christmas Lights tour of Auckland…
Tongue and Groove cafe
Life & Style Archives
When the need for a catch-up with friends strikes, it's good to have a reliable local cafe to head to…
Life & Style comment
All sorts of sugar in rainbow sweet treats
It's Christmas and that means our supermarkets fill… More
Happy relationship = better body image (+other women's studies)
Rebecca Kamm shares the latest in ladies' studies… More
What the @#$% did you say?
You hear it in the streets. You hear it on the television… More
Food & Wine
James Griffin: The Griffin awards
It is that time of the year, the last column of the year, where I get to be more than a little bit self-indulgent with what…
Relationships
Female Viagra drug may never happen (+video)
The 15-year search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock.
Books
Sport: The write stuff to buy
Sports books are a great Christmas buy. Andrew Alderson and Dylan Cleaver, two great devourers of the genre, offer 11 good…
Viva Magazine
The Daily Gift: Very fashionable lingerie
Pretty underpinnings with a fashionable bent will earn extra brownie points this Christmas.
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Fashion & Beauty
'Mandela shirts' in high demand since leader's death
Pathe Ouedraogo can barely keep up with demand for his "Mandela shirts" since Nelson Mandela died.
Design & Garden
NZ's 'patch of Eden'
One of New Zealand's most famous gardens has featured in the Wall Street Journal, with its creator described as the 'first…