Rich fruit cakes improve with age. They're best baked at least one month before enjoying so the flavours mellow and the texture compacts, making the cake easier to cut.

Tauranga's annual Boat Expo and Water Festival is expected to draw a crowd of more than 5000, with the emphasis this year on family-focused fun activities.

Portraits of the future don't always paint the most wonderful of pictures of where we are heading and Brick Mansions is one such example.

Knowing what colours work for you and which don't is one of the most important aspects of good styling, writes Lisa Lyford.

Lucinda Williams walks a fine line vocally between swagger and vulnerability, an approach that is clearly evident on this, her 14th studio album.

Justin Townes Earle occupies a special space with a fusion of musical styles, including country and rockabilly, into what you might call Americana.

Find out how to make estuary summer fish casserole and an apricot galette.

Lisa Lyford answers our readers' questions about personal styling.

History recounts that the first picnics were social events where each guest brought food to share.

Downey jnr plays Hank Palmer, a hot-shot big-city lawyer who has long since cut ties with his family and his corn-belt hometown.

Mr Peabody & Sherman is funny, entertaining and educational, writes Craig Nicholson.

With 18 cookbooks behind her, each containing recipes using just four ingredients, Kim McCosker emphasises that the key to a relatively stress-free life is organisation.

This month, we celebrate NZ cheeses and, in particular, special cheeses such as gouda with fenugreek; cow and goat's milk blend brie; aged maasdam; and buffalo milk mozzarella.