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Monique Fiso in her restaurant, Hiakai, in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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This Kiwi restaurant is booked until next year. Is it worth the hype?

21 Oct, 2019 4:34pm

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Going with the Flow. The talent show genre becomes cool.

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Takin' a snoop at a hip new talent show

19 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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Calum Henderson reviews Rhythm + Flow on Netflix - does it get a good rap?

A young boy is confused while searching for his lunchbox at school but what about the confusion experienced by those making the lunch? Photo / Josef Scaylea/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

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School lunches ain't what they used to be

19 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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School lunches represent our changing society, not necessarily in a good way.

Scarlett Johansson stars in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. Photo / Getty Images

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Scarlett Johansson on President Trump: "He has such a humungous impact globally and it's scary"

19 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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Scarlett Johansson: I've experienced anti-Semitism - and it's getting worse.

Aga Rojewska, world champion barista, spills her secrets on making the perfect cup of coffee. Photo / Alex Burton

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How to make a perfect coffee: Secrets from a world champ

19 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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A humble teaspoon might be your secret weapon to the ultimate caffeine hit.

Mike Minogue, pictured with Paranormal co-star Karen O'Leary, shares his thoughts on envy, anger and unfortunate nicknames.

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Paranormal star Mike Minogue on the one thing that makes him (and thousands of others) angry

19 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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Paranormal's Mike Minogue on the common household frustration that makes his blood boil.

An encounter with a dog gets Ashleigh Young thinking about unexpected turning points.

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Ashleigh Young comes face to face with the unexpected

19 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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Ashleigh Young asks in the face of disaster, do we find our truth selves?

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Who makes the best sandwiches in Auckland? Meet the masters

19 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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What killed Clooney? Auckland's sexiest restaurant has shut

19 Oct, 2019 5:00am
15 minutes to read

Zombieland: Double Tap is a low-stakes horror-comedy which doesn't work 10 years after the original, says Canvas film reviewer Tom Augustine.

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What's the expiry date on a film?

19 Oct, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Tom Augustine picks the weekend in film - a horror-comedy or friendship drama with bite?

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Takeout review: Sal's pizza

17 Oct, 2019 9:32am
2 minutes to read

Greg Fleming gets New york takeout pizza from Sal's

Megan Phelps-Roper, once the social media voice of Westboro Baptist Church, has written a book about leaving her religion. Photo / Michelle Wray

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Quitting Westboro and the power of Lorde

12 Oct, 2019 10:00am
16 minutes to read

An exclusive interview with the granddaughter of the "most hated family in America".

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Must-visit: Byron Bay, the hippie enclave turned wellness haven

23 Oct, 2019 6:15am

Byron Bay is fast-becoming one of the world's ultimate wellness destinations.

Restaurant review: The best mall food you've ever eaten

23 Oct, 2019 6:00am

Jesse Mulligan ventures to the rooftop of Westfield Newmarket to try this new opening.

Stay stylish and sun-safe with this season's hottest hats

22 Oct, 2019 5:55pm

Here are the best summer hats to buy right now.

Local Focus: First beer fest for Whanganui (since anyone can remember)

22 Oct, 2019 5:10pm

River City Beer Festival a success. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Photographic exhibition traces NZ's botanical history

21 Oct, 2019 1:45pm

'Case Studies' digs up New Zealand's history of introduced botanicals.

NZ wines win big at global competition

21 Oct, 2019 8:00am

NZ wine beats world contenders at the prestigious International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Inside a charming Waiheke cottage owned by a music industry couple

20 Oct, 2019 6:30am

he house, a 1950s-style wooden charmer, was originally built in Howick.

How to make flavoured seaweed & sesame butter

20 Oct, 2019 5:45am

Enjoy a dollop of umami flavour with this irresistible whipped seaweed and sesame butter.

Top festival tips, according to these local music acts

19 Oct, 2019 6:00am

Get into the festival spirit with these fun tips from local artists.

Pull up a pew. Conch Kitchen and Bar, Ponsonby, Auckland. Photo / Getty Images

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Chocolate, chicken and chillis - comfort food from Conch Kitchen

12 Oct, 2019 9:00am
4 minutes to read

Because the best home-cooked dinner is the one you didn't cook at your home.

Anthonie Tonnon on the crowds, the spaces and the etiquette of turning up on time to a concert. Photo / supplied

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The politics of performance - a musician's point of view

12 Oct, 2019 7:00am
7 minutes to read

Was it the '81 tour? Musician Anthonie Tonnon on divisions between sports and music bars.

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Local Focus: First beer fest for Whanganui (since anyone can remember)

River City Beer Festival a success. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Basil, pistachio nut torchiette pasta

This simple, colourful dish is the perfect share plate for spring.

Prawn, lemongrass, coconut and chilli fried rice

This meal is one you can get on the table in less than 15 minutes.

Annabel Langbein's homemade chipotle mayo

Serve this as a dip with corn chips or use as a salad dressing or on a chicken burger.

Coconut prawn soup

Thai spices like chilli, galangal and lengrass made this creamy prawn soup very special.

BBQ Japanese meat skewers

These BBQ meat skewers in a Japanese marinade are inspired by traditional yakitori.

Tzatziki-style cucumber, yoghurt and dill dip

Such a gloriously easy and tasty dip, you almost need an excuse NOT to make it.

Bang bang chicken salad

Embrace lighter eating as the weather warms with this easy Asian-inspired chicken salad.

10 delicious ways to cook with cheese

Celebrate NZ Cheese Month with some of our favourite ways to use it in the kitchen.

Blue cheese clouds with crisp oat crumble

This unusual dish puts blue cheese in your dessert and the results are yum.

Blue cheese quesadillas

This tangy twist on the Mexican quesadilla makes a great snack or finger food.

Three-cheese rolls

Ricotta is paired with a punchy aged cheddar or gruyere in these moreish rolls.

Debbie Harry, performing with Blondie at the Osheaga Music and Art Festival in Montreal, Canada last year. Photo / Mark Horton / Getty Images

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Atomic Blondie: Debbie Harry - rock goddess

5 Oct, 2019 7:00am
11 minutes to read

New York Times: The pin-up of punk Blondie's Debbie Harry about her new memoir.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Platt star in The Politician.

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The Politician: don't believe the spin

5 Oct, 2019 7:00am
3 minutes to read

Calum Henderson reviews the Netflix original series, The Politician.

Joaquin Phoenix in The Joker. Photo / supplied.

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Joker is inconsistent, bleakly reductive and ought not to inspire this much talk

5 Oct, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Joker is a largely uninspired riff on the clown prince of crime and ideologically empty.

Arlo Gibson, Comfrey Sanders, Ella Becroft and Hannah Lynch in rehearsals for Owls Do Cry. Photo / Andi Crown

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Playing with a classic - Janet Frame's Owls Do Cry swoops onto the stage

5 Oct, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Janet Frame's literary masterpiece Owls Do Cry now a world-first stage production.

Exploring the jungles of Fiji can be a great adventure but be warned, the dangers are real. Photo / Getty Images

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Bloody trip to cave of the cannibals

5 Oct, 2019 5:00am
8 minutes to read

A trek through Fijian jungle to cannibal caves ends in bloodshed.

A waka taua (war canoe) with finely carved taurapa (sternpost) and tauihu (prow), 1773 by Sydney Parkinson. Photo / Auckland Museum Collection

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Great southern tale - Endeavour's forgotten hero

5 Oct, 2019 5:00am
14 minutes to read

Auckland Museum leads the way with new adventures in New Zealand history.

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Photo / Getty Images

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Paltrow on anger, teens and marriage

28 Sep, 2019 7:00am
5 minutes to read

Gwyneth Paltrow defends Goop as she prepares to get political.

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The hitchhikers' guide to taking a gamble

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
11 minutes to read

Thanks for the ride - Graeme Hill on his adventures from north to south, thumbs out.

Give peace a chance? Yes, please, says Steve Braunias.

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Steve Braunias on breaking out of a war-torn state

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Why joy, delight, pleasure, excitement, happiness and contentment don't compare to peace.

Sophie McDonnell's arrangement provokes thoughts about what belongs where. Photo / Alex Burton

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The macabre, the beautiful and the ever so slightly creepy - inside Auckland's most deathly art exhibition of the year

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

At historic Highwic House, death stalks corridors and rooms most artfully.

Louis Theroux is soon to release a memoir, Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television. Photo / Andy Lo Po

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So, who is the true Theroux?

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
15 minutes to read

Louis Theroux is more used to putting others in the spotlight, but now it's his turn.

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Trish Peng: Saying no to overly-sexy brides

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

NZ designer not afraid to say "I don't" to brides looking for va-va-voom in a dress.

Bill Gates shows his real genius in getting viewers to watch a doco about solving the world's sanitation problems.

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How Bill Gates tricks us into watching a doco about his good works

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Sucked in by the title, Calum Henderson goes into Bill Gates' brain and finds ... toilets.

Callum Freeman, left, and Gorjan Markovski of the Academy Cinema in Lorne St, are taking movie fans back to the future. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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Let's do the time warp again - the classic films coming to a cinema near you

28 Sep, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

For film lovers, everything old is new again.

Espresso brewed with Supreme Coffee and hazelnut milk ($5), Ploughman's sammy ($17) and raspberry jam doughnut ($5).

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Bread lovers' jaws will drop

21 Sep, 2019 9:57am
2 minutes to read

A whiff of freshly baked bread hits you as soon as the doors swing open...

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Rose Matafeo on Taskmaster is a proud moment for the nation

21 Sep, 2019 8:09am
3 minutes to read

Calum Henderson on why Rose Matafeo is a classic Kiwi world-beater.

Tough critics - Colin Fassnidge (left) and Judith Tabron host and judge My Restaurant Rules premiering on September 30. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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One restaurant to rule them all? It could be in Waiōuru .

21 Sep, 2019 8:00am
11 minutes to read

MKR spin-off puts Kiwi chefs under the grill. But what makes a good restaurant?

Feijoa clafoutis with pistachio custard at One Tree Grill, Epsom. Photo / Getty

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$25 for five carrots? Only in Epsom

21 Sep, 2019 7:01am
4 minutes to read

"I counted five carrots and one restaurateur laughing all the way to the bank."

Greg Bruce at work as a DJ. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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Ten-day DJ: Greg Bruce desecrates Brooklyn's temple of turntablism

21 Sep, 2019 7:00am
13 minutes to read

A few days before his first ever DJ set, in New York City, Greg Bruce learns to DJ.

A new bylaw should rule that roads are lit up at night in accordance to the SkyTower theme. Photo / Michael Craig.

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Bye, laws - hello lol laws

21 Sep, 2019 7:00am
9 minutes to read

Ruth Spencer on bylaws that the council should implement immediately.

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Anti-violence campaigner: 'young people want to know about good sex'

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Anti-violence campaigner Richie Hardcore on the sex messages young people need to hear.

Being a good neighbour means keeping your distance. Photo / Getty Images

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Love thy neighbour - or is it better to keep your distance?

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Ashleigh Young on whether you can truly love your neighbours.

The view of Menton from Le Cimetiere du Vieux Chateau, where William Webb Ellis is buried. Photo / Getty Images.

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Game on - Webb Ellis, Mansfield and the French town where you'll find them both

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
11 minutes to read

Author Paula Morris discovers the French town where fans of literature and rugby meet.

Sarah Foster-Sproull has been dancing since she was 6, now she's choreographing the World of Wearable Arts show.

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The Kiwi choreographer taking risks to make life WOW

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

The Kiwi choreographer who's got the biggest gig in NZ dance on why taking risks is good.

Nicole Kidman attends The Goldfinch premiere during the 2019 Toronto Film Festival. Photo / WireImage

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Nicole Kidman admits seeing her age on screen scared her kids

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

They called me storky: Nicole Kidman on being teased about her height and how she coped.

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Irish writer Liz Nugent's character building life

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
7 minutes to read

How award-winning Irish crime writer Liz Nugent turned childhood tragedy into a triumph.

The Abbey Road album turns 50 today, September 21.

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Simon Wilson: Abbey Road is 50 years old and what does that mean?

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
11 minutes to read

The Beatles' Abbey Road is 50 this week. Wait, what just happened?

Brad Pitt stares into the abyss in Ad Astra. Photo / Twentieth Century Fox

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Brad Pitt 'fascinatingly restrained' in latest space odyssey

21 Sep, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Tom Augustine reviews the latest in movie releases for the weekend.

Designer Stella McCartney has a message for the fashion industry. Photo / Getty Images

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Moral fibre - Stella McCartney and the climate crisis

20 Sep, 2019 7:00pm
8 minutes to read

Stella McCartney sends an impassioned letter to the fashion industry.

The secret garden, at Maloca at the Shelter. Photo / New Zealand Herald photograph by Michael Craig

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Give me shelter at Maloca

14 Sep, 2019 8:24am
4 minutes to read

Bella Williams reviews Maloca Cafe in Ponsonby

Three of the world's six species of great albatross are found in New Zealand. Photo / Edin Whitehead

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One in the hand: Bird photographer shares stories behind rare shots

14 Sep, 2019 8:00am
17 minutes to read

Wings of desire: New Zealand birds like you've never seen them before.

Japanese Lantern Street Bar - so good that restaurant reviewer Kim Knight is already planning her next visit. Photo / Fiona Goodall / Getty Images

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Reviewed: Sake cocktails and the best mushrooms in Auckland

14 Sep, 2019 8:00am
4 minutes to read

Japanese street food comes to Kingsland and it's yum yum, writes Kim Knight.

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Rugby - caught in the Webb

14 Sep, 2019 7:00am
3 minutes to read

Calum Henderson reviews The Story of Rugby, just in time for the RWC.

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Calling it: Scotty Stevenson on rugby, misogyny and the importance of te reo

14 Sep, 2019 7:00am
12 minutes to read

A new voice will be calling All Blacks matches at the RWC. What difference will he make?

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Women tied to the rules, in any class - Julian Fellowes

14 Sep, 2019 7:00am
5 minutes to read

MIchele Manelis talks to Julian Fellowes about taking Downton Abbey to the big screen.

Rima Te Wiata's latest role sees her starring in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

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Rima Te Wiata's surprise admission: "I find it easier to write than to speak"

14 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Rima Te Wiata on lust, letters and longing for a scone.

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