LifestyleWomad 2017: Marlon Williams joins line-upWith only two unused pages in his passport a sojourn back in New Zealand is rather timely for Lyttelton's favourite international 20 Nov 06:00 PM
Northern AdvocateCelebrating lives of premature babiesFrom a tiny premature baby who spent 18 weeks in neonatal units, to a bouncy 4-year-old outgrowing bikes at an alarming rate. Max 17 Nov 10:30 PM
LifestyleJon Toogood announces tourKiwi rock legend Jon Toogood is hitting the road this summer on a solo acoustic tour. The Shihad frontman will be playing songs from 17 Nov 12:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Xmas shopping made easyTrade Me can help you with your Christmas shopping. No, of course it's not too early, especially when you consider New Zealand 16 Nov 09:30 PM
LifestyleMusic Review: The Complete BBC Sessions, Led ZeppelinOne of the positive aspects of the tussle that's been happening between Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page regarding reuniting 16 Nov 09:00 PM
LifestyleMusic Review: Luck/Time, Anna CoddingtonLuck/Time is the third album from Anna Coddington and it features a few previously released singles including the beautiful and tender 15 Nov 07:00 PM
LifestyleMusic Review: Look So Good, Hopetoun BrownA bubbly reggae groove connects almost immediately courtesy of vibrant bass clarinet and accentuated brass musings on lead-off track 15 Nov 12:53 AM
Northern AdvocateFit mums to feature in swimsuit calendarSUP101116NADfitmums001.JPG/Healthy Whangarei mums Courtney Morgan, Charlotte Hufschmidt-McAulay, Terri Logan and Jeanine Rossouw have 13 Nov 05:30 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: Summer Thieves, The xxDunedin group Summer Thieves are set to top off a big year with the release of new single Coast Roads. The four-piece, who have supported 13 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleMovie review: The AccountantStarring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrik, and J.K. Simmons, The Accountant is a bit Rain Man, a bit A Beautiful Mind, a hint of X-Men, and 11 Nov 10:24 AM
LifestyleEstère has eyes on the prizeIt's hard to imagine someone more different to Donald Trump than Magdelaine Lavirgin, the fictional persona Wellington producer Estère 10 Nov 12:42 AM
LifestyleMusic Review: The Big Sound of Lil' Ed & the Blues ImperialsBig Ups once again to Chicago's Alligator Records label supremo Bruce Iglauer. Alligator recently celebrated 45 years documenting 09 Nov 09:00 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: Savage, Kings, Lady GagaSavage is back in the swing of things with a Tigermonkey collab called Zooby Doo. A bouncy, fun and yelly track, Zooby Doo is earwormy 07 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleGreat NZ Summer Road TripWith summer only a month away and Christmas holidays looming, now is the time to lock in a getaway holiday to any one or a dozen of 06 Nov 03:00 PM
LifestyleMovie review: I, Daniel BlakeMany of us have experienced the stranglehold of bureaucratic red tape. It's an unfortunate but arguably necessary part of the society 06 Nov 01:19 AM
LifestyleSoundBites: The Nudge, Decades, Louis BakerThe new year will bring a new album from Wellington band The Nudge, five years after their last release. In the meantime a spooky 31 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleMerv Pinny on that song with 12 million viewsNorthern Advocate reporter Peter de Graaf meets the Northland dairy farmer turned online music phenomenon that is Merv Pinny.31 Oct 03:30 AM
LifestyleMovie review: Sing StreetIrish writer-director, John Carney, has had a string of hits and misses in his career. His surprise triumph, Once, beautifully expressed 29 Oct 07:44 PM
LifestyleMusic review: Bon Iver - 22, A MillionIt's been five years since Bon Iver's last album and 22, A Million is just their third full release. If your expectations are based 28 Oct 03:05 AM
LifestyleSoundBites: Candice Milner, Hopetoun Brown, Stir It UpLyttleton teenager Candice Milner is set to tour in support of her album Evergreen. Two years ago Milner wrote a song about coping 24 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleMusic Review: Jeff Beck, Loud HailerAt Rock's top table of guitarists sit the obvious recipients, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, the Stones' Keith Richards, David Gilmour 19 Oct 09:00 PM
Northern AdvocateGot a spare $2.3m? Buy a coastal wineryThe long-time owners of Sailfish Cove, who are looking at retirement, are selling up the 12ha property where they first planted grapes back in 1995.19 Oct 01:30 AM
Northern AdvocateOnline fitness business expands globallyCarolyn Hansen has no plans to retire. In her mid-60s, Ms Hansen has had a lifelong career in fitness and gym ownership in Whangarei 18 Oct 10:00 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: TNAF, Tali, NomadThe Naked and Famous have released their third album ahead of a major North American tour. Simple Forms was recorded in Los Angeles18 Oct 08:00 PM
LifestyleMore Womad 2017 acts announcedTrue to form tonight's launch at Parliament Buildings of Womad 2017 was a splash of colour, and a typically diverse initial announcement 18 Oct 07:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWaitangi bike park worth $9.5m a year to economyIt's taken three years of battling bureaucracy, a year of construction, almost 7000 hours of volunteer labour and hundreds of thousands 14 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleMovie Review: The Girl on the TrainIt's a question everyone asks - was the book better than the film? To me it seems a fruitless inquiry as they are such dramatically 14 Oct 04:45 AM
LifestyleSoundBites: Shapeshifter, Mike NogaShapeshifter will put a unique spin on their album launch next month - taking it to the top of Auckland Museum as part of the Volume: 07 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleMusic review: Lucy Dacus, No BurdenLucy Dacus is a contradiction. One of the new breed of indie singer songwriters, her sound is at once fresh, original and exciting 06 Oct 11:00 PM
LifestyleMovie Review: The Magnificent SevenI regretfully admit that I have not yet seen the 1960 version of The Magnificent Seven (which was originally based on Akira Kurosawa's 06 Oct 09:52 PM
LifestyleWomad headline act announcedCoventry seven-piece ska legends The Specials will take the stage at Womad 2017, organisers have announced. Since they founded the 05 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: Marley Sola, The Koi BoysChristchurch's Marley Sola has released a self-titled debut EP. The four-tracker features two previous singles On My Own and Fill 03 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestylePacific rich ground for tellers of talesno byline Northland writers are encouraged to enter their work in the only specific Pacific story writing competition, the deadline 01 Oct 03:00 AM
LifestyleMovie Review: Pete's DragonI am always on the look-out for a holiday film that draws out deeper reactions in my kids than a couple of cheap laughs. A few years 01 Oct 01:04 AM
