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
LifestyleMusic review: Banks, The AltarYou'd be hard-pressed to find a cooler sound this summer than Banks. She made many fans two years ago with Goddess. Now, the California 30 Sep 01:00 AM
LifestyleMusic review: The Beatles, live at the Hollywood BowlIn just three hours all 17,526 tickets to the Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl on August 23, 1965, sold out. Their last live 28 Sep 07:44 PM
Northern AdvocateCustody battle: Dog to have two namesTwo families have reached a custody agreement over the dog - named either Wilson or Bear depending who you asked.28 Sep 06:09 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: Electric Wire Hustle, Jethro TullElectric Wire Hustle this week release their third album The 11th Sky. The electro-soul outfit will back up Friday's release with 26 Sep 05:00 PM
LifestyleLotto numbersThere were five lucky winner in Saturday night's Lotto draw. The winning numbers were 11, 14, 17, 27, 32, 39 and the bonus ball was 25 Sep 03:00 PM
LifestyleMovie Review: The Secret Life of PetsThe school holiday animated flick is often a hit-and-miss affair. Its critical success relies on the studio getting the right level 23 Sep 06:00 PM
Northern AdvocateBorrowed record returned after 30 yearsIt's always good to return things people have left at your house. Children, small dogs, cars. This past week, I returned a Tina 23 Sep 06:00 PM
Northern AdvocateWin "it!" festival tickets and see DragonA_040815HOSSPLDRAGON1.JPG - please run this pic with the story on page 2 Advocate Sat The "it!" Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival 23 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleBurial sites digitally recorded for futureWith the burial sites of many tupuna no longer known, a group of Northlanders have digitally recorded the names and burial places 23 Sep 08:21 AM
LifestyleBoaties warned to get shipshapeFor Northlanders longer days usually mean taking advantage of the beautiful coast and harbours in the region. Before you wheel the 23 Sep 08:13 AM
Northern AdvocateWomen end 77 years of service to WhangareiAfter 77 years of community service in Whangarei the local branch of the National Council of Women has closed due to declining membership. As 22 Sep 12:00 AM
LifestyleSoundBites: Lydia Cole, OpensideKiwi singer-songwriter Lydia Cole this week releases a second single from her upcoming album. Sober, which follows the Silver Scroll-nominated 21 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleMovie Review: Midnight SpecialThe sci-fi genre tends to put my cynical filmic sensibilities on high alert. More often than not, the genre offers cinema an easy 16 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleMusic review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Skeleton TreeIt's impossible to fully appreciate this 16th studio album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds without the tragic context that is the death15 Sep 01:00 AM
LifestyleMusic Review: Crossroads Revisited, Eric Clapton & GuestsCrossroads takes its name initially from the cover version of the Johnson blues that Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker delivered 14 Sep 10:00 PM
LifestyleMusic Review: De La Soul, And the Anonymous NobodyExpect the unexpected is good advice if you're about to leap into a new album from De La Soul. And so it is with And the Anonymous 12 Sep 08:32 PM
LifestyleSoundBites: Graham Candy, SmashproofA Kiwi lad who in the space of a few months went from playing acoustic gigs in Auckland bars to performing in front of thousands in 12 Sep 05:00 PM
LifestyleMovie Review: Our Kind of TraitorIt appears that author John le Carré's work has become the darling of movie executives in the same way that John Grisham's 10 Sep 01:29 AM
