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![August 3rd Quips quiz: Who said what this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=795)
August 3rd Quips quiz: Who said what this week
Test your knowledge of the week's news - in quotes.
![Bumper weekend wine guide: NZ’s best organic wines reviewed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=795)
Bumper weekend wine guide: NZ’s best organic wines reviewed
Quality abounds when it comes to locally produced organic wines.
![Weekend Wine Guide: Celebrating 25 years of fine wine from Valli Vineyards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend Wine Guide: Celebrating 25 years of fine wine from Valli Vineyards
Valli Vineyards’ Central Otago pinot noirs age well and have great power and density.
![Peak performance: Ed Byrne on balancing comedy with nature’s stage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peak performance: Ed Byrne on balancing comedy with nature’s stage
Comedian Ed Byrne's Double Life: From comedy stages to remote mountain trails.
![Are Kiwis ready to mark our national day with flag-waving enthusiasm?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Are Kiwis ready to mark our national day with flag-waving enthusiasm?
There’s still just enough No 8 wire mentality to make a parade feel a little ostentatious.
![The Good Life: The common touch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Good Life: The common touch
Once tamed, wild cats turn into the laziest, most pampered and fussiest tame cats.
![Easy, authentic Thai food at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Easy, authentic Thai food at home
Thai-born, Paris-trained chef Orathay Souksisavanh’s shares 100 homely recipes.
![Weekend wine guide: Dividing line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend wine guide: Dividing line
Who says you can’t make good, Bordeaux-style reds in the South Island?
![Pilgrim’s progress: Paul Catmur sets off on the Camino de Santiago trail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pilgrim’s progress: Paul Catmur sets off on the Camino de Santiago trail
Doubts about the wisdom of walking the Camino set in - on the first day.
![The Good Life: Cock-a-doodle-don’t](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Good Life: Cock-a-doodle-don’t
It's a fowl business when one of the neighbours gets a rooster.
![How to make authentic Korean street food at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
How to make authentic Korean street food at home
London-based, Korean-born food writer Su Scott shares three recipes.
![Why firefighters get the girl more often than the average bloke](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why firefighters get the girl more often than the average bloke
If you’re going to dress up and con people out of their hard-earned dimes, wear a uniform.
![Weekend Wine Guide: Will an expensive wine glass improve the experience?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend Wine Guide: Will an expensive wine glass improve the experience?
Don't be fooled into buying expensive wine glasses, believing the wine will taste better.
![My double life: When I finish work as a nurse, I come home to 60 turtles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
My double life: When I finish work as a nurse, I come home to 60 turtles
Donna Moot on rescuing turtles and community mental health nursing.
![Pasifika plates: Is this the next Mediterranean diet?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pasifika plates: Is this the next Mediterranean diet?
NZ chef Robert Oliver is on a quest to popularise Pacific cuisine.
![The Good Life: My sheep are definitely Mensa material](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Good Life: My sheep are definitely Mensa material
Michele Hewitson: "It has been my life's work to advocate for the advancement of sheep."
![Weekend wine guide: Seriously satisfying pinot noirs under $30](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend wine guide: Seriously satisfying pinot noirs under $30
Great pinot noir has substance, suppleness and a gorgeous spread of flavours.
![Why hitting a Lotto jackpot doesn’t mean long-term happiness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why hitting a Lotto jackpot doesn’t mean long-term happiness
Lotto wins may not buy happiness – unless you’ve sunk a lot of money in first.
![MAFS John Aiken: Want to be close, not clingy? How to find space in a relationship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
MAFS John Aiken: Want to be close, not clingy? How to find space in a relationship
Every couple wants to be close, but too tight a grip will drive you apart.
![Pilgrim’s progress: One man’s journey on El Camino](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pilgrim’s progress: One man’s journey on El Camino
In the first of his series from the famed trail, Paul Catmur fulfils a boyhood aspiration.
![Dine time: Easy winter dinner party recipes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dine time: Easy winter dinner party recipes
Melburnian Ellie Bouhadana’s new book is rich with recipes from her travels through Italy.
![Quips quiz: Who said what this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Quips quiz: Who said what this week
Which NZ politician said: “Dogs love racing, watch them in the wild”?
![Don’t believe the movies: Why your in-laws are your secret assets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Don’t believe the movies: Why your in-laws are your secret assets
The odds of divorce within 16 years are reduced by about a fifth if you like your in-laws.
![Weekend wine guide: Beauty blends](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend wine guide: Beauty blends
Sometimes hard-to-sell grapes are combined to produce quality wines.
![Sun tsunami: Can NZ survive the next solar surge?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sun tsunami: Can NZ survive the next solar surge?
The awe-inspiring night skies we enjoyed last month have a more sinister side.
![Diet or genetics? Why so many NZers have crooked teeth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Diet or genetics? Why so many NZers have crooked teeth
Does diet or genetics stop some of us from achieving the perfect Hollywood smile?
![The Good Life: Fluent in camel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Good Life: Fluent in camel
There's a $10m prize up for grabs for team that can truly talk to the animals.
![Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: How to eat 30 plants a week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: How to eat 30 plants a week
UK food writer/chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's easy recipes to add more plants to meals