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Arts Festival Review: Jack DeJohnette, Jack Johnson: Soundtrack to a Legend

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My Auckland: Freemans Bay

Anil Sharma and Rachel Jones arrived in Freemans Bay eight years ago from Britain, via Palmerston North. Rachel tells Catherine Smith what the family loves about the area.

Five of the best: Auckland Council parks for horse riding

Our four-legged beasts can now share the love in Auckland parks.

Waitakeres: Walk out west

Ancient forests and waterfalls are all part of a short trek through the Waitakeres, writes Danielle Wright.

Caffeine Hit: Twenty Three Cafe

Twenty Three Cafe, from the same people who introduced The Corner Store next door, found at 23 Mt Eden Rd is a nice, modern place with a hint of psychedelic thrown in.

Sundae Roast: Calmdown

If I could be a fly on the wall during any aspect of the production of <i>Masterchef New Zealand</i>, it wouldn't be the North Shore mansion they live, cook and bitch in.

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Auckland Arts Festival: Moving Wright along

Bernadette Rae talks to the man many consider the guru of New Zealand dance, master choreographer Douglas Wright.

Arts Festival Review: Xerxes

Heroes don't come much kookier than Xerxes. He may be the King of Persia but he opens Handel's opera by extolling the beauties of a plane tree; a man who, as one character comments, "is aroused by a rough trunk."

<i>The Mulberry Bar and Restaurant</i>, Mt Eden

There's no beating round the bush, Mt Eden’s Mulberry has its recipe right.

Arts Festival Review: Havoc in the Garden

The latest piece of youth-oriented theatre from Massive Company adopts the admirably egalitarian but dramatically unsatisfying strategy of giving what amounts to a lead role to each member of the 14 person cast.

Wine: Stepping out for a drop

It's an exciting thing to discover a bar that has the right mix of interesting wines and good music.

Auckland Arts Festival: A vocal ambition

Rebecca Barry talks to Kiwi opera singer Kristen Darragh about her drive to perform around the world.

Fringe Festival Review: Deep in the Forest: A Cautionary Cabaret

Deep in the Forest is subtitled a Cautionary Cabaret and punters should be cautioned to exercise a certain amount a scepticism when viewing the show's promotional material.

Enrich your life and offer gifts that keep giving

Chris Liddell writes on the future of philanthropy and how we can get involved.