Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.

They’re a passionate bunch, cyclists. None more so than producer and comedian Jon Bridges, who’s even written a book about cycling. Suzanne McFadden meets him to get the wheel story.

Nicky Pellegrino is amused by Mrs Windsor's rail ride to Scotland.

One-time Python, at 69, is still boyishly nice in the way that little clever boys can be nice. In fact, he may even be the nicest chap in Britain.

Pamela Stephenson recounts her life with candour, says Nicky Pellegrino.

Greg Dixon finds, that the little book that helped spawn an industry might not have seen the light of day.

Without ugliness, there is no beauty. Cultural commentator Stephen Bayley celebrates the power of imperfection.

The latest London venture of New Zealand-born restaurateur Margot Henderson features a healthy dose of Kiwi flavour.

Greg McGee is the author of The Open Side, the biography of All Black captain Richie McCaw. He is also a literary gender bender: McGee

Former soldier Kevin Powers tells Stephen Jewell how his experience in Iraq led him to write.