LifestyleWhy there's so much love for S.P.Q.R (+recipe)S.P.Q.R, hallmark of Auckland dining and Ponsonby road staple for over twenty years, publishes the cookbook <i>S.P.Q.R</i> with the restaurant's recipes, photographs and, republished here, a tribute written by Simon Farrell-Green.24 Oct 12:00 AM
TravelTravel book review: <I>View From The Road</I>This journey along State Highway 1 show that the nation's backbone is a place of life as well as an inanimate stretch of bitumen, writes Alex Robertson.23 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionAlan Duff: Our future lies in our pastWhat compelled a 20-year-old Irish youth last month to murder his two younger brothers after finding out he was adopted?22 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandHairy Maclary project nears final legThe Hairy Maclary sculpture project planned for Tauranga's redeveloped waterfront is closing in on its fundraising target.21 Oct 09:55 PM
LifestyleAl Brown: Biography of a restaurantHe used to be a fine dining chef in Wellington. Then he had an epiphany and moved to Auckland. Greg Dixon meets Al Brown, the man who learned to relax at dinner and made us do the same.17 Oct 09:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Ian Wedde goes there and back againIan Wedde retraces his childhood steps from Blenheim to Pakistan, Bangladesh, England and Jordan, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.17 Oct 05:00 PM
New ZealandSpecial bound copy of Luminaries on showBook lovers will have a chance to see Eleanor Catton's specially bound copy of The Luminaries as part of Auckland Libraries' latest exhibition.17 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleBooker Prize winner never even wanted to write the novelRichard Flanagan won the Man Booker prize for a tale inspired by his father's experiences in a Japanese PoW camp. It was a novel he never wanted to write, he reveals to Arifa Akbar.15 Oct 10:40 PM
WorldAuthor: Viewing child porn isn't wrongTop author John Grisham has argued that not all men who watch "child porn" are paedophiles or should go to jail.15 Oct 08:01 PM
LifestyleAussie wins Booker PrizeRichard Flanagan was tonight awarded the Man Booker Prize for a Second World War novel about the Burma Death Railway.14 Oct 09:40 PM
LifestyleNZ restaurants make top global listThe massive foodie tome, 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die, has just been released. Among the featured eateries are a dozen of NZ's best.12 Oct 10:45 PM
OpinionAndrew AldersonAndrew Alderson: Kiss and tell book shows dark side of competitionIf ever there was a neon-lit example of cricket implosion, the Kevin Pietersen autobiography debacle is, to use modern management parlance, best practice.11 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleAndy Griffiths is playing the jokerAndy Griffiths creates worlds where killer koalas from outer space invade and robots riot — and kids can’t get enough of them, writes Dionne Christian.10 Oct 11:00 PM
LifestyleCat-astrophe survivorsLast year Craig Bullock brought us a book hailing the canine heroes and victims of Christchurch’s earthquakes. Now it’s the turn of the felines.10 Oct 06:00 PM
LifestyleCurtain rises again for PoirotEnduring love for Agatha Christie sees British thriller writer Sophie Hannah add to the famous detective cases. She talks to Stephen Jewell.10 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleAuthor's collection going free to good homesA best-selling author is giving away the hefty book collection that lines every wall of his beachfront Auckland home.10 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleJK Rowling teases Potter fansThe author informed her millions of followers that she was "very busy" at work on a novel, a screenplay and campaigns for her children's charity Lumos.07 Oct 10:20 PM
SportRugby: Too dangerous for kids?A serious injury is many rugby parents' nightmare, and every rugby-playing boy's fear.06 Oct 11:39 PM
OpinionRhonwyn Newson: Five life-changing booksComing up with books wasn't difficult - I love books. Narrowing my list down to only five was far trickier. But here goes, my five life-changing reads.30 Sep 04:00 AM
LifestyleWhen taxidermy goes wrongA humorous look at what happens when taxidermy goes very wrong, by the founder of crappytaxidermy.com29 Sep 12:15 AM
LifestyleBooks: Rosie's back, with baby on boardSequel continues the adventures of lovelorn Asperger's hero.27 Sep 05:00 PM
LifestyleStephen Jewell: A dangerously unstable kingSociety must not forget Henry VIII was a child abuser and wife killer, author Philippa Gregory tells Stephen Jewell.26 Sep 06:00 PM
