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Light and bright: lift Dad's mood with fun, colourful gifts

Bring a pop of joy and optimism to everyday with an injection of mood-lifting colour.

'You see a city as it really is on the train'

Canvas Editorial: Sarah Daniell on catching the train

Rock’s great raconteur reveals stories from the glory days

Journalist Allan Jones was there, right at the heart of rock 'n' roll in the halcyon days.

She was Brazil’s Barbie. Now she’s saying sorry

New York Times: Was this blonde, white woman the right idol for the diverse country?

Bella's Books: The Other Brother, a novel about complex relationships

Bella Fraei is a Wellington teenager who, in a new column for Canvas, reviews YA books.

Canvas: Bella's Books: The Other Brother

Wellington teenager Bella Fraei reviews The Other Brother by Jax Calder. Video / Canvas

The Front Lawn remembered: Dragging Kiwi culture off the farm and into the suburbs

"New Zealand in the 80s was quite blokey. There was a kind of compulsory manliness."

Ever wondered what happened to soft-shell crabs? Masu restaurant reviewed

Memories are made of thick-cut sashimi - and squid ink sliders.

Sarah Daniell on picking sides in the Fifa Women’s World Cup

Editorial: The reign of Spain: Sarah Daniell on picking sides in the Fifa World Cup

Their parents have died - so how will Kauri and Black survive?

A coming-of-age tale of two boys who must find a way to survive alone

TV host's plus-size travel mission: 'I'm not here to promote obesity'

The travel influencer on starting the plus-size travel movement and how NZ changed him.

Diana Wichtel on the spooky parallel between reality TV and life

OPINION: TV's Traitors remind us keep our wits about us as the election nears

Who is running our key cultural institutions?

Why haven’t locals run our city’s leading cultural institutions for decades?

Auckland boxer Mea Motu gears up to defend world title

Auckland boxer Mea Motu spars with Zen Peach, the 8-year-old son of her boxing coach Isaac Peach and a key member of her title defence team. Video / Dean Purcell

Fighting for her life: Mea Motu on defending her world title, how boxing set her free

'My whole life was a secret ... but I don't want that to define who I am.'

How does society reward those who fight for the underdog?

EDITORIAL: Those who fight the good fight and stand up for the underdog are everywhere.