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Steve Braunias, ‘the Mike Hosking of literature’

Steve Braunias is charged with the crime of having the wrong opinions about NZ literature

What Auckland Art Gallery found when it cleaned a 400-year-old Brueghel

Poos, wees and Victorian prudes - the surprising secrets of a Flemish master revealed.

How Kane Williamson's cricket bat ended up in the rock'n'roll hall of fame

Why does Kane Williamson's cricket bat feature in rock music culture?

'The Star Wars movies were released and my life changed'

'Matariki is a legacy … it's part of who I am, it's part of my genealogy and my DNA'

Sex, fidelity and sales: How therapist Esther Perel became a global superstar

New York Times: Perel's fresh take on long-term love changed the cultural conversation.

Anne Tiernan: ‘Writing makes you remember, it makes you reflect’

'Just sit down and see what happens’ process turns into debut novel

Aigo restaurant review: Italy meets Korea - but does it really work?

The noodle bar with the pasta dish you'll be thinking about for days.

Sachie Mikawa: "I’d go home and play this to remember how beautiful things can be."

Sachie Mikawa on her solo show Fish Saw and the music that’s shaped her life.

Megan Nicol Reed’s debut novel delves into motherhood - and darkness

Megan Nicol Reed's debut novel about motherhood.

Movie review: Everything Everywhere All at Once - before and after the Oscars

The movie that won best picture at the Oscars raises questions over the nature of taste.

Cyclone Gabrielle's stark warning

"As architects, we’re the doctors of the built world – and we’ve got no time to waste."

Stranger than Fiction: 'Genre' novels at the Ockham NZ Book Awards

The Ockhams longlist: “a bit like the new kids hanging out with the prefects"

Market forces: Why shopping at farmers' markets is so fulfilling

Anna King Shahab takes a trip to a market for a comparative grocery shopping experience.

Paris Hilton book extract: At 19, all I could do was pretend

Hollywood dreams, hiding from Harvey Weinstein, and the story behind the sex tape.

Is this Auckland's best pizza? Ooh-Fa reviewed

"These guys are to flour as MoVida is to an anchovy."

Daisy Jones & the Six reviewed, not positively

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review a series about an imaginary band.