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The euphoric glamour of Happy Hour

Marlowe Granados' sultry summer novel trades in hedonism.

Anne Kennedy knows just how far to stretch tone and form

The poet's new collection ignites language with a joyous intensity.

Jazz maestro Nathan Haines on his biggest hit and getting stood up by Deee-Lite

The squire for hire runs us through the soundtrack to his life.

"People talk about diversity inclusion and that makes me quite angry"

Teremoana Rapley on her new album and what diversity means as a sovereign storyteller.

'There's not just one type of porn': Erika Lust's alternative vision

Pornography can create a society where women's pleasure matters.

The visions of Penelope Cruz

On her mystical connection with the director Pedro Almodovar.

Downton Abbey, but in New York, but is it any good?

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Gilded Age.

Diana Wichtel: What isn't problematic about And Just Like That?

It takes commitment to get this much wrong.

I promised Mum I'd never get married without her by my side. Thirteen days later she died

Amberleigh Jack reflects on love, loss and life during the pandemic.

Moving heaven and earth: The controversial exhibition that rocked the Vatican

The Auckland show of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes turns the world upside down.

Lone rangers: "If you're looking down at your feet all the time you're going too fast"

Richard Langston discovers the wonders of the Milford Track

Alan Samson recalls a cheese factory Christmas

Alan Samson's hippie adventure led to an unusual Christmas Day.

Peachy-keen beach reads

Eight reads to keep you going through the summer

Taonga: Artist Teresa Peters and the Venus of Willendorf, an ancient symbol of female power

"Mattel has made a replica of her as Barbie, which is so absurd but also kind of awesome"

Eating Auckland: Kim Knight on the city's seven big restaurant dining trends

From ox tongues to artichokes - a restaurant critic recounts a year of memorable eating.

That Boy: a short story by J.P. Pomare

That Boy, a short story by J.P. Pomare