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Upu invokes rich Pasefika stories

Grace Iwashita-Taylor explains how Pasefika poetry has been brought to the Auckland stage.

Can men be feminists? Lessons from past women of spirit

Difficult women: what feminist battles of the past tell us about the politics of today.

Economics 101 - the guide to understand what's going on with our finances

Bamboozled by budgets? Confused by OCRs and surpluses? The economics primer for you.

Japan's Kobe beef: a cut above your daily fare

Lisa Markwell goes behind the scenes of a culinary phenomenon - Kobe beef.

Pup Academy - - barking up the wrong tree?

Barking mad Pup Academy leaves Canvas critic with more questions than answers.

Dame Fiona Kidman on refusing to give up on a dream

With a new book out, Fiona Kidman reflects on leaving a secure job to write full-time.

Is the answer written in the stars? Zodiac play tests the theory

Are you a believer in astrology? Live performances tests truth of Chinese zodiac.

Would you leave your spouse and children to deal with disaster on their own? Hollywood's hilarious take on this question

Lost in translation? Hollywood gets its hands on a wry Swedish comedy.

Reviewed: Fish Kitchen - worth the boat trip

Take the ferry for an excellent fish dinner - and don't skip dessert.

The show I wish I'd seen or been in – six performers dream

Ahead of the Auckland Arts Festival, six performers share their dream experiences.

Time travel: Where will you go, what will you do with the extra day this Leap Year?

Six writers on how they'll spend the extra day this Leap Year.

The Invisible Man makes very visible modern relationship terror

Tom Augustine reviews the weekend in film for Canvas.

Dark lady emerges from the shadows

400 years after England's first woman poet made her name known, she's finally being heard.

Ghostly goings on caught on camera? I don't think so

Nothing spooky about Paranormal Caught on Camera - except what we're expected to believe.

Steve Braunias laments the passing of an NZ icon - the handyman

Steve Braunias on the perils of house maintenance and those grim repairers.

Ben Affleck reveals what he wants from life after divorce and kicking booze

Ben Affleck on how his new movie helped him find hope and inspiration after dark days.