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Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black's remarkable story

Sharon Stephenson talks with Dustin Lance Black about his new book Mama's Boy.

Restaurant review: Daisy Chang, Howick

An eastern roadtrip ends in an icecream - and slider - like no other.

How Jude Law got his mojo back

How Jude Law came back from being the laughing stock of Hollywood.

The real price of women's work

What price is paid by the women who look after 'liberated' women's children and houses?

The Confession Box: John Reynolds

Artist John Reynolds on his three favourite sins.

Dying is easy, comedy is hard: Peter Calder tries stand-up in his 60s

What will be the score when former restaurant critic Peter Calder tries stand-up comedy?

The endless merry-go-round of kids' activities

Childhood has changed, learns Ruth Larsen, for better and for worse.

Ashleigh Young: will I ever get to the top of the hill?

The pleasures and pains of cycling.

Sopranos star Steve Van Zandt on being the boss and touring NZ

Steve Van Zandt is back as the boss of his own rock 'n' roll band The Disciples of Soul.

Locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day for 43 years... for a crime he didn't commit

Albert Woodfox served 43 years in solitary confinement.

Why is it so hard to make friends after 40?

A lack of friends is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Ashleigh Young on Donald Trump's dreams

Other people's dreams are often the most interesting thing about them.

Sensitive souls: Are Gen Z really a bunch of snowflakes?

They feel unsafe if you disagree with them, call police if they find a mouse in the house.

Review: Bluff's best at Oyster & Chop

There is no middle ground with an oyster - but there is a hierarchy.

How to not tell a story

Australian writer Maria Tumarkin tells why she turned away from storytelling

New Zealand's Catholic Bishop confesses his sins

Patrick Dunn confesses to pride, sloth and greed.