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Anna Wintour becomes an unlikely activist as Washington quashes diversity programmes
“I feel we need to be courageous,” the longtime Vogue editor in chief said.

'Ready to rock': How Jimmy Barnes is fighting fit ahead of releasing new album Defiant
The Aussie rock legend isn’t one for lying down and wallowing in pain or self-pity.

French producer woos Hollywood with epic that inspired Game of Thrones
He comes from French cinema royalty, but Dimitri Rassam is carving his own path.

Garage stories: Comedian Courtney Dawson’s baby sister steps into the limelight
The youngest in a family of performers is about to make her debut with Black Grace.

King Charles: He's a good fellow but not jolly
Steve Braunias reminisces about following a gloomy (then) Prince Charles on a royal tour.

As a new mum, Ella Becroft was primed to love her kids - nothing prepared her for what happened next
A 'body horror' theatre show on the mundanity and monstrosity of early motherhood.

A Māori ‘Gidget’ Meter Maid goes to the Gold Coast with her ukulele
Read an extract from Ockham NZ Book Awards 2025 winning memoir by Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku.

Sir Roger Hall at 86: Can the man with the Midas touch still spin box-office gold?
A love letter to Auckland, End of Summer Time brings Dickie Hart back to the stage.

USA: 4000 miles, 6 small towns: a whistle-stop tour of America
New York Times: A rare, rolling perspective on America’s quieter corners.

The man who made a nation cry: One Day’s David Nicholls heads to NZ
'To sit by myself in a pub a long way from home and read a book, that’s a kind of bliss.'

36 Hours in Singapore
New York Times: Singapore celebrates its diamond jubilee as a thriving city-state.

Amy Mansfield spent seven years at Auckland University – here's what she got out of it
Turning old lecture notes into comedy gold.

Why hunger for the Hunger Games is stronger than ever
The latest book in the series is the fastest-selling YA book of the year.

Greg Bruce: Surviving a midlife health scare in a Chinese hotel gym
I woke at 5am in Shanghai and couldn't get back to sleep, so I went to the gym.

Pope Francis, the unlikely movie star: Six films show his cinematic appeal
New York Times: On screen, he was seen as a character both admired and controversial.

'Raw and unfiltered:' Jenny-May Clarkson's emotional life story
TVNZ's Jenny-May Clarkson admits to suffering from self-doubt in her book Full Circle.

'It's utterly insane': Kiwi comic Sam Wills on life in Las Vegas as Tape Face turns 20
'Those oven gloves are my Stairway to Heaven. I’ll never get rid of the damned things.'

Half of Kiwi adults overwhelmed by phone notifications, study reveals
2degrees commissioned the study, highlighting the mental impact of notifications.

In The Bondsman, Kevin Bacon goes to hell and back
New York Times: The actor tracks down escaped demons in the new horror comedy.

RNZ Ballet's The Firebird makes a triumphant return
Principal dancer Ana Gallardo Lobaina says The Firebird is relevant in a 'scary' world.

Meet the women suspected of murder in Agatha Christie's most famous whodunnit
Behind the scenes at one of the fastest-selling theatre shows in Auckland's history.