Speaking two languages from a young age may help protect people from Alzheimer's disease.

As with many of his generation, American president Franklin D. Roosevelt had been taken by the idea of "Shangri-La". Writer Mitchell Zuckoff shares this fascination in his new tale about a collision of cultures during the early war era.

Matariki is a way for non-Maori to learn about Maori culture in a relaxed setting.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Every grandparent will know the electric charge that four of us experienced for the first time last Saturday.

Te Ururoa Flavell was the catalyst for Hone Harawira's sacking from the Maori Party. Chris Barton talks to the hammerhead from Waiariki

From deep-fried fiddlehead ferns to sea bream ovaries, Japanese chefs create flavours that leave British food writer Nigel Slater awestruck.

Curious tourists keep colourful district alive as families of original inhabitants depart for cheaper suburbs.

"What has been missing until now is much serious discussion of what Harawira thinks and believes."