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The five biggest property sales in 2024 so far – including Sir Peter Jackson’s Lyall Bay deal

Buying and selling activity is continuing apace, despite the sluggish economy.

'Approaching perfection': Multiple chef's hat awards for Hawke's Bay restaurants

Have you dined at these highly awarded Hawke's Bay restaurants?

‘No 20-year-olds’: Age-restricted dining is on the rise in the US. Will NZ follow?

If you're not 35, you're not coming in.

How this squalid London toilet became a top dining spot

WC now stands for ‘Wine and Charcuterie’.

Hospitality crisis: Desperate plea from another Auckland dining institution

A new Covid-style campaign is being launched to try to save the struggling sector.

Inside Economics: SPQR and what data says about hospitality crisis; Markets make sense of Trump shooting

Opinion: SPQR disaster a taste of hospo's woes; How will Trump shooting shake up markets?

Editorial: The familiar fall of SPQR is a lesson

OPINION: SPQR was felled by forces that seem all too familiar to the hospitality industry.

'Fabulously family': NZ model remembers nights out, secrets kept at fallen hospo hotspot

'I fell face first onto [a] table of screaming strangers, flapping around like a fish'.

UFC star Adesanya buys into popular Auckland eatery

UFC star has a 'piece of the pie' with the thriving business.

Retirement village, hotel and more planned for $200m+ Ayrburn near Arrowtown

'It will take us five years, hoping to be the most visited destination in Queenstown.'

Spanish restaurants can now charge more for seating in shade

Andalusia wants to avoid tourists being stung for seats with shade.

3000 oysters and 4800 eggs: Behind the scenes at an epic Auckland hotel buffet

Inside the Auckland restaurant kitchen feeding 700 people a day.

Peter Gordon's Homeland restaurant to close its doors

The site is due to be part of a major redevelopment.

Solo dining: why everyone should try eating alone

How to have the optimal solo dining experience, and why chefs are welcoming the trend.

Katsu Katsu restaurant: The crispiest, cheesiest reason to park in Newmarket?

"The utensil's sole purpose was to ensure I scraped every bit of hot, gooey cheese."

Flor restaurant: Burnt duck and confounding congee in K Road

'The kitchen could have set fire to my handbag and I would have said thank you.'