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Shore to Succeed

Actress/artist Amelia Guild has a theatrical sense of style off the stage as well as on.

<i>Review:</i> Charles Lloyd New Quartet at Bruce Mason Centre

At its most pure and best, jazz is a live art where musicians disassemble, explore, then reconstruct melodies and rhythms right before your ears.

Fifteen months of road-work pain cut to a year

NZ's Topshop outlet has them queuing

Handbags, sweaters and dresses were flying as hundreds of shopaholics fought their way into the opening of New Zealand's first Topshop outlet yesterday.

Only love conquers hate

<i>Review:</i> Vampire Weekend at the Bruce Mason Centre

Woe betide anyone who went to Vampire Weekend without learning every single one of Ezra Koenig's incomprehensible lyrics.

Developer loves a challenge

For decades Auckland's built heritage has been wiped out, one building at a time, by property developers. But not all of them want to swing a wrecking ball.

Takapuna gasometer site back on agenda

Bowls: Earwaker, 91, bowls them over

Buses want access through choke point

Change of plan, so city's offices up for rent

Ocean and city views from the top floor of North Shore's new civic building are the best in town.

Gypsy hopes to cast spell on new owners

Kermadec sells Takapuna properties

Lurking close to home

Scary Kiwi kids' tale <i>Under The Mountain</i> is due in cinemas this week.

Students held as police hunt burglar

Retail precinct goes upmarket to beat recession