Latest from Lifestyle

Travel: Oklahoma City - the Wild West

"Do you know Steven Adams?" the girl making my Subway salad asked." He's from New Zealand. I heard he comes from a big family ..

SoundBites: The Delta Riggs, Aldous Harding, Elbow, Nadia Reid

The Delta Riggs will soon make their New Zealand stage debut in support of their third album Active Galactic. Like a raw version

Movie review: Lion

Lion is directed by a relative newcomer to the feature film set, Garth Davis, who has taken the reins of bringing the seemly impossible

Music Review: 57th & 9th, Sting

If it seems like a long time since Sting delivered a rock album, it is. Mr Sumner was the mainstay as the bassist, singer and primary

Travel: 48 hours in the City of Sails

day one, and we were sitting outside the Occidental pub in Vulcan Lane enjoying a pilsner. The Occidental and its neighbour, The

Watch NZH Local Focus: 'My way of saying thank you'

Watch NZH Local Focus: Daniel Lee is walking the length of New Zealand to raise money for the rescue helicopter that helped save his life.

Linda Hall: Let us eat cake

Uh oh - British dentists are calling office workers to "combat cake culture in" 2017. They say the ritual of shouting supermarket-bought

Movie review: Assassin's Creed

BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL video game series of the same name, Assassin's Creed is another attempt by a studio to transfer onto the bigger

Holiday park gem on Napier's doorstep

Situated just 30 minutes north of Napier, Waipatiki Beach Holiday Park is a classic Hawke's Bay camping destination. Anyone lucky

Nine cafes where you can sit and relax

Hawke's Bay is home to a range of cafes catering to every taste. Astrid Austin lists nine of the many available.

Trampoline enthusiast jumps for 6 hours straight

Zirk Engelbrecht flipped forwards, backwards and into foam pits for six straight hours as people wondered if he'd gone mad.

'Tis the season for tummy bugs

There is nothing pleasant about a gastro-type illness, just ask the 5000-or-so people who became ill from Havelock North's contaminated water in August.

Music Review: Bowie Legacy, David Bowie

It's been a helluva year with an avalanche of bad news for music devotees, with the death of Prince, Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey, Leon

Travel: Queenstown a red-carpet affair

The 'Naki' might have outstripped Queenstown in Lonely Planet's annual thumbs up to the world's hottest spots, but Queenstown deserves

Nine fabulous swimming pools in the Bay

A range of public pools are used every day throughout the region. They are a great way for children to learn how to swim and for older

Movie review: Moana

Disney's first Polynesian-themed animated feature film since Lilo & Stitch (2002) has certainly landed with a splash. The film opened

Watch NZH Local Focus: How the Hawke's Bay Community Choir is spreading festive cheer

This festive season the Hawke's Bay Community Choir is doing the rounds visiting local retirement villages to help spread the Christmas spirit through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Aaradhna reveals source of inspiration

Four of the country's favourite sons and daughters take to the stage this summer in a sun-drenched, island-spanning tour. Local legends