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Loud crowd back Curtis' cause

Review: Silly Old Buggers

Special day hinges on dress arriving

A bride-to-be is on tenterhooks hoping a replacement dress will arrive in time for her big day.

Rachael Devcich talks benefits of paleo diet

Yvonne Lorkin: Wonderful Wine Show, disappointing view

Jan Bilton: Spring recipes from the garden (+recipes)

Suddenly, I'm thinking salads for lunch instead of soup. It must be spring. The first spears of asparagus are thrusting up through the soil, my rhubarb is sprouting bright red stalks and our local hydroponic strawberries are in full blush, writes JAN BILT

Music review: Low, Ones and Sixes

For a band in their 23rd year, Minnesota's Low still sound as fresh as the spring, even with the occasional look back, writes Kim Gillespie.

Movie review: A Walk in the Woods (+trailer)

<i>A Walk in the Woods</i> appeared like a sleepy tale of two older men looking for something missing in their lives. But it's so much more.

Moving memorial to 9/11

Ray McVinnie talks of passion for good cooking (+recipe)

Yvonne Lorkin: How vineyards survive winter (+ wines to try)

Jan Bilton: Gluten-free, healthy options and superfoods (+recipes)

With so many gastronomic goodies arriving in delis and supermarkets these days <strong>JAN BILTON</strong> found Auckland's annual Food Show the ideal place to catch up. This year there was a definite focus on health, including the ever popular gluten-fre

Music review: Dr Dre, Compton

In some ways Dr Dre has come a full circle, but this latest album is in other ways a million miles from NWA's classic, writes Kim Gillespie.

Out of this world

Movie review: Fast and Furious 7 (+trailer)

It doesn't get old - this high-action, fast-cars, beautiful-people series. It is a formula that has worked before and continues to work brilliantly.

Yvonne Lorkin: Full-bodied vintage from Sam Hunt

Jan Bilton: Vibrant meals from Australia's Hunter Valley (+recipes)

Martin Bosley talks philosophy and food (+recipe)