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Weekend wine guide: A ‘difficult’ vintage in the Gimblett Gravels still produced excellent reds

Weather was unsettled in the 2022 growing season - but excellent wines still emerged.

Don’t call it a crisis: Why midlife is the key to living long and prospering

Midlife is crucial to future wellbeing – and Kiwi research will show the way.

Don’t call it a crisis: High-profile media couple on leaving the rat race

How midlife can be an opportunity for positive change.

The Good Life: Of peonies and peace

Lambing is over and calm is restored to the paddocks of Lush Places.

Quips & Quotes Quiz: Who said what this week?

Test your knowledge of this week's news - in quotes.

Hāngī time: Christall Lowe celebrates food and recipes from the maunga to the moana

Kai Time includes food for celebrations, a crowd, family dinner or to add to a big feast.

Weekend Wine Guide: This tricky vintage still produced excellent reds this season

Difficulties caused by extreme weather have not stopped impeded this vintage.

The surprising psychology of kids on Halloween

Dressing up for Halloween can loosen our little angels’ moral guardrails.

Weekend wine guide: The wines doing good in the community

Recent releases are helping to protect fish, kiwi and people.

My double life: I’m bringing the movies back to Thames

David Mulholland turns love of film into a new cinema in a town missing the movies.

Eminent personality psychologists are white men, so how do other cultures approach it?

It's a mistake to assume we all share the same theories and approaches.

Why do so many women happily ditch their surnames when they marry?

And why don’t men consider doing the same?

I was 71 when a coffee shop encounter sparked my modelling career

There are some real advantages to getting old – like becoming an age-positive model.

Happy hacks: How Buddhism can lead to calm and contentment

Buddhist monk and psychiatrist believes ancient Eastern practices offer valuable lessons.

Life Hacks From the Buddha: Treat everyone you meet as a friend

Book extract: Hacks to live by from ordained Buddhist monk and psychiatrist Tony Fernando.

A window seat fanatic contemplates the view from above to below

You can spot the window-gazers on any flight.