It's hard to think of a better guide to our wild places than Gordon Ell.

A Kiwi cook and a global baker have cooked up a recipe for simple but tasty home meals.

A new book paying homage to five decades of live music in New Zealand is proof, says one contributor, Herald entertainment editor Russell Baillie, that every generation has gigs to remember.

I suppose expecting a writer to match the impact of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink's extraordinary novel of a few years ago, is asking too much of him.

Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.

If reading is a pleasure and a refuge in this day and age, imagine what a joy it must have been to snatch a few hours alone with a good book for pioneering New Zealanders.

This extract from a book on Sir Terry McLean portrays TP as a wily and trusted rugby commentator.

With three weeks to go until opening night, tickets for the special midnight screenings are selling fast

For those readers who do not regularly encounter the New Yorker, Guardian, Financial Times, and others it may come as a surprise to find historian Simon Schama finds time away from writing best-selling books.

New Zealand's seven-decade-old fashion industry isn't merely about clothes, finds Rebecca Barry.

When Frank Sargeson was 78 years old, not long before he died, I interviewed him for a half-hour television documentary.

German author Johanna Adorjan tells Cathrin Schaer about researching her grandparents’ life and death.

The latest Lonely Planet guide to New Zealand came out the other day with the usual flutter of controversy over descriptions of the Bay of Islands as over-hyped, Hamilton as dull and Kiwis as eager-to-please.

Forget takeaways - now you can make your own authentic pizza with recipes from an Italian expert.

Bonobos. They share 98.7 per cent of our DNA. They're slimmer and lankier than chimpanzees. They can be taught to use sign language. They're vocal, sociable, and "extremely amorous". They even (ahem) use the missionary position.