Opinion: Lately, I find myself wondering what shape my death might take.

A few words with comedian and self-proclaimed 'interested idiot' Robin Ince.

It looks like a giant piece of Lego - but it could be a vital building block in the urban intensification which is so clearly in Auckland's development future.

If one thing has changed the face of beauty over the past few years, it's beauty sticks - blushers that do double-duty as lip tints

Tap into the season's romantic mood with a beautiful blouse.

You've made it to mid-March, go you! Celebrate in style this weekend ...

Parnell is the unlikely location for a Filipino restaurant launched by a pig-farmer.

The birth of a baby can be life-changing in more ways than expected. One woman tells of her battle with a little-known disorder.

Not coping with life? Ruth Spencer has the answers.

OPINION: Does it begin at 7 or 8 or 9 years of age? This knowledge of what makes you you.

Twenty years ago pinot gris wasn't even a thing. Today it's a national obsession. These three lean on the dry side of the fence...

Swirling prints on furniture fabrics and the colours of spices provide an exotic escape for autumn.

An Eastern European newcomer is gastronomically (and politically) on trend.

"Face-mask" is the most-Googled beauty trend, so if you're not up with the play, here's the thing about face masks.

For the past six months Greg Bruce has been challenging a chef to make him lunch in less than 10 minutes. He sums up the experience.

OPINION: I am not someone who buckles under a schedule. But in my current state of melancholia, every task hangs over me with a terrible inexorability.

What makes some friendships stand the test of time? Hilary Stichbury investigates.

Greg Bruce on surviving his wife's third pregnancy.

City workers of the future may carry their office under their arms and erect it on a rooftop, award- winning architect Chris Moller says.

Cult series Girls made Allison Williams a star. Now she tells Radhika Sanghani how she's looking forward to a more grown-up chapter.

Yes it's 2017, yet in wine land the big guns from 2015 are only just being revealed. These three are at the top of the tree...

Charcoal is having its moment in the sun due to its powerful absorption properties, and as Caroline Parker, head of education for

There's a reason why black never dates, and these sleek handbag options in a shade of noir are a failsafe pairing with new season workwear (and everything else).

Each week Greg Bruce challenges a chef to make him lunch in less than 10 minutes.

OPINION: Mostly we are ignorant of what we will become, writes Megan Nicol Reed.

Aesthetic changes and menu tweaks abound, but the baking is still fine.

In her new memoir, Caroline Baum reflects on being brought up an only child in a world of privilege ­­- but little freedom - and the primary focus of her exacting parents.

Individualism trumps community and the world's moral compass has been set to "anything goes". Kim Knight meets the people who think it's time to teach ethics to New Zealand teens.

Scout around for the Facebook crowd at Torbay's newest eatery.

Christopher Knight lived as a hermit in the Maine woods for three decades, speaking to no one, before being captured one night stealing food.