We're loving the new Outrageous Fortune prequel, Westside. To enjoy a taste of the west, try these three great cafes.

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.

Don’t be so serious. Have a laugh with this season’s best fun fur pieces.

Ika’s delicious seafood and value for money will have you hooked.

The world’s most admired writers and poets have long extolled its virtues. Here, Yvonne Van Dongen explains why she’d take friendship - old and new - over romance any day.

Actress Reese Witherspoon’s lifestyle website, Draper James, offers a fans a glimpse into her ‘Southern’ heritage. There’s just one catch, says Claire Cohen.

We love being able to admire the action-packed open kitchen.

My job always had a car with it, but the new owners said they need the car. Now I have no way of getting to and from work.

Rosaleen Madigan loves her four adult children but, it has to be said, she has a pretty funny way of showing it.

He’s league’s hardest man — and its most mysterious. Alan Perrott goes in search of the real Simon Mannering.

Award-winning Auckland writers Linda Olsson and Thomas Sainsbury tell Craig Sisterson why they’re collaborating on a thriller trilogy.

Red, russet, carmine-coloured and crimson, earthy tones and splashes of spice — these arbiters of autumnal awesomeness will do more than fill your alliteration quota for the week ...

Comfort is king when it comes to this season’s key ankle boot styles.

With every dish an exciting and original masterpiece, Phil’s Kitchen knows how to dazzle.

With a beautiful leadlight feature window, Mary’s is spacious and we liked the art choices

My husband has accepted a job with great pay, except it is in the middle of nowhere, and I like the city life and don’t know if I can survive it.

Greg Dixon talks to Rawiri Paratene about how he came to be taking Shakespeare to the world.

In her new novel we encounter Julian in a state of profound grief for his lover, Julia, and their daughter, Mira.

Perhaps one of the strangest stories of all the strange stories that filled the 21st century is how the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand tore itself apart in its quest to find a national flag.

Don’t mess around with “medium” this week. Thankfully you don’t need to be a bungy-jumping, cross-fitting, skydiving fanatic to show your appreciation of the extreme ...

Try a little drama with these neo-Victorian looks

Eight Point Two’s scored a coup with the addition of top chef Des Harris.

The service was welcoming, with a bit of banter to take the edge off the obvious fact that the 5-month-old cafe was empty.

He was the action hero who was cast into the Hollywood wilderness. Now 50, Keanu Reeves is ready for his comeback — with a whopping eight films underway. Robbie Collin meets him.

Our house renovations are taking a toll on our relationship, as my partner hasn’t got a clue what he is doing, and I just want the professionals in, but he refuses.

She is only 12 years old but her dance videos have been viewed more than a billion times on YouTube. As the public face of the reclusive Australian singer-songwriter Sia, little Maddie Ziegler has become one of the most famous pre-teens on the planet.

Karen Attwood meets first-time novelist Kate Hamer, whose 21st-century Little Red Riding Hood is tipped to be a best-seller.

When embarking on a clothing cull there are many paths you can follow. There are those who will advocate a ruthlessness that borders on the psychotic. Others will apply logic of Spockian proportions to the exercise.