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Wine: Nautilus Estate's 30th celebrations
Marlborough's Nautilus Estate is celebrating its 30th year and continues its early promise of premium wines at affordable prices.

Nick Cave: Sit down and write
Hot on the heels of the biographical film he says is not really about him, Nick Cave is heading to New Zealand. Russell Baillie talks to the Australian musician about the God particle, touring and his work ethic.

Self-publish and be damned
Sometimes it’s the only way to get in print, and sometimes it’s the best way to keep control of your work. James Russell charts the rise of self-publishing.

Fashion: Daddy cool
For those of you who’ve left things to the last minute, here are a few stylish suggestions for Father’s Day.

Ian McEwan: Great expectations
Ian McEwan’s new novel centres around a family court judge who gets too involved in one of her cases. She blows it, McEwan tells Linda Herrick.

Sarah Waters: Blood, sweat and scrubbing
Sarah Waters’ new novel explores what happens when an ‘unruly passion’ in the form of two lodgers enters a house. She talks to Linda Herrick.

James Griffin: Very suspicious
As an influential columnist who sometimes gets upward of five comments for each of his columns, and because this is New Zealand, where the six degrees of Kevin Bacon rule is more like the two degrees of Karl Urban rule.

Helen Mirren: On the road
Helen Mirren’s nomadic home life and work schedule has matched the eclectic nature of the characters she has played in 40 years at the top of her game. She talks to David Gritten about her latest film role, as a French restaurateur.

Wine: New-release wines
New-release wines that won’t break the bank and offer value for money… And who doesn’t like that?

Review: The Commons, Takapuna
The biggest disincentives to healthy eating are the people who advocate healthy eating.

For the record
They’re the champions of new music in this country — the brains of two record labels that began as ‘a laugh’, writes Alan Perrott.

Vatuvei: Beauty of the beast
On-field he’s tough but fair; off-field he embodies family values and integrity. Alan Perrott talks to Warriors hero Manu Vatuvei.

Jennifer Weiner: Paperback fighter
A bestselling author who sells books by the million, Jennifer Weiner is on an almighty mission to get ‘chick lit’ the serious attention she believes it is due.

South Sea Vagabonds: Gone with the tide
When author Johnny Wray was a lad at school in the 1920s, his form master was most disparaging of his writing, describing it as: “Conglomerations of facts occasioned by heterogeneous concatenations of stupid irrelevancies.”

James Griffin: Web of politics
It would be fair to say that the opening salvos of the Election 2014 campaign have been tacky, tawdry and wonderful.

Manu Vatuvei: Beauty of the beast
On-field he’s tough but fair; off-field he embodies family values and integrity. Alan Perrott talks to Warriors hero Manu Vatuvei.