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Cleaning up in New York
The drummer for Dunedin’s cult indie band the Clean, Hamish Kilgour, tells Rebecca Barry about life in the Big Apple and how he remains Kiwi.
Wine: Lured Downunder
Still they come. Men and women with vision, courage, zeal and determination. They dream.
Fashion Plate: Meg Wilson
Boxing Day Fashions in the Field winner Meg Wilson is having another shot for the top title at this weekend's Derby Day.
Wine: A year of gorgeous drops
Wine writer John Hawkesby takes a look back over a year of sipping to come up with his 12 best bottles.
Good Taste:In praise of riesling
If you donned a "Jesus drinks riesling" T-shirt in the normal world, most people would think you were one sandwich short of a picnic, but among other riesling freaks it doesn't make the grade.
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Summer weekend
Most people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.
Wine: Weathering the bad times
Recent wild growing conditions are posing challenges for winemakers across the globe.
Wine: Rosés of many colours
While summer continues to roll on, the fashionable tipple should still be rosé. No one is quite sure what is behind the rise and rise of this previously lowly ranked style, but it's popping up all over the place.
<i>Ask Phoebe</i>: Mystery of the orange road cones unravelled
We are not being surrounded by aliens from outer space after all, but by PVC monsters.
Writer keen to acknowledge inner strength
Having led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.
Good Taste: Love story through the grapevine
It's that time of year again when we're compelled to buy a sentimental card for our loved ones and go out for a set-menu meal - or wallow in our singledom.