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Design: Trusting mother nature
They reckon you should never trust a skinny chef. However, I’ve just seen ours and he looks like an Olympic Cross Country skier. We’re at Amisfield Winery and Bistro in Queenstown, tucking into its signature lunch experience, a four-course…
Craft: Spongebag square-off
On the face of it, this should have been a productive week. The school holidays were finished, I’d navigated the highs and lows of Mother’s Day and there was no good reason I couldn’t be ultra-industrious on the craft front. Yes,…
Gardening: Earthy autumnal delights
Sunday DIY: See the light
With winter nearly upon us, it’s also the time of year we can expect the occasional power outage. But smart cookies won’t get caught in the dark, not if they put together a blackout buster box, a one-stop spot to store all the things…
Fashion & Style
Rebecca Kamm: Why don’t men wear makeup?
The other day, as I wasted precious time on Facebook, my eye caught a little ad pushing a product called The Men Pen, a concealer stick for men. Give yourself the gift of confidence , it said, stop feeling embarrassed . Conceal…
The week’s best & worst dressed: May 17
They have swathes of stylists and the world’s top designers at their beck and call, but that doesn’t mean celebrities always get it right.
Real life Barbie Dreamhouse outrages feminists
A day at the Vogue school of fashion
Can Ergen, from Turkey, leans forward as if to let me in on a secret. ” Vogue magazine is a storyteller,” he says. Ergen, 21, is one of 45 students who recently embarked on the first 10-week Vogue Fashion certificate course at…
Food & Wine
5 Delicious Recipes You Can Make with a Can of Tuna
Photo by: Everyday Food Spaghetti with Tuna, Capers, and Tomatoes Cook 3/4 pound spaghetti , reserving 1 1/2 cups pasta water, then drain. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook 2 sliced onions in 2 tablespoons olive oil until slightly golden. Add 1 pound halve…
Ramen on
“Be careful what you wish for,” so the adage runs. And be prepared for the fact that once you get what you want, you just, then, want something else.
Duck-dish chef Vanessa gets the chop
Review: Mexico, Britomart
A Mexico fan has been hassling me to go for so long that I’ve taken to scooting around corners when I see her coming. Now it’s been 18 months and there are branches in Takapuna and Hamilton. So in terms of alerting you to the arrival…
Gardening
Gardening: Earthy autumnal delights
Autumn is a great time to plant trees, shrubs and hardy winter plants, as the soil is neither too dry nor too wet. So when the sun is shining for a couple of days straight, it pays to get going in the garden.If you leave your gardening…
Chelsea gets a taste of Kiwi
The world’s most famous flower show will have New Zealand water and wine flowing through it next month. The “Discovery Garden”, inspired by Marlborough vineyard Cloudy Bay, will be part of the Chelsea Flower Show in London.Top British…
Gardening: A bright idea for mothers
Gardening: A seasonal flavour to savour
One of my favorite fruits, the feijoa is here to be celebrated for its brief season. Its fresh flavour is impossible to replicate and the fruit should be eaten at just the right moment, plucked from the tree while the flesh is still…
Health
Doctors seek help to mend broken hearts
Sunlight beams through the lounge window at the Katoas’ house creating warmth and comfort. The house is matchbox-size, immaculate and homely.Family photos from their life in Tonga and New Zealand clutter the cabinets, and at least…
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant, Study Finds
Procedure recommended to treat aggressive liver cancer
Widow pays for doctor’s deadly mistake
2 Health Care Workers Made Ill by SARS-Like Virus
Two Health Care Workers Made Ill by SARS-Like Virus
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