Tauoranga/Life

The latest entries in New Zealand’s food composition database reflect the nation’s growing ethnic diversity and rising demand for plant-based options and allergen-friendly foods.

We are hitting the grumpiest time of the year - after Matariki there are no public holidays until October, it's cold and dark and gloomy. How do we keep ourselves feeling okay?

Shorter days and colder mornings can make regular exercise even more challenging in winter.

How many of these home remedies actually work? Are they rooted in fact or just an old wives' tale?

Storing a scrunched, snotty cloth up your sleeve probably wouldn't be advised, but they can offer just as much protection as a tissue if handled well.

A horse accident left Anna Baigent unable to work in the racing industry. Instead she found companionship with the horses.

There are several dos and don'ts to making sure you safely defrost the glass, and get to work or school on time. We also share the fastest way to defog your windscreen once in the car.

Simple, effective ways to dry laundry indoors when it’s wet outside and you don’t have access to a dryer.

Dried and chapped fingers, blackened finger cots and eight hours of sitting on a wooden court pew - American artists are giving their all to cover intense trial proceedings.

Garden guru Lynda Hallinan shares some smart tips to help get your place in shape for spring.

When a romantic relationship becomes unhealthy, the location-sharing apps teenagers use for safety can put them at risk of psychological abuse, says a Spanish researcher.

Eamon Dolan tried to set boundaries with his abusive mother for years. He says severing all connections was one of the best things he's ever done.

The idea that if you really love someone you have to lock them down as yours alone forever is a “monogamy myth”, says Polyamory For Dummies author Dr Jaime Grant.

Small acts of resistance known as "micro-feminism" can help women feel empowered at work.

Wellington bellringer Dylan Thomas - 21 - trains other young people in the ancient art of the 'peal'.

A recent Deloitte study found that only six percent of Gen Z workers aspire to leadership roles in the workplace. The reasons for that are many.

“If I was say a millionaire, but I was still very much struggling with my health, with food addiction, all of these different things, the money would just come in and then it would go out on all of these addictions.”

On their family whenua in north Taranaki, the McClutchie whānau explore growing different crops and aspire to grow Māori medicinal plants in the future.

The diverse and comforting recipes in Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa include Persian Chicken Stew and Sri Lankan Milk Toffee.

The fifth annual 'Iconic Auckland Eats' list has whittled down 3109 submissions to a selection of 100 local restaurants.

Crank up the heat and a succulent roast chook can be on the table in no time, says food writer Gretchen Lowe.

Yotam and Niva Kay fell in love with real, homemade ginger beer in a West African restaurant in Paris in 2007. They've perfected their own recipe for a rich, yummy ginger beer drink, which includes a ginger beer 'bug' that can be used in other drinks.

This easy, light and fresh salad features on the menu at Australian chef Sean Connolly's new Queenstown restaurant Pavilion Bar & Kitchens.

A creamy sauce, savoury herbal notes and the rich, earthy, sweetness of kūmara make these pies a true favourite.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee has earned the Kiwi comedian a Logie nomination for Most Popular New Talent at the prestigious Australian television awards.

Like other quirky TV shows that explore coercively controlling groups, Sirens leans into the “wackiness” of cult life.

Aussie horror flick Dangerous Animals is the latest in the ever popular shark attack oeuvre, Dominic Corry looks at some of the best post-Jaws movies.

This year the awards present a record 34 finalists across 13 categories.

A Russian who escaped prison in Siberia is responsible for pioneering beautiful radios - in terms of form and function - in New Zealand.

A Russian who escaped prison in Siberia is responsible for pioneering beautiful radios - in terms of form and function - in New Zealand.

About 650 works are back on display in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent Oceania exhibition following a major renovation and reenvisioning.

In her debut book Hello to Everybody, Wellington illustrator Sallie Culy depicts the smiling faces of the people in her life.

Two choirs, one from a Northland town with a population of 6000, the other from a metropolis of 17 million, are the subject of a new documentary.

Nikau Grace, 17, says she felt a personal connection to the anthem because her koro was in the same battalion as Sir Bom.

Interior designer and avid art collector Sonja Hawkins co-founded My Art, a service which offers interest free loans to allow collectors to buy art from leading galleries across New Zealand and Australia.

Here is a small selection of favourites so far (we have brilliant books still to come in the second half of the year) that includes a new novel from Nobel winner Han Kang, two local memoirs, and the start of two new fiction series that I predict are going to take off.

Hard To Find Books owner Warwick Jordan says he couldn’t sleep last night, thinking about the various offers he's made to take all the books from the National Library.

An idyllic summer holiday on the Kāpiti coast inspired Wellington writer Jennifer Trevelyan’s debut novel.

The British thriller writer wrote more than 20 novels, short stories and other works. He died aged 86, his literary agents said.