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Dramatist dropped from festival for copying play word for word

Coffee offers gateway to the soul, says book

<i>Noelle McCarthy:</i> Job means taking rough with smooth

<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Kookaburra only one laughing

Didn't Sinclair plagiarise a kookaburra when she came up with the original tune plagiarised by Men At Work?

Food for thought

Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do.

Exuberant trawl through the senses

This collection of essays came together by chance.

Twists in family's surprise story

Communicating on many levels

Damien Wilkins' previous novel, <i>The Fainter</i>, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.

<i>Review:</i> The Lover at Basement Theatre

Leaving for work, a buttoned-up English banker asks his housewife: "Is your lover coming today?"

Pauly Fuemana farewelled by mourners

Pauly Fuemana's friends and family have farewelled the south Auckland musical legend who sang NZ's biggest global hit.

Pauly Fuemana's funeral today

<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.

<i>Review:</i> Echo and the Bunnymen at Laneway Festival

Orson Welles' director 'son' to take DNA test

New light on Ancient Mariner

'Dangerous' children's book set to top charts

Media Salinger frenzy on way

Kiwi stars in sitcom