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Alleged confession in Kahui inquest
The inquest into the deaths of the Kahui twins has heard evidence of an alleged confession from Macsyna King from a former partner. The twins died of head injuries at the Starship hospital in 2006.

Kiwi to direct Twilight follow-up film
Expat New Zealand director Andrew Niccol is working on a sci-fi film written by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.

Fiction Addiction: Review: The Conductor
It can be a good or a bad thing if you finish a novel wanting more. In the case of Sarah Quigley's The Conductor it's both.

Charlaine Harris: Energised by the supernatural
Stephen Jewell talks to American author Charlaine Harris about why readers must not confuse her True Blood novels with the television series.

Book lover: Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is the US author of the best-selling Stephanie Plum stories and has just released the latest in the series Smokin' Seventeen.

Robert Redford: How the matinee idol became a Hollywood movie maverick
Philip French looks at a new biography of Robert Redford.

Fiction Addiction: Five hot new books
So many books, so little time. Selecting books for Fiction Addiction is a delicious but sometimes difficult task, so this month we sought help by asking you what makes a good book club read.

Book Review: <i>The Girl In The Polka-dot Dress</i>
The Girl In The Polka-dot Dress could be described as a "road novel", since most of the action takes place on the freeways of America as Harold Grasse drives his newly bought, second-hand camper from Maryland to California in the 1960s.

Book Review: <i>Smut: Two Unseemly Stories</i>
Two middle-aged ladies are central to Alan Bennett's reflective pair of comedies in Smut.

Book Review: <i>The Silence Beyond</i>
When Michael King died in a road accident in 2004 at the age of 58, New Zealand lost one of its most admired writers and this collection, edited by his novelist daughter Rachael King, reminds us how he earned his reputation.

Book Review: <i>La Rochelle's Road</i>
Tanya Moir's first novel is an example of historical fiction that brings to life a moment in time in a way that is graceful and thoughtful.

Book Review: <i>A Widow's Story - A Memoir</i>
When anyone precious dies, most people attempt to keep their memory alive. This can be done by using their name a lot. Valuing the things they once touched. Or even wore.

<i>Inside Money:</i> This time it's personal (finance)
One of the hazards of this job it that I feel compelled to read books about finance from time to time.

Fiction Addiction: Sarah Quigley Q&A
Sarah Quigley - or should I say Dr Sarah Quigley, for she has a doctorate in English literature from Oxford, no less - has long been recognised as one of New Zealand's finest writers.

Book lover: Alexander McCall Smith
We ask the author of more than 60 books what he loves as a bookworm.

Michael Robotham: Money, politics and power
Michael Robotham's wife keeps him grounded, finds Nicky Pellegrino.

Hay's fertile field feeds minds
It's a pop-up world of panama hats and outdoor reading (when it's sunny), scarves and cups of coffee (when it's not), and an erudite audience.

A pot of gold (+ recipe)
Save dishes, save time, save money and eat well. Clarissa Dickson Wright shows us how in her new cookbook.