Author Witi Ihimaera was last night presented with a prestigious arts award - a week after he was caught up in a plagiarism row.

Witi Ihimaera has been named an Arts Foundation laureate and will receive a $50,000 award - days after admitting plagiarism in his new book.

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More well known for his award-winning children's stories than adult sci-fi.

Like Fiona Farrell, Bernadette Hall spent six months in Ireland courtesy of the Rathcoola Fellowship.

There's nothing like a beautiful cookbook to get the tastebuds tingling.

Snoopy gets all the breaks.

Lisa Tamati will run the length of the country - 2,200 km - in just 33 days. That's the equivalent of 52 marathons in just over a month.

Political commentator and academic Ranginui Walker says people these days think he has mellowed - but he reckons he hasn't changed.

An Australian wine writer's latest book recommends several New Zealand wines, some of which had not even been bottled when it was released.