Looking for ways to inject some much-needed spice into your life this weekend? All you need are these three thrillers ...

Desert tones and holiday prints inspire a sense of adventure this season.

This is a place providing quality food with a character of its own at a very competitive price, well presented with competent service in a pleasing venue.

Nicky Park reviews Ceremony in Grafton for brunch.

Alan Perrott spends the day with Coers and his 1600kg new charge, Anjalee, and discovers what makes our zoo different from any other in the world.

Fish ladders are structures that Britons began building in the 19th century when they started damming and blocking waterways.

There are too many Michael Moorcocks. I don't mean the books - although there are a bewildering number of those, there could never be too many for his admirers.

In this final volume of Graeme Lay's fictional trilogy on the life of James Cook, we confront a very different man to the legend or, for that matter, the first two books in the series.

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow's Weekend Herald.

The world's largest supermodel, Tess Holliday, is putting a rocket under the fashion industry.

What defines good taste? This season, designers push it to the next level.

A Royal Oak restaurant is bound to convert you to the flavours of Filipino cuisine.

The service was pleasant and amazingly fast for a busy Saturday morning.

Like every other book of Stephenson's, this one uses formal language to position itself a small, strategic distance from its readers, like a speaker standing behind a lectern.

A grinding, persuasive power binds this collection of short fiction and essays, many of which have been published elsewhere in the past two or three years.

It begins near the end of the 20th century. The Big One has finally hit; on a strangely warm July afternoon, the Wellington Fault tears asunder, and New Zealand's capital is wrecked.

It is that time of life when we currently have two teenage offspring setting out on the long and involved path towards getting the driver's licences.

When it comes to eyewear this season, confident colour and bold patterns make an impact.

Vibrant Malaysian offering from Top chef Josh Emett invigorates Takapuna.

If you're in this part of town and feeling peckish, The Parlour is worth a visit.

Taylor Schilling, Netflix's biggest breakout star, talks prison life, Orange Is The New Black and sudden fame with Christopher Goodwin.

In Benjamin Markovits' vivid new novel, the city becomes a symptom of America gone wrong. He tells Mick Brown about losing out and fitting in.

When he founded Te Araroa - the national walkway - Geoff Chapple encouraged us to go out and see the extraordinary beauty of this land of the long white cloud.

It does not hurt you to raise a hand to acknowledge this small act, to say thank you for making my day just that teensy bit better. In other words: common courtesy.

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine.

While it's always a good idea to opt for a local offering, if you feel like treating yourself to a good bottle of red there's nothing stopping you from looking at old favourites and lesser-known lovelies from over the seas.

The wines from the skin-stretchingly hot and dusty climes of South Australia are vastly different to our own ...

If in doubt, a clean and neutral palette is a reliable fall-back.