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Books: Punk rides again
Comic book artist Ant Sang talks to David Larsen about his ‘transformational journey’

Ultimate New Zealand road trip - Auckland to Bluff
Over five days, Greg Dixon does one of the ultimate New Zealand road trips: taking a car from Auckland to Bluff.

Review: Olaf's, Mt Eden
Mt Eden diners need to pay a visit to Olaf’s before folks in the outer suburbs discover it.

Driving on the safeside
It used to be, years ago, that safety didn’t matter much when it came to cars. These days it’s one of the first things we consider when buying. Alan Perrott offers a starters’ guide to buying a safe car.

Driving me crazy
Comedian and top-class driver Urzila Carlson explains why it’s easier to drive in New Zealand than South Africa and why she’s not a good passenger.

Brunch: Misters, Auckland CBD
New inner-city cafe comes with an alluring concept, but needs to sort of teething problems.

Books: Small steps towards fascism
The conversation turns to how to end the world when David Larsen talks to writer Jo Walton.

Gallery: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery
For nearly two years Northland doctor Chris Reid photographed his patients. Greg Dixon talks to him on the eve of an Auckland exhibition of the result.

Amy Poehler spills the beans in new memoir
Comedy queen Amy Poehler’s new memoir spills the beans on her divorce and her dalliance with cocaine. Now, the much-feted comedian is on a new mission — to get rid of the cult of cool and promote humour that’s for everyone, writes Hephzibah Anderson.

Win at rock, paper, scissors
Thought rock, paper, scissors was a game of chance? Think again, says William Poundstone.

Bowler: To live and die in LA
Leena Tailor talks to Kiwi actor Grant Bowler about the long path to Hollywood success, divorce, and sex scenes with Lindsay Lohan.

Books: Pulling the plug
Meetings with prize-winning authors form the basis for new satire, writes Stephen Jewell.