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Is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory the greatest Easter movie ever?
What makes Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory so great?

Shaken or stirred: The perfect autumn gin cocktail
New Zealand's boutique gin distilleries reinvent the classic G&T.

Sorry for your loss: Our strange obsession with funeral homes
Six of the best films and TV shows you should be dying to watch

'Aren't you scared of people haunting you?'; Ghosts, grief and saying goodbye
Funeral director Rachel Benns talks to Joanna Wane about breaking into the boys' club.

High ideals in the rooftop revolution
Bright ideas that make cities better: planting the rooftop.

Joan Collins on Dynasty, innocence, smouldering and just getting on with it at 88
Joan Collins on innocence and smouldering

Butter Up!
The question that has divided family and friends, what's the perfect bun-to-butter ratio?

One of Auckland's best-kept Pasifika secrets
Nothing less than perfection for Fale Kai cook Loisi Puleiku

Flower power: Rotherham's derelict wasteland to a river of beauty
Bright ideas that make cities better: England's urban wildflower gardens.

Joy Cowley: 'The mystery central to my life'
'Times of pain and loss emptied me to make room for something new,' says Joy Cowley

WeCrashed review: Can Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto salvage something from the wreckage of WeWork?
WeWork is one of the great corporate disasters of our times, but does it make for good TV?

A Ukrainian in Hamilton: 'You cannot sit on two chairs at this time'
The reality of the Russia/Ukraine war as seen from New Zealand

Steve Braunias: 'I get to share in the sense of wealth and privilege by having the same postcode'
Two suburbs at different places on the economic scale: Te Atatū and Herne Bay

'It's unforgivable': The real reason Louisa Wall quit politics
Louisa Wall: It's hard to be part of someone's team if they don't want you.

Shadbolt House in Titirangi
Shadbolt House in Titirangi, the home famous in which author Maurice Shadbolt resided. Video / Brett Phibbs

Pair on a mission to put a writer back in the writer's house
"I'd say by 2024, there will be a writer living here" - Naomi McCleary.

Sex, desire and female rage - why women love Lisa Taddeo
Times: Three Women was a phenomenon. Her latest obsession? Another taboo - female rage.

Diana Wichtel: the new normal is an assault on humanity
This is no time to make war resemble virtual reality entertainment.

The quiet power of this year's best picture winner
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Coda.

Navigating hostile seas, uncharted territory, racism and division: Sir Tipene O'Regan, living taonga, New Zealander of the Year
Living taonga, rangatira, Sir Tipene O'Regan - New Zealander of the Year

Hamburg's architecture stands up to the rising tide
Bright ideas that make cities better: Elbphilharmonie and the restoration of HafenCity.

The enduring allure of Kabul House
Find hunks of slow-cooked lamb and saffron-infused custard at the Afghani restaurant.

'We'd have wives coming in with husbands, and the same husbands with mistresses'
From Prego to SPQR: Debauchery and other stories from a life on the restaurant floor.

Birds, blood and bumps in the night ... horror director Jennifer Reeder
The award-winning director of horror flick Night's End takes us into her haunted house.

'My first meeting with Jane Campion was quite intimidating' - Kiwi Oscar nominee
Amber Richards talks about the star director and her own Oscar nomination.

How believable are the Oscars?
The Academy Awards are supposed to showcase the best actors and films. Do we care?

Adrien Brody: He's not acting at being a painter
Adrien Brody is not acting at being an artist

The director behind the three-hour Japanese epic hoping to storm the Oscars
The director of Drive My Car talks to Greg Bruce about his Oscar-nominated masterpiece.