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Tina Fey's Girls5eva: Lots of buzz; how much bazinga?

Half of married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie are excited about Girls5eva.

Reviewed: The new city fringe cafe where bread is the star

At Fluff Cafe, you come for the bread and stay for more bread.

Generations disrupted by lives chosen and lives imposed

Esther Freud's ninth novel has human truth on its side

Emma Neale: 'Only fools and children criticise or celebrate things half-done'

A tale of grim life is relieved by colourful pages and prose

The Justice of Bunny King: A love letter to all the women like leading character in new Kiwi movie

"Not all superheroes wear capes, there's a heap of them that wear bras too."

'Can you love the art and think the artist is a horrible human being?'

Finding out what you think can define you, says Diana Wichtel

Soundtrack to My Life: Anna Victoria, artist

"My inner child had this realisation that Beyonce didn't know me the way I knew her."

What do we really think about trees?

A new anthology of writing explores our relationships with the arboreal world.

Old school lessons in liver and livery: Restaurants to check out this weekend

The restaurant where the food is as lush as the furniture is plush.

Daring and death-defying: The only living lady parachutist's tour of NZ

"She was unconventional, doing something considered exceptional even for a man to do."

How an existential psychotherapist changed my life

"I became aware I was living based on choices I had made many years earlier."

Taonga: Mara TK on his kōauau, a traditional bone flute

The musician on receiving his most treasured possession and what it means for his future.

Going for gold - top Olympic-themed movies

Distract yourself with some landmarks in Olympic-related cinema.

The family link behind the new Bounty book

Fletcher Christian's great (x6) grandson has written a book re-examining the Bounty story.

We Are Lady Parts: This is not a comedy about Muslim women

New comedy about a Muslim punk band changes the game by not changing a thing.

'Some books you gobble up, others you need to spend time with'

What crime author Anne Harré has in her to-read pile