What to watch this Easter weekend
The hottest TV, movies and podcasts to keep you entertained this long weekend.
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Get your long weekend mood on with top wines for solo moments and family affairs
Ten top tipples for Easter from Yvonne Lorkin
Restaurant review: Into the belly of the hāpuku beast at Al Brown's Depot
Sure they do sliders but the hāpuku is a fish dinner of Sunday roast proportions.
The First Woman reviewed: a battle to discover self in an embattled Uganda tied up in traditions
A young woman's personal awakening amid familial and political strife.
'Put me in any bookstore and I will find something I want to read'
Nalini Singh says she's guilty of tsundoku
'With me, you have seen in New Year's eves, arguments, heartbreak, triumph and hilarity'
Sarah Daniell on the dress she can't let go of, nearly 30 years after her mother died.
Steve Braunias and the mystery of Pollen Island
The mysterious island that remained mysterious for Steve Braunias
'If you're from my neighbourhood, you've got three ways out ...'
The story of chart-toppers The Four Seasons - the true Jersey boys
The Family Doctor: Debra Oswald's first foray into crime fiction
Debra Oswald's new thriller combines social realism with a story of revenge.
The view from my window: Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey tells Greg Bruce about the way things look.
One marriage, two movie reviews: The Father
Married film reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie are affected by The Father
Ima's legendary hot cross buns recipe
Yael Shochat shares her legendary hot cross bun recipe so that you may be legendary too.
AK79, boot boys and violence at the Ramones; photographer Anthony Phelps
His photos of NZ's punk era are iconic, but these are the songs that shaped his life.
Money for free: What writers would do with $57,000
How would you spend $57k? These writers wonder.
Verbal retorts and tightening traps abound in bodice-ripper for the 21st century
A Net for Small Fishes seems ready-made for a Netflix series
Corben Simpson: Danced all around the world and ended up in Bethlehem
Steve Braunias meets a legend of NZ music, Gandalf lookalike and pop genius.
My year in Tuscany, in a pandemic
In Italy the novelty of lockdowns has well and truly worn off, writes Tracy Goodall.
Stephanie Johnson: Idealism, idylls and the desire for change
Change is a constant and it's also the theme of Stephanie Johnson's new book.
Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview reveals 'abysmal double standard'
What became clear is an abysmal double standard: Diana Wichtel on the Oprah interview
No good, no evil: Phil Klay's new war epic
Phil Klay's much-anticipated first novel is a vivid, powerful war epic.
'Fantastic and utterly unpredictable twists'
A book about human frailty and NZ fiction are the choice for podcast producer Duncan Smith
Te Awa Tupua: What "legal personhood" means for the Whanganui River
In 2017, the Whanganui River was granted legal personhood — and the world is watching.
One marriage, two movie reviews: Collective
Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review the newly Oscar-nominated documentary Collective.
Restaurant review: Falafel redemption at the Gemmayze Street refurb
Where charred cucumber and dried mint is the autumnal segue you didn't know you needed.
Taonga: "Even at the height of my Marie Kondo phase, I couldn't bear to part with any of them"
Howick Historical Village's Krissy Perrett has a wardrobe full of vintage treasures.
Restaurant review: Hot chook and seriously cool noodles at Ockhee
Meet your new favourite way to eat kūmara - chewy, bouncy Korean noodles.
'My reading is either new New Zealand books or things I pick at second-hand bookstores and op shops'
Steve Braunias on what he's been reading over summer
Clockwork: Kikuko Tsumura's search for meaning in the modern workplace
Anyone suffering from late-capitalism fatigue will relate to Tsumura's workplace novel
Sue Copsey: 'Not one of the Windsors is anywhere near as fascinating as a Tudor or a Plantagenet'
Sue Copsey talks to Eleanor Black about her Tudor-inspired contemporary novels
Rebel Girls, Impatient Love and Long Life: Isabel Allende's new memoir
The Chilean author has penned her memoir on what it means to be a woman.
'I'd never sailed before': How this Kiwi won silver at Chechyna's first-ever regatta
'Skipper Peter Burling's reputation was in my gardening-gloved hands'
Holm truths on minding your money
After 40 years of talking money, Mary Holm is far from bored.
'Everything we took for granted has been taken away'
This is a moment in history - British actor Juliet Stevenson