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'I just want what I call strong Lizzo energy'

The truth about weight and health is about how we feel, writes Siena Yates

Finding friendship in the face of adversity

Review of Sarah Crossan's Here is the Beehive

Ahi reviewed: Was Ben Bayly's new restaurant worth the wait?

The New Zealand food story, featuring deep-fried scampi on a stick and teeny lamb pies.

One marriage, two movie reviews: The Social Dilemma

Married couple Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review The Social Dilemma.

The trans woman who wants to win a Miss New Zealand crown

Arielle Keil wants to make history as first transgender Miss New Zealand winner. Video / Dean Purcell

Yas Queen! The trans woman who wants to win a Miss New Zealand crown

Arielle Keil always wanted to be a beauty queen - but first she had to transition.

'My reading list is more of a to-read list'

Airini Beautrais on books she would read if she had the time

Sutch and such

Keith Ovenden on the unbearable family meal ritual

Of 'pets' and 'curses'

Elizabeth Heritage and David Herkt review Pets and Betty.

One marriage, two movie reviews: The Australian Dream

Married couple Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review The Australian Dream

Scotty Morrison on where Māori came from and why it matters

In the new TVNZ 1 series Origins, Scotty Morrison travels the world in search of home.

Poet Kate Camp reads everything from Trollope to Mantel

Poet and author of How to Be Happy Though Human, Kate Camp, shares her reading list.

Ghazaleh Golbakhsh: From prison at age 6 to film-maker and author

From Iran, to NZ, to Hollywood, Ghazelah Golbakhsh discusses her new book of essays.

Turning other's trash into your treasure

Victor van Wetering shares the art of living frugally amid the urban sprawl.

Noteworthy: Social status focus of a selection of books

Eleanor Black on Canvas' Noteworthy book reviews.

Letters tell of love during World War II

Love letters create a new literary genre with a multiple purpose