If the young talent rising in the food ranks is anything to go by, our restaurant scene is about to get a whole lot more exciting. Viva's restaurant reviewer talks to three chefs ready to shake things up.

Many older workers are choosing work over retirement and often it's not for the money.

The Ma'a Nonu who turned up on Friday is the one Graham Henry should think seriously about deleting from his World Cup plans.

Secure job, training, no student loan, chance to see the world, how could any parent object?

A building energy scientist for Branz.

Jobs are disappearing and work is becoming transactional, a business futurologist says.

Togs, togs, togs ... undies - remember the advertising image of a beachgoer in swimming togs walking up the beach into a shopping centre?

Voluntourism catching on with holidaymakers and companies.

The No Country For Old Men star wasn't sure what he wanted to do when he started off his working life and so decided to try his hands at a number of jobs, and even bared his body at one point.

Three years after the death of her lover Heath Ledger, actress Michelle Williams has an Oscar nomination. The Hollywood star talks candidly to Tim Teeman about grief, her daughter, her mania for cleaning — and her new film.

Companies are looking to lift staff to meet growth plans.

Books can help explain the challenge of transitions, says Margie Elley-Brown

It takes a lot to shock John Humphrys. But when Justin Webb, his co-host on 'Today', revealed that he was the secret love child of the Welshman's old BBC colleague, the newsreader Peter Woods, even Humphrys was taken aback.

New Zealand's support staff has received a boost in star wattage with the signing of former South African speed great Allan Donald.