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Normal 9-5 jobs dying off
Jobs are disappearing and work is becoming transactional, a business futurologist says.

League: Tuiaki forced to retire
A chronic ankle injury has finally forced Kiwis and West Tigers wing Taniela Tuiaki to retire.

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

<i>Your business:</i> Giving travellers a chance to help out
Voluntourism catching on with holidaymakers and companies.

Javier Bardem once worked as a stripper
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.

Michelle Williams is kinda blue
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.

Books to change your life
Books can help explain the challenge of transitions, says Margie Elley-Brown

BBC host surprises with a news flash of his own
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.

Cricket: White Lightning strikes NZ deal
New Zealand's support staff has received a boost in star wattage with the signing of former South African speed great Allan Donald.

<i>Damien Grant</i>: Create your own luck
In The Black Swan Nassim Taleb describes a black swan as a significant unexpected random event that has a large impact. The question is, how do we best position ourselves to benefit from or minimise the negatives of such events?

<i>Mark Irving :</i> My time in advertising
Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.