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Restaurant review: Salt, Castor Bay

Pub Spy: A taste of the mother countries

Wendyl wants to know: Sweet peachy tea has sugary failing

Tax soft drink to save lives: study

Imposing a 20 per cent tax on Coke and other fizzy soft drinks could save 67 lives a year by reducing ill-health, a New Zealand study has found.

Say 'I love you' with bacon

Bringing home the bacon has taken on a whole new meaning for Valentine's Day this year.

Possum burgers a treat for Field Days visitors

Fran O'Sullivan: Blacklist is just not cricket, Ralph

Since Key's return, the PM's department has reached out to various New Zealand businesses to ask them for their views, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

'Dumb Starbucks' causes a stir

A new 'Starbucks' coffee shop has caused a stir in Los Angeles - the pop-up outlet, serving free coffee, is 'dumb'.

Songs to cook up a storm

To time with the release of MasterChef winner, Emma Dean's new book, we asked her to share her top tracks to cook up a storm to.

Wendyl wants to know: Meat and herb bonus in ready-to-eat gravy

Kiwi drinks deal offers sales tonic

Beverage start-up Ti Tonics has partnered with the maker of Charlie's and Phoenix drinks in a distribution deal.

Deal leaves icecream makers cold

Icecream makers are worried by revelations that the Auckland Council is negotiating a 10-year deal to give Tip Top selling rights at public pools, parks, the waterfront and events.

Business survives Marmageddon

Sanitarium's much-publicised Marmite shortage failed to stop the food manufacturer's owner, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, from reporting a rise in revenue for its tax-free NZ businesses in the last financial year.

Wendyl wants to know: Best cream cheese not always home grown

Cream cheese is a great alternative to butter on toast, especially if you are teaming it with salmon or my latest food craze, sliced fresh strawberries.

Small Business: Craft brewers - Ralph Bungard, Three Boys Brewery

Ralph Bungard spent some serious time in the corridors of academia (he has a PhD in Plant Science and degrees in Viticulture and Oenology) before setting up Christchurch-based Three Boys Brewery a decade ago.

Key: Labour's tax plan 'nothing new'

Labour ditches GST plan

Labour has officially dropped its policies of having the first $5000 of earnings tax-free and of removing GST from fresh fruit and vegetables.

Small Business: Craft brewers - Soren Eriksen, 8 Wired Brewing

Soren Eriksen is a former champion poker player turned brewer. He brews his 8 Wired brand using a ‘virtual brewery’ model, making his beers using equipment rented from other breweries.