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![Audrey Young: Pacific party sets tone for better relations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: Pacific party sets tone for better relations
As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.
![Watching Brief: Florian owns the Civic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watching Brief: Florian owns the Civic
Peter Calder blogs daily on the New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland.
![Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes
Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?
![Tracey Barnett: Repeat after me - being gay is okay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tracey Barnett: Repeat after me - being gay is okay
Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.
![Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'Lost in Shangri-La'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'Lost in Shangri-La'
There are two kinds of readers - those who peek at the last page and those who wouldn't dream of it.
![Wearing John Malkovich](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wearing John Malkovich
Actor John Malkovich has extended his fashion range to include a second clothing line - full of bohemian-inspired pieces.
![Elizabeth Taylor's personal items to be auctioned off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Elizabeth Taylor's personal items to be auctioned off
Dame Elizabeth Taylor's personal possessions are to be sold at auction.
![Gabrielle Hamilton: Food for thought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gabrielle Hamilton: Food for thought
Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir is searingly honest, and funny. By Nicky Pellegrino.
![Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux go public with romance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux go public with romance
Jennifer Aniston and her new man, Justin Theroux, snapped packing on PDA by famed photographer Terry Richardson.
![Art Garfunkel says John Lennon spoke of McCartney reunion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Art Garfunkel says John Lennon spoke of McCartney reunion
Art Garfunkel has revealed that John Lennon sounded him out about a reunion with Paul McCartney.
![Athletics: Willis second in New York](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Athletics: Willis second in New York
Nick Willis ran a season's best time to finish second over 1500 metres at an IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York.