A former Invercargill freezing worker who became a reality TV star in the United States has opened a Kiwi-concept restaurant in New York.

Balancing tax and spending is not a task we can afford to cede to appointed experts...

Justin Timberlake doesn't like sharing lifts.

Peter Calder blogs daily on the New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland.

Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.

Photographer extraordinaire Bill Cunningham makes his living in the thick of the action.

Rapper Nicki Minaj's cousin has been murdered.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor's personal possessions are to be sold at auction.

America Ferrera has married Ryan Piers Williams.

Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir is searingly honest, and funny. By Nicky Pellegrino.

Jennifer Aniston and her new man, Justin Theroux, snapped packing on PDA by famed photographer Terry Richardson.

Art Garfunkel has revealed that John Lennon sounded him out about a reunion with Paul McCartney.

Michael Fassbender and Zoe Kravitz are reportedly dating.

Curious tourists keep colourful district alive as families of original inhabitants depart for cheaper suburbs.