Back row diary
Australian Fashion Week celebrated its 15th year last week - Viva reports from the back row.
Australian Fashion Week celebrated its 15th year last week - Viva reports from the back row.
It is without doubt one of the great global brands, producing some of the world's finest wines.
Britain's new first lady Samantha Cameron was dressed by New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead.
In its strident efforts to be historically plausible, this latest Robin Hood may do away with many past traditions, among them the whole robbing from the rich policy of past incumbents.
Former All Blacks back Hurricanes to make top four but not all are convinced Crusaders will join them.
Game makers have been thinking outside the box and offering genre-bending titles like the long-awaited Alan Wake, first announced in 2005.
Fell, a 2010 Billy T. Award Nominee, is rude, suggestive and sex-crazed, asking the many audience members he uses during the show about their sex lives.
Whistler offers an Olympic challenge, says Sarah Ivey.
An Auckland stalwart shows it still has plenty of gloss in its style and service.
Author Angela Lassig fills a much-needed gap by publishing a book on 25 New Zealand fashion designers.
Hard times for the Cannes Film Festival, at least in terms of the splashy Hollywood films for which the world's most prestigious cinema showcase is known.
On Diamond Eyes Chino is back to his shrieking, yowling, and soaring best with a unique voice that sounds like he's singing through a loud hailer.
Winemakers often have the best results when they combine old practices with new techniques.
With a script lacking in imagination and a predictable plotline, Letters to Juliet is quite simply overwhelmed by romantic cliches.
The new Underbelly lacks tension in its portrayal of King's Cross life, writes Linda Herrick.
There are fewer Indian jokes this year, even though they are clearly what the audience is after - the thick accents Mohanbhai did pull out had the room roaring.
Halfback Piri Weepu is in doubt for the Hurricanes' must-win match against the Waratahs.
The six-episode miniseries leading up to Spartacus' arrival as a captured Thracian slave will see actors Lucy Lawless and John Hannah take centre stage.
When it comes to keeping secrets, reality TV producers don't typically have the same luxuries as their scripted TV counterparts.