If you want a table at Coco's, show up early. When we got there at 6pm, it was starting to fill.

A new book shines the spotlight behind the scenes of some of London's style gurus, focusing on their interior design at home.

There are Baxter self-quotations and talk of cut-throats and fowlhouses for literary experts to spot, but you don't have to know a line of the great men's work to enjoy the play.

Film buffs are hoping this year's selection will be high on cinephile pleasures - since it seems unusually low on both star power and scandal.

A selection of entries from the Play photo competition.

The names Jeremy Brockie and David Mulligan will be added to the All Whites' 23-man World Cup squad, leaving two spots still up for grabs.

Deborah Telford tries virtue on for size at Queensland's second-oldest health retreat.

TV3 bosses hinted that popular and irreverent former Nightline host Belinda Todd could return to Kiwi television.

New contract system means many leading NZ super rugby players will move to new franchises.

Skipper Cameron Smith will not play again before Origin I after scans found he had suffered ligament damage.

A selection of entries from the Play photo competition.

Annah Stretton, the last New Zealand designer to show at Australian Fashion Week, proved that fashion can be deep.

Russell Crowe's foul-mouth rant revealed in new book: 'I will kill you with my bare hands'

Two contenders remain in millionaire property developer Terry Serepisos's search for an apprentice.

Just like fashion itself, Barbie is going back to basics with a new collection that celebrates the power and sophistication of the Little Black Dress.

Checked shirts have never gone out of fashion, but today this comfortable, rugged cloth of the clans is selling like never before.

Paul Rush visits Queenstown and enjoys some mellow yellow adventures.

A selection of entries from the Play photo competition.

A workshop performance by members of the RNZB, set to the tune of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, has become a YouTube hit.

Elizabeth Arden celebrates its 100th anniversary and a singular story.

The iPad doesn't come with instructions - and it's not the only gadget to do so. Are we losing our curiosity about how technology works?

Kiwis vice-captain Adam Blair knows nothing less than a perfect effort will get his underpowered side home tonight.