Don't let the facade's crisp trim fool you: this home offers spacious, elegant living options.

American expat and Apartment 86 owner Linda Chandler shares her style secrets with Viva.

Your guide to Auckland's food courts - a banquet of cheap eats.

They are the grand old vessels of the sea - the ships of old, restored to full glory to sail Auckland's harbours once again, like they did more than a century ago.

At one upmarket Auckland restaurant the waiting staff are likely to be at least as well qualified as their clientele.

Don is the editor of Thirst magazine.

If you've run out of ideas to keep yourself busy these holidays Julie Harries has a novel idea guaranteed to get the suggestions flowing.

For design store owner Paul Dowie, treasures can be simple - from the garden to enjoying a breakfast - or artistic and historic.

A dedicated bunch are bringing Christmas to their neighbourhoods, reports Catherine Smith.

Learn to cook like the French with this cookbook from Serge Dansereau.

Ireland's 'gourmet grande dame', Darina Allen, fills in the cooking gaps that may have passed us by.

Up to 95 homes in Auckland's Franklin Rd now have their Xmas lights on at night, says the founder of the annual spectacle.

There are many events on offer, Auckland-wide, to have you feeling festive.

New Ponsonby eatery Cocoro mixes beautifully presented traditional Japanese dishes with a contemporary twist.

Prepared for some quick thrills while car shopping, Gill South ended up finding the the perfect match, although, sadly, it wasn't meant to be...

The food and service at a Spanish eatery make up for other distractions.

Viva's team of experts gives its annual verdict on Auckland's best takeout spots for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Cast and crew of the runaway local hit show Outrageous Fortune get together to watch the final episode play out at a bar in Ponsonby.

The new lair of a group of foodie artists proves deserving of its popularity.

Tired of having a ‘monkey mind’, and inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love, Rebecca Barry sets out to find inner peace on a meditation course and talks to a woman who turned on, tuned in and dropped out in Bali.

Mecca Cosmetica has become the New Zealand stockists of Diptyque, the cult French candlemaker.

Why is there is no seriously upscale Spanish restaurant in this city?

Ella offers a relatively small menu, plumped out by an alluring specials board.