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whakapapa A line of decent from one’s ancestors; genealogy Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Anna Jullienne star in the Mindfood season of Two Ladies presented by Auckland Theatre Company We have three double passes to give away to the Auckland season at ASB

Lifting the fraying, delicate korowai onto her shoulders, Jenny-May Clarkson is overcome. Tears spring to her eyes and her heart starts to race. This beautiful cloak, steeped in meaning and significance, has sat carefully wrapped at the bottom of a w

This time last year, Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand was planning to do great things. The stage and screen legend had just won the prestigious title of New Zealander of the Year for her advocacy work in the arts and her commitment to te reo Māori, a

Art and medicine aren’t necessarily what you’d call a traditional pairing, but for photographer Emma Bass, the two have always been intrinsically linked. From her time as a nurse to her place today as one of New Zealand’s best-known photographic arti

Age has always been a contentious issue for a female artists in the music industry, says Kiwi singer-songwriter Anna Coddington. But the mother of two refuses to play that game. At 39, she’s released her fourth independent album and says it’s her mat

On the Caribbean island of Antigua, it has become routine for Nancy Nicholson to get up at midnight to watch the America’s Cup on TV so she can cheer on her two sons. They’re competing for rival syndicates – Louis Sinclair is racing for Team New Zeal

The first thing you notice is her hair: a shocking pink mohawk that defies both gravity and low doorways. The second is her accent: a gentle Scottish burr, full of rolling Rs. “I’ve lived in New Zealand since 2007 but I still haven’t picked up the ac

About two years ago, Sarah Connor was driving to her Wellington home when her head suddenly felt like it was on fire. “It was as though it was melting from the inside out,” she recalls. “I felt faint and my vision started to blur. Luckily, I could pu

Not my finest parenting moment,” is how Haylee Wrenn describes the day she collapsed in front of her daughter. A straight-talking, sharp-shooting, no BS accountant, Haylee, 44, serves businesses up and down the country – ones that are often drowning

Throughout time, women’s bodies have been torn between our inner needs and society’s desires, and no more has this materialised than in our undergarments. Most controversially, women fitted into the shifting “ideal” shape created by the corset, which

nā Sido Broadcaster Jenny-May Clarkson is brave. I’ve always thought she showed strength of character on our screens, but the raw honesty she shares in this week’s issue about her inner struggle with her cultural identity as Māori, and her painful an

in mere seconds and with just one question, a 17-year-old girl single-handedly – and quite accidentally – facilitated one of the most talked about moments from New Zealand’s 2020 general election. Appearing via video link during the TVNZ leader’s deb

Sophia Loren inhabits such a high-spec level of superstardom that she doesn’t even know The Rolling Stones wrote a song about her. “Who?” she says, a disembodied, heavily accented voice calling from her home in Geneva. “The Rolling Stones,” I repeat.

You wear three straw hats: running your company Green Sister, as market garden manager and volunteers leader for Auckland’s Kelmarna Gardens, and as a facilitator for The Compost Collective. Tell us a bit about what each job entails… Judy: As Green S

Create a relaxed, elegant feel by mismatching dinnerware, casually scattering cushions and throws, and adding greenery from the garden. Don’t worry about having everything perfectly aligned - slightly quirky, off-centred vases, candles and other ador

When I first went to Waitangi on Waitangi Day, I was a young recruit for the TV show Marae, among seasoned, knowledgeable Māori journalists and producers. I’d only just started learning Māori, and I still cringe at the memory of mispronouncing the wo

Sorry. We won’t talk about periods on prime time.” That was the reply we got when my company, The Hello Cup, suggested a prominent New Zealand current affairs show might like to have Rain Dove, a non-binary international model and activist, appear as

The postman always rings twice – well, in this case, the courier always rings twice. I was sitting on my bed, laptop open, trying to resist another Netflix romcom, when the doorbell rang. I sat quietly hoping they’d go away. They went away. I knew by

This year I’m one of many thirsty people who embraced Dry January. I think perhaps 2020 was particularly wet? What with all the extra baking and those consolatory bags of potato chips that seem to go hand in hand with a pandemic, I now find myself ve

JUST LIKE YOU By Nick Hornby (Penguin Random House, RRP $37) This could have gone terribly wrong: a 63-year-old white, middle-class Londoner writing from the perspective of a 22-year-old black, working-class man and a 12-year-old white, middle-class

1 Sensibly steady (5-6) 9 Dispute settling (11) 15 Stoat-like animals (7) 16 Crop harvest (5) 17 Very angry (5) 19 Situate (5) 21 Gumtree marsupial (5) 22 Regional (5) 23 Elusive (7) 24 Disney fawn (5) 25 Aircraft gangway (5) 27 Puncture with knife (

Windswept coastlines, fossil-hunting and life-changing love are at the heart of this captivating historical romance. Oscar-winner Kate Winslet plays Mary Anning, a real-life palaeontologist who was known for her discoveries in Lyme Regis, along Engla

Gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin receives two reimaginings this month, thanks to a new Netflix series and a recently released animated feature film. A classic character in French detective fiction, Lupin was the creation of Maurice

WHO WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD IDOL/ROLE MODEL? Apparently I had an imaginary horse called Dusty who I used to talk through my issues with. So, probably him. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A writer. I used to carry around little notebooks and cons

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