With a fabulous 2024 festival theme of FEASTY, we literally and metaphorically feasted upon festival fashion, music, sculpture, food, fun and festivities galore, at Splore Festival! Here are some of ...

I made a flippant joke when I saw the poster for Drive Away Dolls (dir Ethan Coen) where I called it two girls, one car. If you get the reference you have watched a horrific piece of internet history… ...

What a delight this film was. Can’t Buy Me Love is a charming story of a goofy nerd, Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) who wants to get into the cool kids club, and pays the most popular girl in school, ...

A stunning day down in Hamilton for their arts festival’s stylish highlight: Couture in the Gardens, featuring fashion designer and Waikato resident Jacqueline Anne Atelier’s designs set amongst the ...

As I type the thunderstorm is just breaking and thunder is cracking across the city of sails but this morning I took a sun bathed walk amongst tropical greenery so that sums up Auckland doesn’t it, ...

At the opening night of Harbourside Auckland new Sake Bar ?? A fabulous night featuring DJ Peter Urlich, sake cocktails, and sushi, with a stunning harbour view ?? G.H.Mumm and Champagne Ambassador ...

And we are back for post-lockdown movie reviews v2. This time the review was in the new Boutique section of the Newmarket 277 Event cinema. It was really lovely, and the spread that was put on was ...

Phoenix plays the titular Bonaparte and his ascension to Emperor following the civil unrest following the French Revolution in 1789. There is pomp and circumstance, amazing costumes, vicious action ...

The Civil Rights Activist and Congressman, John Lewis, talked about getting into ‘good trouble’. The idea was that to make meaningful change, it would require disruption, confrontation, and a ...

1964, Tokyo hosted the 18th Summer Olympics, we were nearly entering space, The Beatles were taking the US by storm, while race riots were ripping the US apart. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed ...

Running since 2019, the study is one of New Zealand’s most comprehensive analyses of Gen Z behaviour Off to learn about key trends of GEN Z for 2025 I headed along to hear about GEN Z trends at The ...

In this column of Editor’s Pick I take my first look at Trinny London makeup; iconic British fashion stylist Trinny Woodhall’s makeup line that has won numerous beauty awards, and is sold online in ...