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Devil's Food Cake

A dark chocolate cake with thick icing sits on a round wooden board.

Instant ramen: a short history of a long noodle

Before it was called ramen, thin Chinese wheat noodles in soup were called chūka soba (literally, Chinese noodles).

Pike River is a perfect film

Pike River follows the real-life fight for justice by Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse who lost loved ones in the 2010 mining disaster. Robyn Malcolm plays Sonya Rockhouse and Melanie Lynskey plays Anna Osborne.

Reviving black tapa - traditionally reserved for Tongan royalty

Tapa work on display at the Gus Fisher Gallery in Auckland.

Auckland Boys' Choir is battling

The Auckland Boys' Choir lead the worship at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland.

Is this New Zealand's oldest book club?

BDS staff prepare to distribute thousands more books. From left Aimee Bloy, Lesley Heal and Jane Baxter.