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Psychologist and media personality Nigel Latta is back with an app designed to give parents personalised advice about their children.

Despite knowing the news for a while, Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono is still pinching himself. "I’m just still in shock trying to make sense of it all. It's all coming to life now, it's all becoming reality.”

About 700 people squashed together on Cuba Street, some stood on bins, to catch a glimpse of Dan Boerman's linen skills.

Making traditional Māori kai available to people around the Wellington region is about more than feeding people says founder CJ Collier.

Who drops their first-ever Māori language album, performs a run of sold-out shows overseas and releases an intimate personal documentary - all within a month? Kiwi folk legend Marlon Williams.

James May is tackling the “biggest subject on the planet" but promises you won't be bored.

In a career spanning decades, Val Kilmer took on supporting and leading roles spanning from Batman to Doc Holliday.

The Kiwi actor also reveals his outlook on life, wine, women leaders - and why he was never hooked by the lure of Hollywood fame.

Mai Tamimi says celebrating Ramadan and Eid was special in Hebron, now she tries to bring that lively atmosphere to Dunedin.

The award-winning journalist writes about facing the reality of her own abuse for the first time in the brave new memoir No Words for This.

From cherimoya and white sapote to Brazilian cherries, Kris Edgington is growing a mouth-watering array of food on his productive Bay of Plenty property.

King was born Deaf and uses New Zealand Sign Language full-time, leading the primary school class using every tool in his kit that is not the spoken word.

A new report shows the "striking" disparity between men and women in the job - but what's behind it?

The LA-based comedian is back home to serve up his "silly physicality and playing off himself in various characters" on stage for the first time in nearly 10 years.

On 26 March 2020, Kate Newton’s street in Auckland went into lockdown along with the rest of the country. Five years later she tracked down her old neighbours.

Ginette McDonald, who got her start in theatre playing a French maid in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, returns in a new version of his classic comedy Blithe Spirit.

Once a brake pad salesman, Nick Hayes has launched a second career, spinning techno and hard industrial dance tracks from his yard in Yorkshire.

In his intimate new one-man show An Evening with Bob Geldof,the 73-year-old activist rocker doesn't hide the fact anger is his "default emotional condition".

Forgiveness helped course correct Young New Zealander of the Year finalist Ben Purua's life after his role in a man's murder. What can we learn from that?

New Zealand’s law means brands get more scrutiny if they want to trademark a Māori word.

Psychologist and media personality Nigel Latta - who was given a year to live - has announced his cancer is in remission and now expects to live for "years and years".

Normally, people can only find the best traditional Malaysian rice porridge during Ramadan, Habib Ali says.

There is no shortage of Kiwi kids aiming to one day bump Lawson out of his seat on Red Bull’s Formula 1 racing team.

Chef Chris Waghorn is up at 2am at Auckland's Māngere Refugee Centre, and he'll likely still be in the kitchen for another 12 hours or so every day during March.

Comedian and writer Ruby Wax gets real about her struggles with depression in the memoir-turned-stage show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was.

"I know it's pricey," acknowledges Allison Kirkman. "But I would sooner go to Logan Brown 12 times in a year than 24 times to somewhere else."

Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19.

As the Islamic calendar moves back into New Zealand's summer time, Kiwi Muslims will be observing longer fasting days for the next seven years or so.

Groove Armada's Andy Cato says "pure madness" drove him to sell the rights to his music to pursue his passion for regenerative farming.

Henwood was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

Henwood was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

New Zealand is a "more interesting and developing place than Australia," says the Australian-based British actor.

Some parents want to avoid the pitfalls of smartphones and social media while keeping their kids connected to their friends. Home phones are helping.

Jake Bailey became a household name after giving his head boy speech at Christchurch Boys High a week after being diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer.

Zeena Ali asked if she could wear her hijab as part of her NZ police uniform. The response was, "What's that?"

There have always been famous children, but in a world of instant social media it's now all too easy to expose youngsters to the world.

At Mt Eden Prison, Te Manga Herewini's life hit rock bottom as tumours spread in his body. That's when he decided to change things around.

Every aspiring journalist dreams of working somewhere like New York City. For a few months one summer, Nik Dirga got to give it a go.

When Marg Hunt heard there were hundreds of cockroach-linked ACC claims, she laughed: "That's bread and butter for me."

"If I could swap this thing for being bankrupt ... if I could do that and be guaranteed 30 more years with Natalie, I'd do that in a second," he says.

For Kirsten Crawford, the journey to receiving her moko kauae has been one of identity, connection, and the feeling of "becoming complete."

When meeting someone with a visible disability for the first time, people often ask about what happened - but is that okay? Journalist and wheelchair user Olivia Shivas is heading a new magazine, showcasing the lives of Kiwis with disabilities.

Johnny Clark is the third-generation owner of Nins Bin - a roadside food truck 20 minutes north of Kaikōura.

The gift of a coveted cricket bat turned Simon Wraight into a tall, elegant cricketer, at least in his mind.

The stand-up hopes his win inspires more Pasifika to achieve whatever they aspire to.

Before social media and the age of influencers, grabbing a coffee and the Sunday paper was an adrenaline-filled moment to see if you'd made the cut.

Raising children without my own mother's guidance was like navigating a new country without a map, writes Inès Almeida.