The Canvas Hot Dinner events give Canvas readers exclusive entry to the latest restaurant openings in Auckland.

Helen Robinson from the Auckland City mission talks social housing, money, and being with people.

Booking in is welcome at this newcomer serving a fine range of Mediterranean and middle Eastern fare.

Before you launch into any good wine, make sure you grab a decent glass and not those awful goblets you nicked from Cobb & Co in the 80s.

Update your active wear with these new-season deliveries.

You probably already knew "farang" is Thai for foreigner. You might not have known it's also Thai for guava.

A few words from actress, director and model Chloe Sevigny.

Cross-dressing British artist Grayson Perry talks to David Herkt about frocks, freedom, and the future of masculinity.

A few words with dancer Loughlan Prior.

Each week Megan Nicol Reed talks through what's on all of our minds.

Stephen Jewell talks to British author Chris Cleave about bravery, racism and how he avoids getting stuck in a writing groove.

From the sure hand of historian Joan Norlev Taylor comes the tricky manoeuvre of binding fact and fiction into a convincing historical novel.

Zhang's bleakly lyrical first YA novel brought a cascade of admirers and superlatives; now comes this intricate narrative of adolescents in all their vulnerability, idealism and savagery.

"Plots set in the future are about what people fear in the present," says one of Lionel Shriver's characters in her latest novel set in a dystopian America of the near future.

About two years ago I bought a euthanasia drug online from China.

I want to know why it is that everyone suddenly has a medical degree and knows the one thing that will cure you of all your pain?

Winter is well and truly on the way. From thigh-highs to ankle grazers, here are the best boots to buy right now.

Where does time go? And why are some people so hopeless at keeping it? Kim Knight despairs.

Heroic actions are not always done by heroes. Greg Bruce meets some ordinary people whose lives have led them to perform extraordinarily good deeds.

A brunch or weekend lunch? Try the shakshuka - this popular breakfast dish - originally from North Africa - works just as well for lunch.

Madeleine Walker asks 16 New Zealand celebrities what advice they would give their 19-year-old selves.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction

People think wine writing is glamorous. My diary today has "worm the cat", "get dog's anal glands drained", "buy school shoes for Jake", "sort Southern Cross receipts" and "buy new tweezers" written in it. So, yeah. Jealous?

Comedian Rose Matafeo tells Greg Bruce why her life isn't always a barrel of laughs.

The worlds of technical sportswear and fashion collide for an inspiring take on this season's best waterproof offerings.

A restaurant that feels like money also serves unbelievably good chips.

A few words with art curator Beatriz Bustos Oyanedel.