It's a hard road finding the perfect chardonnay. But this week I think I've cracked it.

Crisp and classic is the way to go when it comes to summer workwear that can go into overtime.

There's more to decor than neutral hues - so why are we so reluctant to venture into the world of bright hues? Suzanne McFadden asks the experts.

Four of the country's best designers talk to Kirsten Matthew about making beautiful furniture and homewares, New Zealand's place in contemporary design, and their most favourite things.

Enter through a garage roller door off New North Rd into a room with a couple of scattered beanbags, and an inviting space for four-legged friends.

Salman Rushdie has written his funniest novel in years - but beneath the jokes lies an uncomfortable truth, discovers Gaby Wood.

The tone of Salman Rushdie's latest novel is like a chocolate with a nut centre, beguilingly sweet on the outside but with a hard core.

The typically demotic title introduces three world-soiled siblings, children of a dangerously attractive and totally untrustworthy refugee from Nazism who's credited with making New Zealand aware of real coffee and really modern buildings.

A writer and sometime stand-up comedian, Verity writes on life, love and a bit of everything.

Syrah might be very sexy, but it is high maintenance. There are few places where this rising star will reach its full potential - but the North Island's east coast is definitely one of them...

Director Geoff Murphy talks to Greg Dixon about fighting bureaucrats, making a film industry, the madness of Hollywood and why he doesn't rate Peter Jackson.

Fort St is Auckland's latest food hotspot and Lucky Buddha is leading the charge.

Vintage florals and day dresses evoke genteel spring days sipping iced tea on the terrace. Cin cin!

The service was just right. Friendly, helpful and we didn't have to wait long for our meals.

Tim Winton's new 'meandering memoir' tells how a nature-obsessed kid grew up to become a fierce environmental activist. The famed Australian author talks to Linda Herrick.

It's the divorce strategy that launched a thousand headlines, and plenty of scorn besides. But is the woman behind the concept - famously adopted by Gwyneth Paltrow - proof that it can work asks Anna Maxted.

Un-cool mums know there are more important things in life than their own egos, writes Verity Johnson.

Got a hard to please overseas visitor coming? Take them to Ostro for a fine dining night out.

The menu is comprehensive, with breakfast available from 8am-3pm from the self-pronounced "purveyors of all things yummy".

Singing for the Queen, toppling Lorde ... what's next for opera superstars Sol3 Mio? They talk exclusively to Alan Perrott about taking on the world.

Miami, America's subtropical paradise, is awash with surreal but intriguing contradictions - and is all the more enjoyable for it, says Gareth Wyn Davies.