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Eddie Rayner on Split Enz and his new album with Tim Finn
The keys legend on being expelled, being hated by punks and ... inventing the mohawk?

Director Paul Thomas Anderson returns to his roots
In conversation with Paul Thomas Anderson.

Family determined to carry on restaurant's legacy
Vietnamese restaurant is a truly family affair in Ōtāhuhu.

David Herkt reviews Alan Cumming's second autobiography
Alan Cumming's collection of anecdotes fails to reveal the real Alan Cumming

Eleanor Black reviews a whodunnit focusing on human behaviour
Whodunnit delves into social, psychological and environmental factors

The new Shane Warne documentary: good if you like cricket
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review Shane.

Steve Braunias on learning to drive
Driving at last, Steve Braunias discovers a new way of life

Design for Living: Light rail and the green swale
Bright ideas to make cities better. This week: Green rail tracks on the roads.

Anne Kennedy knows just how far to stretch tone and form
The poet's new collection ignites language with a joyous intensity.

Jazz maestro Nathan Haines on his biggest hit and getting stood up by Deee-Lite
The squire for hire runs us through the soundtrack to his life.

"People talk about diversity inclusion and that makes me quite angry"
Teremoana Rapley on her new album and what diversity means as a sovereign storyteller.

'There's not just one type of porn': Erika Lust's alternative vision
Pornography can create a society where women's pleasure matters.

The visions of Penelope Cruz
On her mystical connection with the director Pedro Almodovar.

Diana Wichtel: What isn't problematic about And Just Like That?
It takes commitment to get this much wrong.

Downton Abbey, but in New York, but is it any good?
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Gilded Age.

Restaurant review: Can Southland sushi cut it in Auckland?
Hello, is it brie you're looking for? A southern cheese legend gets a new northern home.

Denzel Washington: Sharp as a dagger in Joel Coen's Macbeth
Denzel Washington is a man on fire playing "dope" Macbeth.

Face of evil: Joel Tobeck faces his demons in chilling festival debut
"If you're not working, you feel you're not good enough ... That's the battle."

Sidney Poitier was the star we desperately needed him to be
The greatest American movie star is Sidney Poitier.

Is Auckland really the world's best city to visit?
Lonely Planet has ranked Auckland the world's best city to visit in 2022. Why?

I promised Mum I'd never get married without her by my side. Thirteen days later she died
Amberleigh Jack reflects on love, loss and life during the pandemic.

Moving heaven and earth: The controversial exhibition that rocked the Vatican
The Auckland show of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes turns the world upside down.

Lone rangers: "If you're looking down at your feet all the time you're going too fast"
Richard Langston discovers the wonders of the Milford Track

Alan Samson recalls a cheese factory Christmas
Alan Samson's hippie adventure led to an unusual Christmas Day.

Taonga: Artist Teresa Peters and the Venus of Willendorf, an ancient symbol of female power
"Mattel has made a replica of her as Barbie, which is so absurd but also kind of awesome"

Eating Auckland: Kim Knight on the city's seven big restaurant dining trends
From ox tongues to artichokes - a restaurant critic recounts a year of memorable eating.