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Joanna Wane: Lockdown lessons from Outward Bound
It was like being in lockdown but without the 1pm briefings.
Steve Martin's jokes, 35 years too late
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review a bad new comedy mystery.
Steve Braunias: 'Everybody knows someone who knows someone or actually is that someone'
Locked down - like all our friends - and because of them
The gift of time to write
The job of writing is not enough for our authors to live off, writes Siobhan Harvey.
"It was a reminder of how much pleasure I get from powerful, unapologetic, kick-ass women"
The Auckland playwright and screenwriter tracks the music that's shaped her life.
A conversation with Sam Neill and Bryan Brown - on life, death, anxiety, fame and 40 years of friendship
Actors and old friends Sam Neill and Bryan Brown in conversation
Greg Bruce: The pleasure and pain of four Covid tests
Greg Bruce asks what's in a Covid test?
Canvas: 40 Years of Friendship - A Conversation with Sam Neill and Bryan Brown
Canvas got Sam Neill, in Italy, and Bryan Brown, in Queensland, to talk about the book, about life, death, anxiety, fame and friendship. Video / Canvas
What to watch, eat and do: Your lockdown weekend guide
Looking for things to keep you going during lockdown this weekend? Look no further.
Obsession and discovery: Stories from inside the second-hand book trade
How far will people go to obtain the objects of their longings?
Taonga: Head High actor Lionel Wellington on his mau rākau
"Taonga are like newborn babies, precious."
Forever, young: surviving lockdown with small children
Time to review the Lockdown Activity Basics and how to handle them.
The enigmatic Márton Csókás
"Acting is like being a carpenter. You don't become what you make."
'I'm down in theory weeds, which is like being in a YouTube rabbit hole but not as much fun'
Richard Pamatatau's reading list
Why are these terrible people so funny?
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review The White Lotus.
'I do not believe that family 'trumps' everything else'
Mary Trump on her estranged - and strange - uncle
How an entrepreneur spun fibs into dollars
For readers who love to understand a business bust
What's going on in Mike King's head?
On a road trip with Mike King, Greg Bruce discovers an extremely complex man.
'I want to thank you for looking' - Judge's tribute to veteran anti-racism campaigner
The outrages that went unseen in the New Zealand of the 1960s and 70s.
What to watch, eat and do: Your lockdown weekend guide
Looking for things to keep you going during lockdown this weekend? Look no further.
'A clutch of professors guarding the gate from new perspectives really isn't required'
As I write my phone alert has sounded like a trumpet of doom and we're in lockdown.
Sammy Salsa: 'I love the way singing can transport you into another world'
Fashion stylist and director Sammy Salsa on the music that formed his life.
Reese Witherspoon: Feminist and fortune maker - I thought, 'I've got to get busy'
Powerfully blonde: how Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million business empire
Of mermaids, massage parlours and middle-aged men
Michael King Writers' residency recipient Megan Dunn on releasing a book into the wild
Is this the best movie ever made about an 83-year-old undercover agent in a nursing home?
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie disagree over the darkness of ageing.
Leonie Agnew: 'Yes, I read several books at once'
Leonie Agnew reads quickly to save her dog from toppling books
Flying Nun - more than just a record label
Record label Flying Nun features in a Christchurch exhibition
Abandoned in London: A Kiwi on MIQ and feeling stateless
George Fenwick: "I can't get home."
Novel weighs up the question: What is the price of love?
Stephanie Johnson reviews Rosetta Allan's Crazy Love
Simon Bridges on his new book - and the dig that left him in tears
Might Simon Bridges be preparing to launch something other than his new book?
Steve Braunias attends a rest home concert
Steve Braunias attends a concert full of nostalgia