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The critics are back and finding comfort in curry
Get booking - Auckland restaurants are back in business and so are the critics.
First love: The pleasure and the pain of four writers inspired by Sally Rooney's Normal People
Few things are more powerful than first love. Four writers share their stories.
This is the way the world looked to be ending - not with a bang, but the falling of leaves
Steve Braunias on the farewell to isolation and return to the "new" normal.
The thrill and the mystery of finding your family history
What can your ancestors tell you about who you are? Greg Bruce goes searching.
Why social distancing and lockdown hasn't changed life for this rising art world star
As New Zealand went into lockdown, this young artist had something to feel good about.
Tantrums, egos and threesomes: What life is really like in the music industry
Times: Melanie Blake tells all about her career behind the scenes in the music business.
What will the world look like in a year? Great thinkers share hopes and predictions
"Thinkers" on how the world will look in one year from May 2020, post-coronavirus.
Ashleigh Young on a sad story of broken trust and disappointment and lost jobs
Ashleigh Young: tiny losses and dishevelments remind me how much we need people.
Five famous Kiwis on what their mums taught them
Thomasin McKenzie, Kate Sylvester and Reb Fountain reflect on the wisdom of their mothers.
Which novel will win NZ's top book award?
The countdown is on for the announcement of New Zealand's best books.
No caller ID - Steve Braunias on picking up those calls
No caller ID - Steve Braunias on why he shouldn't have answered the telephone.
Kim Knight: Dear restaurants, I miss you
"The chips were as cold and lifeless as locked-down Queen St."
Naomi Campbell at 50: I don't like the word 'retire'
Times: Supermodel Naomi Campbell on turning 50 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Why your lockdown TikTok might be history in the making
From official speeches to cat food receipts - archivists ensure we will remember Covid-19.
Beastie Boys: The disrespect to women has got to be through
Times: Rap-rock trailblazers the Beastie Boys tell Stephen Armstrong why they're sorry.
One marriage, two movie reviews: Cats
Claws out - argumentative married couple Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review Cats.
Are we living in the Zoompocalypse?
A few weeks ago we'd never heard of it. We loved it, then we hated it. Now what for Zoom?
Ashleigh Young on why Zoom calls are so stressful
Ashleigh Young on why questions and concerns about Zoom are keeping psychologists busy.
Siena Yates' moving tribute to mum - I hope I'm still holding your hand at the end
A week ahead of Mother's Day weekend, Siena Yates reflects on going home.
You can't stop the music - how the APO's concertmaster keeps music alive
APO concertmaster Andrew Beer on keeping the music playing during lockdown.
Alanis Morissette: Almost every woman in the industry has been assaulted, raped
Times: Some 25 years after Jagged Little Pill Morissette's still angry - with good reason.
Female sexual desire? Lisa Taddeo wrote the book on it
What do you learn when you spend eight years talking to three women about sex?
When things got bad we ate mince, mince and more mince
Larb, bolognese or burgers? They're all mince by any other name.
Auckland chefs at home: Des Harris on pastry and panic buying
Top chefs like The Hunting Lodge's Des Harris are home for dinner. What are they cooking?
Greg Bruce - Learning Guitar in Lockdown
What better time to upskill or try something completely new than lockdown? Video / Alex Burton
One marriage, two movie reviews: Hillary
Argumentative married couple Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review Hillary.
What I learned while learning guitar in lockdown
With lockdown looming, Greg Bruce decides the time is right to learn guitar.
Online shopping may see boom in book sales - are these the latest releases to buy?
Book sales set to ramp up as online shopping returns - latest releases reviewed.
Scout's honour - NZ author on why he'd join all over again
I did it for the badges: NZ author David Hill recalls his time as a boy scout.
Going global - amazing stories of Kiwis in lockdown around the world
New Zealanders around the world share their stories for moving Covid-19 isolation series.
Dean Parker: The man who bit the hand that feeds
Hang-dog, always in faded denim, Dean Parker was one of our brightest artistic minds.
Steve Braunias: My friend Mary has died. She was 99.
Steve Braunias farewells a friend - but lockdown prevents him saying goodbye.
For the heroes who work in supermarkets
Daniel Lovewell, 11, has written a poem in honour of those who work in supermarkets.