NZ Life & Leisure

A Wellington-based painter’s pop-surrealist works are finding favour among art buyers captivated by the subversive cuteness of her creatures.

A workshop, once bursting at the joists with a lifetime of useful things, is reworked into an exceptional holiday home.

Could making your own larder staples, cleaning products and beauty creams really be a simpler, healthier way of life?

A recipe that is both indulgent and virtuous, these courgette, apple and orange-scented mini cakes are irresistibly moist and beautiful to eat.

A wild orchard in the heart of Dunedin is planted with more than 60 fruit trees.

Making sense of the past has allowed a Kaiteriteri couple to shape the future — titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua. Now they are paddling forwards and taking others with them.

Sally Maguire’s dog knew a thing or two when it introduced its owner to the love of her life, Helmut Hirler. They walk us through their beautiful home and art gallery, 'Artmosphere' .

Young, smart-thinking innovators are developing remote methods to ensure the country’s rain-water tanks never run dry.

The vast majority of Kāpiti Island is a nature reserve. But 20 hectares of the iconic island is privately owned by a whānau dedicated to preserving their whakapapa — including the land and everything upon it — and sharing it with the world.

Kyushu, Japan’s southern major island, has rugged mountains, thick forests, glorious food, and plenty of steam. It’s also heating up for this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Add some Mediterranean spice to your summer BBQ with homemade flatbreads and yoghurt dip.

What Tom and Benita Ormond knew about business when they took over a prominent Hawke’s Bay coffee roastery could have been written on one of those nuggety brown beans. Now they are winning awards.

The brain is often split when it comes to processing information, which could be why humans don’t always do what they know they should.

Possibly the most authentic Corolla in the country rocks the socks off its 28-year-old owner.

Hannah O’Neill is thriving in the fifth year of a lifetime contract with one of the world’s premier ballet companies.

The world wants our freshwater crayfish. Now there’s a practical guide on how you can farm them and get a bite of the juicy price tag.

Iced watermelon is a refreshing summertime treat that can be made into a mocktail or served with a dash of gin for a cocktail.

Most people avoid getting into hot water, but the creator of a Coromandel resort spent two decades, and many millions of dollars, drilling for it.

A 1926 Grade II Historic Place-listed concrete milk station is seeing a new life as a spectacular Otaki wedding venue.

The family’s plan for electricity is jeopardized by a dangerous thought.

The Twin Coast Cycle Trail snakes through Northland’s often raw backcountry. What better way to learn the contours of the land than by bike?

One man’s vision for protecting an unspoiled Coromandel Peninsula is shared by family and friends who count themselves lucky to holiday there.

Meet the scuba diver on a mission to clean up Wellington’s ocean floor.

When Sam met Jess on a ski field in Turkey, neither guessed they’d end up running a yacht-support business together in Vanuatu.

Let these bold flavours and colourful combinations brighten up summer barbecues.

This luscious dish makes good use of seasonal produce. You need to make the red pepper relish at least a day ahead.

The only human residents of a thriving Great Barrier Island wildlife sanctuary are fiercely protective of their native neighbours.

Swapping pavlova and sunshine for European waterways and cuckoo clocks helps one voyager realize the festive spirit she never knew she had.

Characters, curiosities and intrepid opportunity lie around every corner of one of New Zealand’s longest rivers.

Polly plays doctor after four-year-old Zen’s latest misadventure — an unfortunate incident with a packet of crayons and a staple.

A mid-life career change is just what the doctor ordered for Auckland film editor Jacks Jackson

For more than 100 years Wellington’s Clyde Quay boat sheds have been happy places for people who love tinkering with boats.

This moreish dish is best served with a fresh summer salad.

Former bartender James Waugh went underground to develop a range of Prohibition-inspired soft drinks that are mixing it with the best.