NZ Life & Leisure

Learn the art of basic willow weaving and give your local birds a tasty treat with our beginner's project.

A young Wellingtonian is thinking big with a burgeoning tiny house business.

Western Australia’s wild flowers draw hoards of hunters in search of a floral fix.

Native birds and high fashion might be odd bedfellows but not in the hillside home of a German expat and A New Zealand designer.

This yummy berry and apple cake can be served warm like a pudding, or cold with lashings of yoghurt.

Looking for opportunities to keep their adult children working and raising their families nearby, Philip and Anne Woodward added cave exploration and a café to their farming operation in a remote area south of Port Waikato.

Environmental scientist and lawyer Fergus Power has moved from protecting the Great Barrier Reef to injecting a little “rocket fuel” into the Wairoa District Council.

Rongotea dairy farmer Alan Rowe has struck a surprising little problem with the car he has owned for 47 years.

Stay chic and cosy this winter with our fashion picks.

Ask Rodney and Clinton and Erin and Emma... They’ll tell you it’s love that makes a family, not just blood ties.

Boutique winemaker Debra Cruickshank has produced a port especially for duck hunting season.

An artisan cheesemaker is concerned that increasing costs of compliance will force their business to go underground.

When the owners of an earthquake-wrecked home were told it was a lost cause, They knew it wasn’t.

An Auckland chicken-restaurant chain founded on a wing and a prayer is now one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing businesses thanks to the adaptability  of its owners.

In which Polly trades in foreign treasure-hunting for a more sedate seeking of materials and finds it just as rewarding.

Art gallery founder Pauline Bianchi has overcome a life-threatening accident to create a meaningful life with her  6 year-old daughter Valentina.

Greg and Rachel Hart share a mission: to connect New Zealanders with what they eat, how they live and with the planet itself.

A grand city built on a wave of gold-fueled wealth, Dunedin has had its ups and downs. today finds the city very much on a high.

Weaving wattle is an ancient craft where you can make fences out of coppiced branches and stakes to form a woven lattice.

Look younger, fresher and brighter with these radiance boosting tips.

From a little girl in her mother’s Auckland studio to the big-city stages of the world, ballerina Clytie Campbell’s career has swept from one act to the next.

The Off-Topic Book Club has plenty of food for thought when exploring the science of eating in the non-fiction book Gastrophysics by Oxford University's Charles Spence.

Breathing new life into an old church has taken more than a decade and cost twice the estimate but the owners are in heaven.

This is a simple dish, yet to do it well you need to concentrate.

A revelation turned an experienced and successful architect away from the traditional styles in which he’d always worked towards something far more organic.

This recipe comes from  Jersey Girl Organics, winner of the Dairy Primary category of the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards.

This recipe by The Prodigal Daughter founder, Rachel Priestly showcases her own Italian- styled cured meats.

Meet Sean and Jodi Brosnahan – East Coast farmers, breeders of supreme Angus beef and winners of the inaugural Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards 2017.

It’s almost time for the announcement of the winner of the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards 2017 so thisNZlife asked the award judges to reveal their kitchen secrets.

The wild yeasts of Kapiti Island star in a new brew from a Waikanae company known for its barrel-fermented sour beers.

There are many environmental factors that can stress your chickens out, but knowing how to recognise the signs early will help make them happier and healthier faster.

Meet the selection of creative female go-getters selling their wares at the Rural Ladies marketplace.

From two sprawling high-country stations on either side of the Waitaki River, two young and creative rural ladies are empowering and connecting like-minded women.

Naughty yet loveable, the Goodman family’s goats are not just pets but the raw and rather vocal talent in a cheesemaking success story.