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Cocktails look and taste great, but are tricky to do at home. Meet the NZ entrepreneurs making them easy. Plus 2 bonus cocktail recipes.

Whether competing in NZ's national canoe polo team  or working with sharks, this sporting talent is paddling her own path.

A company formed by two childhood friends is helping New Zealand businesses reduce their waste.

Traveling frequently between homes in the United States and two in both New Zealand and Sri Lanka, keeps this international couple from falling into the groove of predictable living.

When Rotorua photographer Tracey Scott looks through her camera, she sees possibilities - not problems - which is also her metaphor for life.

Our heroine casts a dashing figure as she marches across the Banks Peninsula. And like all good dramatic characters, her  past holds a compelling secret.

Kobi – a Life Work documents the story of film-maker Andrea Bosshard’s father – an unassuming goldsmith and mountaineer who became known as New Zealand’s grandfather of contemporary jewellery.

Scaling the heights of success is becoming almost commonplace for a couple who became engaged on Mt Everest and steer a company that just scooped New Zealand’s most prestigious tourism award.

Ruth Pretty's name is synonymous with having a good time: meet the well-loved caterer who is bringing her special brand of deliciousness to your dinner table.

While she wasn’t immediately sold on the tiny house movement, 20-something Amanda Chapman has now jumped on board, boots and all, building her own.

Otago winemaker Duncan Forsyth agrees it's almost counter-intuitive a top pinot noir producer should start making vermouth.

Three generations of one family ride the tides of change on an East Coast beach saturated with history.

The latest instalment in a story that began 170 years ago sees a historic estate earning its keep in a very modern way.

Graphic designer Glenn Jones burst onto the T-shirt scene with a bang and has gone on to create a global business from the spare room of his Auckland villa.

Coming into a great deal of money isn’t a guarantee of an easy life. It takes tenacity and planning to live well, says someone who knows.

Some people have fairies at the bottom of their garden; the Jacob family of Mt Eden have a cave.

Southerly gales invigorate the Hills family life in a holiday house by the sea.

The journey has been every bit as important as the destination for two farming families behind New Zealand’s longest-running private walk.

A bach at the beach yields vintage holidays for one of New Zealand’s best-known wine-making families.

One of Australasia’s most successful bagpipe players, plays a triumphant tune that drifts from the flat plains of Palmerston North to the Scottish Highlands.

Hula girls, grass skirts and a pineapple ice bucket... the only thing missing from this Hawaiian homage is a coconut palm swaying in the warm Waiheke breeze.

There was a young girl who dreamt of faraway lands, who saw roads stretching ahead filled with never-ending stories. Thankfully, it became it reality.

Kith and kinship are at the heart of the happiness found in a tiny holiday community on the South Island’s south coast.

An Auckland artist regularly uses hundreds of kilometres of wire, but she isn’t making fences.

A boutique winemaker has taken out the top prize at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards.

Thanks to one very determined grower, Nelson’s favourite tomato is still growing strong after 60 years.

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ could have been invented for adventure traveler Ellis Emmett.

Artist John McLean was driven by need to become self-sufficient 30 years ago, but today he and wife Chris couldn't live any other way.

This week in the water cooler, Kate explores Garden Marlborough, Emma steps aboard the Orient Express and Nadene finds inspiration in a new book Growing More than Grass.

For Kristina Cavit – yoga teacher, mindfulness coach and youth leader – mindfulness means not only paying attention to and nourishing her present, but also that of others.

Every vista in this world-class garden, photographed through the seasons, tempts visitors down a path laden with promise. Barewood Garden's creator shares how she's grown alongside her garden.

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellow Dr Matire Harwood has long been a dedicated spokesperson and advocate for the health of Maori and Pacific Islanders.

Driven by a vision of a simpler way, five Manawatu families are reaping the benefits of living side by side.

The pair behind Happen Films spends their non-shooting time living and working in an unplumbed house that’s as small and perfectly formed as their short documentaries.