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The winners of the fifth Outstanding NZ Food Producers make some of the most delicious food ever tasted. Salute the medallists and winners and support them by buying their gourmet treats.

Norwegian rounds are a space-saving wood stacking technique that will keep your wood dry

Get a bird's eye view of 12 gardens by scanning QR codes in our newest collector's edition, Great Gardens. Having trouble scanning? Here's what to know.

Great gardens and great gardeners star in the latest collector’s edition from NZ Life & Leisure.

If you only think pesto when you think of basil, Jenny has some recipes to tickle your tastebuds.

Location is critical for bees, and your neighbours.

Kelly Gillbanks puts the all-new Yaris range to the test in a jolly-good day out on the town.

Jenny plants a secret stash of a sweet little herb and immediately regrets it.

Kelly Gillbanks puts her pedal to the metal in a Ford Mustang at Hampton Downs.

New Zealand's champion ice cream, gelato and sorbet revealed at the NZ Ice Cream Awards 2020.

Rhubarb is a time-honoured favourite food, for sweet and tart reasons.

Gold and Silver Medal winners for the 2020 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards were announced on October 27.

The excitement of opening new retail store Perriam in Christchurch vanished in an instant as the lockdown was imposed.

A highly successful business growing hydroponic strawberries in eco-friendly automated glasshouses near Blenheim offers the potential for living the best life.

Show your love to friends and family, with  a home made gift idea for Christmas.  Find here eight DIY projects plus 16 baking ideas that will make them smile.

NZ Life & Leisure readers crowded into Hot Sauce restaurant in Wellington on this recent wet Wednesday to take a journey straight to the cultural and spiritual heart of Japan.

Polly and co scan the globe for the perfect place to live overseas.

Reefton Distilling Co is striking gold in one of New Zealand’s oldest mining towns.

Two great options for fodder, shelter, shade and firewood can be as simple as a stick in the ground

This stylish unit keeps firewood in a handy spot so you can avoid a chilly winter dash to the woodpile.

Plan your summer road trip: Central and East Coast Loop — Taupo, Rotorua, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay

We offer free printable cards for any of our customers who are sending subscriptions as a gift.

We've created a downloadable version of the 'Meri Kirihimete' artwork on the cover of the November/December issue of NZ Life & Leisure for you to enjoy at home. This can be printed onto a canvas at a print store.

Wellington digital textile artist Kirsten Sutherland has stitched together her art, an eclectic home, a creative boutique and a new husband, who just happens to own a brewery.

A craft chocolate company is winning awards, and the hearts and minds of dunedinites.

Even if the outside of an egg looks perfect, there can be little horrors waiting for you inside.

Turn your kitchen garden into a feast of colour with these tips for growing silverbeet, violas, mesclun, beetroot and more.

The donkey is a gorgeous animal, but because most people don’t know much about them they’re also likely to suffer from welfare issues, with the most common being untrimmed hooves, no shelter, and obesity.

Here is an easy, delicious way to serve whitebait to a crowd so that everyone gets a manageable-sized taste of this special delicacy without the usual complications of someone having to stand by cooking fritters or patties for the crowd.

Nicole Barratt shares easy everyday swaps you can make to ditch plastic.

In the old days, hens that lived in sheds with other animals, sharing warmth and lamplight would always start to lay earlier in the season. You can replicate this to keep your hens laying longer.

The rosy blush of tree tomato lifts this delectable dessert to luscious new heights.

An Asian spin on a winter Kiwi classic from Japanese-born cooking tutor Sachie Noumura.

A journey to the Greek Islands reveals new cooking techniques.