20 takeaways from NZ Fashion Week 2026
Including, yes, people still wear sunglasses inside, shorts and ruffles are having a moment, and much more. Emma…
Society Insider: Lorraine Downes and daughter rule the runway at NZFW; League legend Richie Barnett’s daughter dancing around the world
Jasmine Mexted is modelling at Red11. Photo / Neil Gussey Although her mother has modelled, owned a modelling…
‘Worse than Covid’: An ambulance officer’s daily reality as 111 calls hit record highs
After a record number of calls to emergency services last week, one ambulance officer talks about the realities…
Dating Files: A 58-year-old aromantic looking for community on the Kāpiti Coast
‘Mostly I’m finding: People who want a lover on the side.’ Want to be part of Dating Files?…
The cost of being: A software developer dreaming of a four-day work week
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, an American in New…
Election 2026: Doug Lyell confirmed as Conservative Party candidate for Northland
He and his wife have called Northland home since 2013, apart from two years living in Christchurch. He…
NZ Fashion Week: Industry veterans reminisce about their first runway show
New Zealand Fashion Week Kahuria kicks off on Monday in Auckland. Twenty-five years on from the inaugural edition,…
Society Insider: Meet Robyn Munro, the hairdresser to Auckland’s ultra-wealthy
“It was there I really got an appreciation for the dynamics of great event hair, so in 2007,…
Society Insider: Ex-Black Cap Mark Greatbatch linked to year’s most expensive house sale, $40m Langs Beach property
Greatbatch, 62, the Black Cap batting star of the 1980s and ’90s and famous as the pioneer of…
Dating Files: A 44-year-old man who’s ‘done so many speed dating events it’s not funny’
‘When I was travelling I met a woman and we had a really good connection over two dates.…
NZ’s retirement village population is almost entirely white. Where is everyone else?
Caring for family elders is an ingrained cultural expectation for many New Zealanders. Madeleine Chapman speaks to members…
Jolly Roger: Farewell to a Waiheke legend
Roger Reardon, who died earlier this month, represented the last vestiges of Waiheke Island as a sanctuary for…