26 August, 2010
Mind games, neurolinguistic chicanery and a painstaking array of scripts and rules for basic human interaction: no one can say pick-up artists don't work hard. But after a week with one of San Francisco's most prolific pick-up men, it's hard to be sure what all the effort's really in aid of.
Submitted by: Tom Goulter | Categories: Books, Features
26 August, 2010
Depression is a problem in New Zealand and I want to know what our athletes are doing about it.
Submitted by: Dylan Moran | Categories: Sport, Families, Wellbeing, Viewpoints
18 August, 2010
This article explores the safety of breastfeeding an older child during pregnancy, the common challenges experienced and some possible solutions.
Submitted by: Michelle Leech | Categories: Families, Wellbeing, Tips/Advice
01 September, 2010
The world's most powerful internet companies are pouring their resources and money into browsers as personal computing shifts increasingly to the web. Microsoft, long-derided for its substandard Internet Explorer browser, is making a surprise move up the ranks, while Google's Chrome and the open-source Firefox battle it out for second place. Little known in New Zealand is that two Kiwis have primary roles in shaping the future of the browser. This story profiles these men and places them in context of increasingly intense internet business competition just as browser technology reaches a tipping point. 1 image
Submitted by: Hamish McKenzie | Categories: Industry, Features, Industry
31 August, 2010
An economy which seeks to move forward is hamstrung by receeding infrastructure. Frequent lack of electricity and poor access to communication technology is keeping Zimbabwe down. 2 images
Submitted by: Sam Gregory | Categories: Politics, Regions, Africa, Features
19 August, 2010
New York performance artist Marina Abramovic talks about James Franco, UFOs, and her memories of New Zealand.
Submitted by: Tom Goulter | Categories: Arts, Theatre, Features
26 April, 2010
It amazes me how many people have low self-esteem. It is the basis of happiness and success yet so many people lack it. Parents especially need to have a wonderful, balanced self esteem – if they don’t, how can they possibly nurture one in their children?
Submitted by: Allison O'Neill | Categories: Families, Wellbeing, Columns
18 March, 2010
Profile of Stephanie Sheehan - well known Christchurch painter. Trained under Rudi Gopas, Bill Sutton, Pat Hanly, Yvonne Rust, QSM. 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Arts, Features, Canterbury Otago
18 March, 2010
Profile of Ian Dalzell, a well-known West Coast potter, the only one in NZ currently firing with coal. Protege of Yvonne Rust, Barry Brickell 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Arts, Features, West Coast Southland
25 February, 2010
Kiwi Colin McLennan, outraged by the sight of crippled kids on Indonesian streets, set out to make a difference - and succeeded. 2 images
Submitted by: Duncan John Graham | Categories: Features
13 February, 2010
Interview with Miriam Ramos, of Wellington-based ornamental craft label My Mexican Heart. Ramos speaks on her indigenous roots, her art and being a mother. 2 images
Submitted by: Shasha Ali | Categories: Features
28 February, 2010
Forty five years ago the South African Springboks toured New Zealand. The son of one of those players contacted Hadyn Green asking for help. Both of them ended up with a lot more than they expected.
Submitted by: Hadyn Green | Categories: Rugby/League, Features
23 February, 2010
A look at bowling as a social pastime and how it relates to the people who play it. The comfort of the game, the sounds and how it really isn't cool, but nobody minds.
Submitted by: Hadyn Green | Categories: Urban, Recreation, Features
06 April, 2010
Meat glue, Xanthan and liquid nitrogen – they’re hardly ingredients that get tummies rumbling. But you’d be surprised how often they can be found in the fancy meals you order in New York restaurants – and how terrific they are making your food.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine, Features
13 April, 2010
Account of a day spent in court defending a speed camera fine: 'The presiding judges seemed to be genuinely interested in the people they were hearing. They tried hard to pay attention and understand them. I’d certainly encourage anyone who receives a traffic ticket within the Rodney area to defend it at Warkworth.' 1 image
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: New Zealand, Viewpoints, Features, Northland Auckland
13 April, 2010
In the first of a two-part analysis, arts journalist Mark Amery looks at Creative New Zealand’s review of recurrent funding - how, why and ultimately who gets funded by our arts council. Part one looks at what the review proposes.
07 April, 2010
A look at the main ideas in US surgeon Anul Gawande's most recent book 'The Checklist Manifesto', which finds that simple checklists are one of our best tools for successfully managing complex situations - from landing a jumbo jet to operating on a patient. 1 image
Submitted by: Julie Starr | Categories: Books, Features, Management
27 April, 2010
Spurred on by Project Runway and crafty websites like etsy.com, fashionable (and frugal) New Yorkers are turning to sewing as a seemly tailor-made hobby - driving sales of sewing machines and sewing classes.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Fashion, Features, Arts, Crafts
27 April, 2010
There's an art to cleaning and keeping house but its secrets have been lost in our times. Just ask your mother.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Homes, Features
27 April, 2010
Are we doomed to become invisible once we hit a certain milestone birthday? Felicity Loughrey looks at the highs and lows of aging in an era where women feel compelled to beat the clock.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Wellbeing, Features
27 April, 2010
With design by Philippe Starck, SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, is a getaway unlike any other.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Homes, Americas, Features
27 April, 2010
With her breakthrough role as a fragile 1960s housewife, January Jones is the small-screen siren du jour.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Features, Television, Television
28 April, 2010
Perfect for Mother's Day. The ins and outs of mum blogs. Essay with interviews with Mia Freedman (mamamia), Nanette Louchart-Fletcher (rummage) and Amanda Blake Soule (soulemama).
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Families, Features
28 April, 2010
New Zealand-born Sandra Nunnerley on a little bit of New York real estate luck.
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Americas, Features
06 May, 2010
Fuel efficiency buff, Gary Baxter runs a Daihatsu Mira converted to electric motor, as well as a Nissan modified to run on vege oil. Fuel efficiency modifications made to his Nissan make it as efficient as the Toyota Prius. 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Energy, Features
26 May, 2010
At the age of 50 something, I'm thinking of getting married again. Sadly, the shorts and T shirt I wore first time around are no longer around, although other memories of my 70s wedding remain.....
Submitted by: Leigh Bramwell | Categories: Families, Features
26 May, 2010
Kiwi artist and activist Kim Paton has opened The Free Store in Wellington to give away food and raise questions about consumerism and needs. 1 image
Submitted by: Duncan John Graham | Categories: Small Business, Features, Wellington Wairarapa
27 May, 2010
There's a special kind of clarity that comes with a frosty morning, writes Kingsley Field.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Features, Rural Life, Waikato Taranaki
02 June, 2010
Winston Matthews, great great grandson of pioneer missionary, Joseph Matthews, turned a car restoration habit into a museum at Taipa in the Far North. Currently restoring a 1940's three-wheeled electric vehicle designed for paraplegics. 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Recreation, Features, Northland Auckland
Submitted by: Patricia Compter | Categories: Families, Features
17 June, 2010
Leeches, leeches, everywhere. Close encounters of the bloody kind whilst trekking in Nepal leaves both physical and emotional scars. 1 image
Submitted by: Patricia Compter | Categories: Asia, Health, Features
28 July, 2010
A Manhattan gynecologist claims to be the first doctor in America to sell sex toys through his practice, saying he wants to save -- but also maybe cause -- women’s blushes. 1 image
Submitted by: Matthew Hall | Categories: Wellbeing, Health, Families, Features
23 August, 2010
A group called "Conscious Women" were running free seminars in my area. I decided to overcome my suspicion of seminars and see for myself what was going on.
Submitted by: Makereta Brown | Categories: Features
23 February, 2010
An original colour illustration of a bird and tree. Illustration is available in print and web formats. Email julie@allaboutthestory.com with queries. 1 image
Submitted by: Gary Venn | Categories: Life & Style, Gardening, Cartoons/Images, Illustrations
18 March, 2010
Potted history of the Quarry Arts Centre instituted by Yvonne Rust, QSM, and now attracting top artists for workshops. And a valid answer to recession woes, postulated by Yvonne in the 1980's but very relevant today. 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Arts, Features, Northland Auckland
08 March, 2010
Outdoor columnist Kingsley Field sets out at the beginning of the hunting season keeping his eye out for hares... and a dinner of hare back steaks.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Features, Outdoors, Rural Life
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field talks about duck shooting season and why tens of thousands of New Zealanders, aged 10 to 90, eagerly anticipate this time of year. Ideal for publication in early May.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Features, Outdoors, Rural Life
01 September, 2010
The question of what it takes to be a New Zealander is difficult to answer – but this story takes a crack anyway. The answer? Fred Dagg knows. 1 image
Submitted by: Hamish McKenzie | Categories: Features, Regions
11 March, 2010
New Zealand fashion designer Rebecca Taylor has set up shop - and home - in New York. Kirsten Matthew talks to her about her fashion business, her family, and life in New York.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Fashion
16 December, 2009
The hottest place to dine in the Big Apple isn't a chi-chi restaurant or a posh boite - it's a private supper club. Kirsten Matthew investigates the plethora of insider-y nights out taking place all over New York.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine
16 December, 2009
A-listers, art stars and supermodels have all clamoured for tables at the uber-chic Indochine over the past 25 years. Kirsten Matthew gets the inside word on what went down over the years at the quintessential New York restaurant
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine
16 December, 2009
Gordon Ramsay’s right hand man, Josh Emett, dishes on working with the famously profane British chef, and creates the perfect salad.
Submitted by: Kirsten Matthew | Categories: Food & Wine
10 May, 2010
There are health dangers associated with acrylimide in baked, roasted and fried food, but luckily we have a huge range of food to choose from compared to our ancestors, writes Dave Wolland. 1 image
Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Food & Wine, Viewpoints, Rural Life
24 November, 2009
Growing your own vegetables is more popular now than it has been for years. This commonsense approach to planning will help the aspiring gardener to achieve success, taste and health while reducing the amount of labour required.
Submitted by: Paul Callaghan | Categories: Gardening
24 December, 2009
Think children have no idea how to put an outfit together? Think again. Many children have an innate awareness of what suits them as what doesn't - and perhaps we can learn a little something from their style tips.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
24 December, 2009
Traveling in the car with children can have its difficulties. It's not just the planning, it's the fact you can't escape from awkward questions.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
16 March, 2010
One of the best gifts we can give to our children that will take them almost further than an excellent education or a desire to succeed is great manners, writes parenting advice columnist Rachel Goodchild.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
16 March, 2010
In this parenting advice column, Rachel Goodchild writes that sometimes parents have to let their children try and fail, and go without, if they are to learn the skills they'll need as adults.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
16 March, 2010
For those of you who want to raise a child who will one day be a business owner, or maybe an entrepreneur, it's important that you give them some of the skills they need early, writes parenting advice columnist Rachel Goodchild.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
16 March, 2010
Parenting columnist Rachel Goodchild offers some tried and tested techniques for handling toddlers' temper tantrums.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
16 March, 2010
Some simple guidelines on how to give children effective praise, from parenting advice columnist Rachel Goodchild.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field remembers what it was like to be a boy on a farm when he was young, and wonders how often boys today get the room to strike out and find their own boundaries.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Families, Columns, Rural Life
24 December, 2009
It's not IQ that's important - it's EQ, and it can be taught. How to set your child up for a lifetime of success by teaching them to have high levels of emotional intelligence.
Submitted by: Rachel Goodchild | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
21 December, 2009
Not all students are born with the ability to write effectively, it is a skill that takes practice. Many people would like to know how to write better, but are unsure how to start, as it feels daunting. This article breaks it down into easy to understand steps for great results.
Submitted by: Anna Forsyth | Categories: Education, Families, Tips/Advice
21 December, 2009
With the cost of living skyrocketing, many students find that they need help to juggle their finances and still enjoy their student days. This article offers practical tips for students to help them stretch their dollar further and stay sane.
Submitted by: Anna Forsyth | Categories: Education, Families, Tips/Advice
21 December, 2009
Most people's worst fear in life is public speaking, however it is not always possible to avoid it as a student. Find tips in this article for developing your confidence when you need to take the stand, because let's face it, it can be a very daunting prospect for most.
Submitted by: Anna Forsyth | Categories: Education, Families, Tips/Advice
21 December, 2009
Everyone experiences times when the rubber hits the road in a relationship. This article offers insight for students into how to navigate through the rough patches and offers practical tips for moving ahead.
Submitted by: Anna Forsyth | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
26 April, 2010
There is a huge difference between being spoilt and being blessed and I believe it comes down to ‘an attitude of gratitude’, writes Allison O'Neill.
Submitted by: Allison O'Neill | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
Submitted by: Allison O'Neill | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
26 April, 2010
I am shocked at how quickly a first-time mum learns what ‘mom guilt’ is. For me it started in hospital when the midwife took my newborn for a few hours to let me get my first bit of sleep in three days, writes Allison O'Neill.
Submitted by: Allison O'Neill | Categories: Families, Tips/Advice
Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: National, Families, Cartoons
18 March, 2010
Profile of John Madden, well-known Karekare artist, and early protege of Yvonne Rust, Barry Brickell, and Toss Woolaston. 1 image
Submitted by: Theresa Sjoquist | Categories: Arts, Features, Northland Auckland
17 June, 2010
A mother of two attempts long-haul travel with a baby and a toddler... and survives. 1 image
Submitted by: Patricia Compter | Categories: Families, Europe, Asia, Asia Pacific
25 June, 2010
Travelling with kids changes what you need to pack in your bags when flying long-haul. Read on for stress-free and organised travels... 1 image
Submitted by: Patricia Compter | Categories: Families, Europe, Tips/Advice
12 July, 2010
A mother comes to terms with her 10-year-old son's recent diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes.
Submitted by: Melissa Thorn | Categories: Families, Wellbeing, Viewpoints
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field writes about the harrier we so often see as we drive along highways and country roads but so seldom take the time to find out more about.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Features, Rural Life
18 August, 2010
A brief look at some of the basic steps one can take to smooth the transition experienced when moving to a new country.
Submitted by: Michelle Leech | Categories: Travel, Families, Tips/Advice
Submitted by: Felicity Loughrey | Categories: Life & Style
12 March, 2010
A piece on trendy and PC Greenness and Goodness. Highlights that we may not make any lasting changes by adopting new belief systems or stances, but rather, by cultivating the Goodness alive in each one of us. Tender, warm and inspiring. 1 image
Submitted by: Becky Manawatu | Categories: Wellbeing
20 August, 2010
With families, careers and households, women are constantly trying to fit everything into insane schedules. There are also a proportion of people that try so hard to be perfect that anything less than the best results in depression and complete avoidance of the issue. 1 image
Submitted by: Libby Masters | Categories: Wellbeing, Tips/Advice
30 May, 2010
I was hoping to get myself one or several rabbits for the pot, and to do so I was soft-footing it along the edge of a large paddock of new grass that backed on to a big section of bush running up into the Hakarimata Ranges, west of Ngaruawahia.
Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Recreation, Rural Life, Waikato Taranaki
26 May, 2010
The first of my 'Country Critters' series. Short humorous tales told by the animals themselves and plagiarized by me.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Humour
26 May, 2010
Country Critters installment no 2. Humorous stories submitted by creatures of my acquaintance.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Humour
26 May, 2010
The touching story of two wild bush pigs that find a home with a farmer. Incorporates a moral about the pitfalls of civilization.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Humour
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Humour
26 May, 2010
A sad but humorous tale of a spider's quest for lasting love.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Humour, Rural Life
26 May, 2010
A timely reminder to people about what happens if you're a sheep.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Rural Life, Humour
26 May, 2010
Last of the series. Comments and story of Mrs Rat.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Rural Life, Humour
12 May, 2010
An account of a short meeting with Satan. Possibly fictional.
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Humour
09 June, 2010
Story about the successful biological control of current rodent infestation. 1 image
Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Humour
16 August, 2010
Our national driving behaviour is at odds with the 'easy going' Kiwi character we present to the world. At best, it increases congestion. At worst, it reinforces our position as a social and cultural backwater, writes Nick Houldsworth. 1 image
Submitted by: Nick Houldsworth | Categories: Columns, Humour, Viewpoints, Northland Auckland
18 August, 2010
International bestselling fantasy author, Jennifer Fallon, offers some sage (and tongue-in-cheek) advice to new authors about the perils of blogging. 1 image
Submitted by: Jennifer Fallon | Categories: Books, Tips/Advice, Humour
Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Humour, Cartoons